A guy named Larry Winget just wrote a book called "People are Idiots and I Can Prove It." I don't think I can ever write a book now, because the best title has been taken.
When it comes to politics, I tend to believe that things will eventually go the way they should. For example, gay marriage is more and more a mainstream idea and is becoming legal in more states, despite the occasional setback, in California for example. But in the end, people will see the light, and good ideas will rise to the top, and the segregationists and gay-haters of the world will fade into the background.
The George W. Bush administation made me doubt this. I will always contend that anyone who voted for that fool in 2004 was either ignorant, evil, irrational, or some combination of the three. However, the 2008 election made me believe again. People can be fooled, but not forever. They were getting wiser.
The health care "debate" has made me doubt again. People stand up and shout to disrupt town halls, and I bet most of them have no idea what they are talking about. Who are these morons? People believe that Barack Obama was not born in the US, despite his birth certificate, and they believe that health care legislation contains "death panels" that are going to decide to withhold care from older and infirm Americans. Who are those morons? The same morons, or different ones?
The truth is that in a democracy, every idiot gets a vote, and there are too many idiots out there voting. Millions of people watch Fox News and listen to Rush Limbaugh and believe what they hear. Unfortunately, these knuckleheads control our destiny. The people who run Fox News understand that their viewership comes mainly from the 50% of the country with IQs under 100, and they are very adept at manipulating this pathetic group. We cannot count on our fellow citizens to make responsible decisions, and we all suffer as a result.
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