Such Great Times That We Live IN

Oh happy day! I've been following the election news very closely, if you don't you can't expect to know what is going on from day to day. One thing that I have noticed is that the mainstream media has decided that I am unable or unwilling, perhaps, to think for myself. Thoughtful folks that they are, they have stepped up and decided to do my thinking for me. Great isn't it? No more pesky decisions for me about who is the better man (and woman) for the job, MSNBC,CNN,CBS,ABC,and NBC have all decided that for me and they have all the (doctored) polls to prove it. It kind of reminds me of when I work a holiday for Walmart and then they cut my hours enough to make up the holiday pay they have to give me. Very thoughtful of them. That leaves me so much more time to do all the important things in my life, like working that other job to make up the difference in my cut hours. Life is so much smoother when you aren't in charge of it, don't you think? And the talking heads on the cable news programs? They are about as independent in their thinking as a Walmart store manager is. They get their talking points, and they all line up and say the same things. In the same order. Weird. I watched Geraldine Ferraro give the exact same list of reasons for Senator McCain not to bring up all the unethical crap about Obama in the exact same order as the talking head for Obama's campaign. In put me in mind of using the "open door" policy at Walmart and being told the exact same thing in the exact same order by the co-manager, the manager, and the district manager. I'm sure the regional guy will tell me the same thing when he gets back to me. It's only been 19 weeks, I have faith in their sundown rule. So, pay attention to what you are told. Don't believe the polls that you see, as a professor I had in statistics once told me," I can get get a poll to say whatever you need it to say. It's all in who you ask." I saw a poll three days ago that gave Obama 75% of the vote. It wasn't until the end of the talking points that you saw it was 75% of people who were registered in the democratic party, anyway. Can you say misleading? So think about what you are told and who is telling it to you. Be it Walmart or some biased news person trying to control an election. You'll thank me later.