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Friday, September 12, 2008

FactCheck.org

As readers of this blog likely know, I've been keeping my eye on the political scene surrounding the presidential and congressional campaigns. The two things that I've found most shocking lately are:

1. The willingness of the masses to perpetuate outright lies.

2. The damn near illiteracy of many who voice their opinions in public forums

On the first count I have only one thing to say,
FactCheck.org  This site disputes erroneous claims made against either candidate. 


On count two... eh... here is a sample taken from reader responses to an article posted on AOL:

 Rogergouin

06:28 PM Sep 12 2008

WELL WE HAVE ANOTHER STAR WHO NOES ALL ABOUT SARAH,STICK TO YOUR FAKE MOVIE MAKEING,WE ALL NO WHO YOU WIIL VOTE FOR,MABEY YOU CAN MAKE A MOVIE AND YOU CAN BE HIM YOU NO ALL ABOUT POLITICS


Wow! I've always thought participatory democracy is a great idea, and that elitism is bad....ummm maybe not anymore...just kidding... but really.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

its nice to know im not the only one who cant spell. anyway, it just makes you crazy

love ya

Anonymous said...

I was just wondering. who checks the fact checkers? lol