I don't know if I've ever mentioned that, but I think he is about the greatest, most painfully honest political writer out there. Plus he is funny and his writing is excellent. Today I decided to subscribe to his blog because as I said...I think he is wonderful. There is a recent post that caught my interest, which you can read at the below link:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/15955
and this is the comment I posted:
The Unfortunate Rise of the Blissfully Ignorant
The sad thing is that all of this goes on right in front of us. It isn't a secret. It really isn't that hard to see it if we are paying attention, but the majority of the public tends to take the "ignorance is bliss" approach to life. The problem with this (other than the obvious) is that while the majority of us are blissfully ignorant, the very people who are supposedly elected to run the country on our behalf take our money and tell us they know better than the rest of us what to do with it, and then they line the pockets of their interests with it. Then the blissful ignorants turn on Fox News and believe everything they are told because why would Fox lie to them? The worst killers are often the most silent and it is done for a reason. The masses can be brainwashed into believing that they too can rise above their "class" and it will keep them blissfully and ignorantly dreaming while their money is funneled into the hands of those who have more than they need. I live in Austin Texas (I could not live in any other city in Texas...seriously) and I have family members that live in more rural areas of Texas. It is always surprising to me to see how well the misinformation machine works. There are honestly people in the town in which my parents live who still believe that Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11. They believe that Obama is a muslim with ties to terrorists and somehow at the same time does not believe in god (that would not bother me, but we are talking about a tiny conservative Texas town where they likely still have revivals...). If they will believe that, they will believe anything. These are the same people that believe gay marriage is a threat to them in some way and that natural disasters target areas because of their "sins." It is no wonder that these same people believe that politicians are using their money to protect them from the terrorists who "hate us for our freedoms," the gays, and well French fries, and gladly give their money to them despite whether or not they can afford their next meal or their medications for the month.
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