Poop Sandwichs for Everyone! On the House...or maybe Congress.

    

Definition of evidence (n)

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• ev·i·dence

1. sign or proof: something that gives a sign or proof of the existence or truth of something, or that helps somebody to come to a particular conclusion
2. proof of guilt: the objects or information used to prove or suggest the guilt of somebody accused of a crime
3. statements of witnesses: the oral or written statements of witnesses and other people involved in a trial or official inquiry.

     People tend to equate the Word Evidence with the Word Proof.  They seem to think just because they have seen or read a bunch of stuff that supports what they think or believe, that this "evidence" is somehow proof they are right.  They ramble on and on that the "Evidence proves (Insert your favorite nutjob theory here)" and completely ignore the Fact that Evidence has convicted a lot of innocent people over the years.  Evidence does not equal truth.
     People love to point out websites, news articles, pamphlets handed out by men in robes on street corners because those publications support their own entrenched feelings.  They either ignore all together or pass off as propaganda the multitude of other sources that contradict the things that they know as fact.  That is the living embodiment of Cognitive Dissonance.

1. Definition of cognitive dissonance (n)

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   • cog·ni·tive dis·so·nance
   1. contradictory mental state: a state of psychological conflict or anxiety resulting from a contradiction between a person's simultaneously held beliefs or attitudes

     I think the truly shameful part of all of this is the fact that the vast majority of these people actually believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are being fair and balanced.  They literally cannot grasp the fact that they are blind to...well their blindness.  They gobble up every single smelly bit of garbage that bolsters their beliefs no matter how poop covered it is while shoveling even more poop onto anything and I do mean anything that contradicts them.
     Politics is the Poop Doo Jour these days, especially with an Mock Election coming up.  (Well alright, it is technically a real election, but most of them are  mockeries these days so I am keeping the Mock Election line.)  I admit a very firm Bias when it comes to Politics.  I think that all of them, Damnocrat and Reboobican, Liarberal and Cantservative alike are all a bunch of lying, sneaky underhanded group of thugs who have no real interest in helping the people who they claim to represent.
     However, I watch Unbiased people who completely and utterly tow the party line swallowing every bit of dung that their masters hand them while claiming that everything from unemployment to meteor showers is the fault of the opposing party.  You can shovel away all of the poop on their plates and put actual facts and information down there, but they just fling it to one side and eagerly wait for more crap to be dumped on them.  
     None of the problems facing this country will ever be solved until people stop bathing in the dung of their leaders and start thinking for themselves.  Unfortunately, I haven't seen a whole lot of evidence of that going on.  Oh well, at least the poop sandwiches are plentiful.

End of Rant