I Like Politics, Don't You? I Guess I Just Like Fiction.

Did you know that there has been a 60% increase in weather? Okay, so that makes no sense. Weather is already 100%. Well how about if I told you there's been a 60% increase in bad weather? Oh, I know, there's no scientific data that I'm aware of to support that statement. At least none that I know of. But that doesn't stop me from saying it. In fact pretty much anybody can claim pretty much anything they want, even publicly, and get away with it. Now I suppose you're going to tell me that people don't often get away with it because somebody out there will always question them or challenge such wild statements. And you'd be right. Except when it comes to weather, especially bad weather, and politics. If you get ten inches of snow, you can claim you got fifteen and nobody questions it. In fact they usually say they either got none or twenty inches. Same in politics. A politician can make almost any preposterous claim and another politician will claim bigger, better, or more, or smaller, less, or insignificant. The difference is that in politics, the other side will prove beyond any shadow of doubt that you're wrong and they're right. But then the other side will show that the proof is on they're side. Well boys and girls, that's exactly where we are now. The Democrats know that the debt we face is not insurmountable provided we spur job growth first. The Republicans will prove that we can spur job growth only if we curb the debt. The Tea Party wing of the Republican party only wants to beat Obama, the Democrats and all the rest of the Republican party no matter what. How does all this affect us? Why, we're caught in the middle. Each has it's own set of lies and truths. The lies are what the other side claims you have and the truths are what they see as the truth. Are you confused? Well cheer up. That's exactly what they all want you to be. If you understood all this, you'd be an informed voter. And none of them want that. I can only suggest that you not accept anything any of them say, unless you check it out. And don't check it out on their own networks. Fox is Republican, MSNBC is Democrat and nobody is strictly Tea Party. And in spite of what you may hear, PBS and NPR are neutral. Or at least they are honest enough to air both sides.