Truth With A Little Mud On It.
I do not believe our forefathers ever envisioned the system morphing into one in which a candidate can win the popular vote by 2.6 million votes (and still counting) yet lose the election. Twice in the last 16 years our citizens have chosen one candidate via popular vote only to have our flawed electoral system anoint the loser as president.
We’ve outgrown the system as it exists today. Fix it or ditch it.
The profession of journalism has failed us in many ways over the last 30 years, often prioritizing ratings over substance, profits over principals, but even in their present flawed form they remain a vital source of information. Now more than ever we need the mainstream media to help us separate fact from fiction, to verify the sources, to fulfill their mission of informing a free citizenry.
From, of all things, an advertisement. But I’ve always loved it.
There’s a place that I travel,
When I want to roam
And nobody knows it but me.
The roads don’t go there,
And the signs stay home
And nobody knows it but me.
It’s far, far away and way, way afar,
It’s over the moon and the sea,
And wherever you are going,
That’s wherever you are
And nobody knows it but me.
Patrick O’Leary
The recent criticism of Chris Kyle, the subject of the record breaking movie, American Sniper, demonstrated in the most public way, our lack of thoughtful consideration of the mindset of the American Warrior. Every day there seems to be a headline regarding the movie. Pundits and celebrities shape facts and non facts into a story line to support their own agenda, their own world view.
Muddy Water & Mischief 