Sunday, November 25, 2007

Lies, damned lies and statistics


Okay, a month ago one-third of Americans still believe Saddam Hussein had a personal role in the attacks o 9/11, and 40 percent believed he had some role. (This result certainly includes my parents and various other family members, who also believed That Governor Bill Clinton imported cocaine to Arkansas and that his wife killed Vince Foster. Also, Nixon was framed.)

How can you believe in democracy when these boneheads each get a vote? It drives me crazy that my vote is countered by a guy in an F-150 with Confederate Army battle flag decals on the bumper.

“Hey man, being White is my heritage.” Yeah, but being White doesn’t mean a damn thing except that you’re not Black. It’s not being English or Irish or Lithuanian. That’s not heritage, it’s just another ugly, ridiculous abuse of the ignorant by the right wing to get their votes. Those people are utterly contemptuous of those ignorant lowlifes, but they sure are useful stooges.

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