Why are we in an era of stupidity and double standards?

[ck4829]

I have questions, I think we all do, and they all need answered. What is up with the world today? Why is it like this? It is like the entire planet just crossed into the Twilight Zone.

Why is it that a man who has an admirable military record has record trashed while another man who has an entire year missing from his record is not questioned like the man who has the admirable one?

Why is it that people can say only Bush can protect us from terrorists and forget that 9/11 happened while he was President?

Why do many people believe that THEY won when Bush won?

To all the people who believe that:

When will Bush invite you over for a slumber party at the White House?

When will Cheney invite you to participate in a secret energy meeting?

When will the Neo-Cons ask you which country to invade next?

Why did the 'liberal' media give air time to the Swift Liars? That would be like that Liberal network known as Fox News giving air time to some traitor who gave weapons to terrorists in Central America and Iran.

[coloradodem2005]

1. Because the media has been consolidated.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Because the powerful moneybrokers teamed up with the cult of

fundamentalism and now everybody with the mark of the beast on their head is forgiven no matter how deplorable their acts and anyone that dare criticize is the enemy no matter how many good deeds they've accumulated in their poast

[Avalux]

3. because the inmates are running the asylum n/t

[Festivito]

4. Infuriatingly insidious isn't it.

Think of this. Clinton projected paying the national debt for about 15T$ over the next many years. Say until SS was to need help, that is our retirees, our parents were to need our help about the time we were to finish paying that debt.

Instead we have Bush, and instead of finding 15T$, Bush will spend BC's 15T$, accumulate an additional debt of 7T$(just in the next 10 years, more after that), and overspend on his military and rich buddies trillions more until then.

So, notice the difference between Clinton/Dems and Bush/Cons is OVER 20T$. That is OVER TWENTY THOUSAND BILLIONAIRES.

With all that money at stake, do you think that a few current billionaires might invest a few hundred-million, each, into soft money to elect a Republican machine. Set up think-tanks that offer instant available credentialed persons to appear on TV and radio.

Unlike real professors who have real classes to teach and research to perform. These guys support Jeff Gannons, Rushs, Hannitys, O'Reillys, etc, with information, advertising, false book purchases making made-up credentials for dubious persons like, say Coulter, or a ruse 9/11 book in France. Get the bought representatives to drop fairness, scare media, charge for grassroot access with the payments they are making.

The grand prize will be undoing SS. SS is paid for mostly by persons making under a paltry quarter million a year, it will make a sweet tribute/gift to the wealty when with crocidile tears in their eyes they have to announce its demise. No more payments. What a great idea it was. Just drop it. Just continue with the private accounts. We can't afford it. So sad -- all the way to their banks.

Would you really think it's just assonance.

ON EDIT: Mispelled a bolded twenty

[K-W]

5. Things have always been this screwed up, its just harder than ever

to ignore it because we are so connected to each other now.

[porphyrian]

6. Because Good Consumers are Stupid Consumers. - n/t