It's Not What You Say But How...........

It seems to me that in politics it's often not about what you say but how you say it. This sucks and could be the downfall of the U.S. where image and how you come off is more important than actual substance. This is human nature in some ways and has probably been a common occurance throughout human history.

Let's look at a good example, how about George Bush. Actually he is the classic example and it has been time tested. People in our country are so fucking stupid that they voted for this guy..... twice! During the debates he had with Al Gore it was like I was living on a different planet.

Both candidates would be asked the same question and Al Gore would give this really in depth completely intelligent well researched answer that made complete sense and showed he had in depth knowledge and experience about the given topic. To some however, he came off as arrogant, which he probably was, but you know what, who gives a shit? Wouldn't you rather elect someone who knows what they are doing than worry if they are being a little snooty to someone who obviously doesn't know what the fuck they are talking about?

Then George Bush would try and answer the question and it was like watching someone in the Miss America Padgent answer a question they weren't expecting and he would barely be able to regurgitate some fact that slightly related to the question and it would be obvious to anyone with an IQ above 3 that he was not well read on the subject at all. Then at the end of the debate the commentators would say how George came off pretty well in the public polls after the debate????? What the fuck???????? This is when I stopped paying attention to politics and the polls. I started to question my own reality. Am I missing something? Am I the one who is fucked up? Even worse, is more than 50% of my own country fucked up?

The last two elections showed me that the majority of American's don't care about substance or content, they just care about image. It's more important to stay the course and be a stubborn badass and be totally wrong then take a more well reasonded approach based on thorough research and anyalysis and be flexible to change if the initial research is shown to be inaccurate. People would rather have Jon Wanye be in charge than Aticus Finch, and this is coming from someone like me who loves watching the Ultimate Fighting Championship and watches people beat the shit out of each other every day to relax!

Hence, the movie Idiocracy is so accurate in some ways it's almost scary. And the fact the movie Idiocracy (staring Luke Wilson and Directed by Mike Judge) isn't as well known in the country is purely because of the topics the movie spoofs on, corporate power and lowest common denomenator thinking. Fox basically did zero promotion for this movie and it had a very limited release and went straight to video. IMO this is because this movie is an endightment of the corporate culture we live in where people don't bother to look for substance they just want sound bytes spoon fed to them in the form of the lower common denomenator.

This is pefectly personified in the movie by what is the equivalent of 'Gatoraide' which in the movie is called 'Brawno'. Here's the scoop about Brawno, it has electrolytes which is something you really need according to their campaign. But what are electrolytes? No one in the movie knows what they are, they just know that your body needs them and Brawno can give them to you. Therefore, you need Brawno.

Why are we going to Iraq when the people who committed 911 are not from Iraq?
Because we have to go to Iraq, they may have WMD's.
But what does that have to do with 911?
We have to go to Iraq and if you don't see why your not patriotic and you just don't get it.
But I want to be patriotic and 'get it'!
Okay, so you must agree with me.
Okay, lets go kick Sadams ass!
Are there Electrolytes in Iraq?

Meanwhile inside Dick Cheaney's mind:
"I can't believe it's happening! Finally a reason to invade Iraq, this is gonna be great, we can control the oil there, get rid of the asshole in charge and in the process generate billions of dollars for the US industrial complex! Total win win, after all, none of my kids have to go fight and you know those who have to fight chose to fight, so that's on them. This will be a great thing for the country. We'll be in and out, secure oil, and make some corporate money........." Fast forward years later......................

For the love of God I hope humans evolve before Global Warming creates a new ice age or we are gonna be up the creek killing each other to survive like Lord of the Flies!

And this is why I like to drink on the weekends!!!! God help us all.