Oh Bullsh*t by Frankfurt....what is happening to America

[Hamlette]

The bull artist, on the other hand, cares nothing for truth or falsehood. The only thing that matters to him is "getting away with what he says," Mr. Frankfurt writes. An advertiser or a politician or talk show host given to "does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it," he writes. "He pays no attention to it at all."

And this makes him, Mr. Frankfurt says, potentially more harmful than any liar, because any culture and he means this culture rife with is one in danger of rejecting "the possibility of knowing how things truly are." It follows that any form of political argument or intellectual analysis or commercial appeal is only as legitimate, and true, as it is persuasive. There is no other court of appeal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/14/books/14bull.html?hp&ex=1108443600&en=c1f5c6a38f183e9d&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Hit a cord with me. I've thought Bush et al live in a parallel universe when in reality they are bullshit artists.

What do we do now?

[Burma Jones]

1. It's going to take something awful

Something awful that happens not just to people in New York and DC, but all around awful.

At some point, only pain can cut through Bullshit.....