Election Year

Where was I? Ah yes! The upcoming election has sent the scared white, right-wing boys in to a frenzy. The black man with the "foreign" name is scaring the bejaysus out of them. The socialist! The Nazi!, The communist!, the fascist! he's a muslamite! He's goddless! He's both! They are, literally, terrified of a man that does not exist. The whole Clint Eastwood talking to a chair is a perfect analogy. Arguing with a person that is not there. It's all in your mind, boys. Death panels don't exist. Really. Every day I endure the boys working themselves into a frothy mix of fear & hate. I've never know people to be so easily manipulated. They know what to think and they only need to be told once. The right wing noise machine keeps them on edge. Every day a new outrage, every day something else to be scared about. I think I can grasp how it might have been, in those first few moments, as the first Europeans met the Indian tribes, I am dealing with a world so alien to my own experience. A quick review of what they believe in that does not exist. Obama was born in Kenya. Obama is a Muslim. Obama is a socialist, Nazi, communist, fascist. Obama is Hitler. Death panels. Obama has signed in to law more restrictions on the 2nd amendment than any other president. Obama is giving everything away to "the blacks". (I have no idea what "everything" is). When I think or am reminded of other stuff I'll add to the list. If you want to know more just watch the/listen to the right wing noise machine.