Kathianne
12-18-2008, 06:44 AM
This made me laugh, it's too true!
http://www.denverpost.com/harsanyi/ci_11247217
I don't trust you people
By David Harsanyi
Article Last Updated: 12/16/2008 06:28:24 PM MST
Unlike many of my more tolerant fellow citizens, I possess no confidence in the ability of the American electorate to make sensible decisions. I have reached this conclusion based on an incontrovertible truth: You people will believe anything.
This reality confronts me daily as I am bombarded with fiercely stupid conspiracy theories from the exceptionally unwell. Worse, even people I once respected — folks with intellects and accomplishments that soar above my own — will confidently explain that the economy is actually controlled by a half dozen shadowy individuals and Barack Obama has a Bangladeshi birth certificate stuffed in a bedside Koran.
I fear for my children's future not because I spy the occasional "Bush Knew!" bumper sticker in the neighborhood, but because according to a 2006 Scripps-Howard/Ohio University poll, a full third of you believe that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job.
Now, why would an Islamic radical group want to deploy a massive terror attack on the United States' financial capital? It's gotta be someone else.
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I get it because I was born under the 11th astrological sign in the Zodiac, Aquarius. According to experts, Aquarians are, among many other wonderful things, "tolerant," "opinionated," "far-sighted," "revolutionary" . . . and so on. Our character and personality quirks are predetermined by a study of random stars and planets that happen to be detectable from Earth.
Believe it or not, 20 percent of the American public believes in this gibberish. And, trust me, they will not rest until Dennis Kucinich is president.
In fact, with troubling economic times upon us, conspiracy theories, peculiar beliefs and harebrained philosophies will only flourish....
http://www.denverpost.com/harsanyi/ci_11247217
I don't trust you people
By David Harsanyi
Article Last Updated: 12/16/2008 06:28:24 PM MST
Unlike many of my more tolerant fellow citizens, I possess no confidence in the ability of the American electorate to make sensible decisions. I have reached this conclusion based on an incontrovertible truth: You people will believe anything.
This reality confronts me daily as I am bombarded with fiercely stupid conspiracy theories from the exceptionally unwell. Worse, even people I once respected — folks with intellects and accomplishments that soar above my own — will confidently explain that the economy is actually controlled by a half dozen shadowy individuals and Barack Obama has a Bangladeshi birth certificate stuffed in a bedside Koran.
I fear for my children's future not because I spy the occasional "Bush Knew!" bumper sticker in the neighborhood, but because according to a 2006 Scripps-Howard/Ohio University poll, a full third of you believe that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job.
Now, why would an Islamic radical group want to deploy a massive terror attack on the United States' financial capital? It's gotta be someone else.
...
I get it because I was born under the 11th astrological sign in the Zodiac, Aquarius. According to experts, Aquarians are, among many other wonderful things, "tolerant," "opinionated," "far-sighted," "revolutionary" . . . and so on. Our character and personality quirks are predetermined by a study of random stars and planets that happen to be detectable from Earth.
Believe it or not, 20 percent of the American public believes in this gibberish. And, trust me, they will not rest until Dennis Kucinich is president.
In fact, with troubling economic times upon us, conspiracy theories, peculiar beliefs and harebrained philosophies will only flourish....