Saturday, June 2, 2012

Truth in advertising...not

Watching the latest spate of political advertising for a very short-term replacement for Gabrielle Giffords in the House of Representatives, it seems to me that few people trying to win an argument even try to tell the truth any more.  They just throw out a bunch of crap to see what will stick.  And unfortunately, a lot of crap sticks, because a lot of people are too stupid to discern fact from fiction, they just believe whatever they are told and then start repeating it loudly and indignantly every chance they get.

So if the concept works for politicians (especially those in the party to which I do not belong), hey, it can work for me.  Here are bunch of things I'm just going to start repeating, all truthful (or truthfully my opinions, as far as you know) to people and via posting on facebook, to see how many people will just pass it on without any thought.


  • A zombie ate the face off a homeless guy in Florida.
  • Tombstone is a crappy little town with a dusty lot for a fake OK Corral who seems to think they and they alone own federal land.
  • Polish people would like to visit the US but they do wonder why the potatoes are bad here.
  • Jesse Kelly is a big fat liar.
  • There is no good Serb ever lived.  (I'm quoting someone.)
  • UCLA sucks.
  • Jesse Kelly thinks oil is a renewable resource.
  • Tombstone thinks they are in danger of burning down if they can't rape the Huachuca Mountains.  Burning down what?  The fake fence around your fake OK Corral?
  • Just because in theory you can fire off your ammo in a national forest doesn't mean you should.  There *are* still rules to be obeyed.
  • States don't get to trump federal law.
  • Cities don't get to trump state and federal law.
  • But perhaps I can pass laws around my own house and trump 'em all.
  • Rattlesnakes are your friends.
  • The 5-second rule is bogus, but if you want to eat off of your floor, go ahead.
  • Coal is NOT clean.
  • The ability of any one politician to lower gasoline prices is nil.  Beats me why they some keep claiming they can do it.  Probably because a lot of people are dumb enough to believe it.  (You think our gas prices are high?  Visit Europe.)
  • Counting on getting my social security benefits some day is like, to steal a quote from a friend, getting shade from an ocotillo.  You'd be wise not to count on it, then it will be a happy day when you actually get something.
  • If you hate the Affordable Health Care Act (and I know, most of you won't recognize it by that name), then I hope you have no pre-existing conditions, don't plan on changing jobs, and have no adult children who could benefit from staying on your plan until they are 26.  (I know, it's easier to advocate throwing the whole thing out than to actually think about what you'd want changed.)
  • Global warming is real.
  • People who are all for personal freedoms and not wanting the government to tell them what to do, that's fine, but recognize then that you don't get to tell ME what to do.

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