Am I a sheeple? I really hope not. I hope I'm thinking independently, critically, and analytically. Not just going "baa" because everyone else around me is going "baa" as well. It's hard to tell, though. I know I see it in other Americans, and it's so frustrating. Not just ignorance of the facts, although that's bad enough, but the use of ignorance to support outright racism and sexism.
For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season. Read more...
Even if you're not volunteering at the polls or campaigning for anyone, you can help keep things on the level by fact checking yourself and not promoting inaccuracies. We should all be choosing sides, as best we can, based on political records and verified facts. If you're unsure, it's worth checking against places like FactCheck.org, Snopes.com, or Politifact.com.
[Sen. Joe Biden] delivered this savage putdown of former Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani: "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11." Read more...
Is Biden right? Is he just being a jerk? Look it up. Check it out. Our Constitution starts with, "We the people" not "We the Sheeple." One sentence shouldn't be all that you know of Biden, Giuliani, or anyone else elected to represent you. We're in some deep trouble - economic meltdown, seriously messed up foreign relations, failing social programs for health - we need to turn it up a notch in the civics department.