1st Anniversary Bullshit-Detection.com
Bullshit-Detection.com is one year old today. I think this grand milestone is a good time to talk about the future of this site. I created bullshit-detection.com as a response to all of the spinning and counter-spinning going on throughout the 2004 presidential elections. It seemed everyday there was a volley of shit from the Bush Administration, and a complacent media more than willing to amplify that same bullshit, for free.
Whether the message was "There are weapons of Mass Destruction in areas North, South, East and West of Baghdad" or "Freedom is on the March" or "Freedom is on the March" or "Freedom is on the March," Any message from the White House, even the most banal repetition of year old cliches, would receive an immediate "Ditto!" from the pampered lazy press. It made me mad as hell, as well as rather unlikely and unwilling to take it any more.
When the shit settled the Karl Rove & Co. managed to convince %50.73 percent of the nation into (re-)electing President George "I own a lumber company?" Bush. And while that travesty kept me fired up for about six months, soon thereafter my outrage trickled, and I stopped posting with any kind of regularity.
The main reason for the slowdown is as follows: It was getting tedious. We all have to suffer through another three years with Mr. Furley from Three Company running the free world. It seemed almost cruel to remind people on a daily basis that they're completely fucked. Especially considering that we are almost powerless to stop him. We all got outsmarted by the guy we thought was the biggest dope on the planet. What does that make us? The best solution I can offer y'all is not to vote for any politician who supported Bush's many blunders. That cuts out the entire Republican Congress and about 1/2 of the Democrats too. When the choice is between someone like Hillary Clinton who capitulates to Bush on things like the Iraq War and the Patriot Act and someone like Russ Feingold who doesn't, give your support to the person who stands for something, not the person "more likely to win." Because If you can't stand up for what's right, you aren't likely to win anything but an ass kissing contest.
Is there a future for this website? I'm glad you asked, because I'm going to answer( See how I did that? I learned from Donald Rumsfeld to ask myself the question I want to answer, it makes press conferences all the more efficient). Yes, there is. But I'm going to back off on the political "Gotcha!" game. If that's your thing look at atrios on the left or instapundit on the right for endless links to people who share the same opinions as those authors. What I plan to offer here is an occasional essay that cuts through the partisan spin and pundit-driven groupthink that has driven political coverage of late. Developing....
Whether the message was "There are weapons of Mass Destruction in areas North, South, East and West of Baghdad" or "Freedom is on the March" or "Freedom is on the March" or "Freedom is on the March," Any message from the White House, even the most banal repetition of year old cliches, would receive an immediate "Ditto!" from the pampered lazy press. It made me mad as hell, as well as rather unlikely and unwilling to take it any more.
When the shit settled the Karl Rove & Co. managed to convince %50.73 percent of the nation into (re-)electing President George "I own a lumber company?" Bush. And while that travesty kept me fired up for about six months, soon thereafter my outrage trickled, and I stopped posting with any kind of regularity.
The main reason for the slowdown is as follows: It was getting tedious. We all have to suffer through another three years with Mr. Furley from Three Company running the free world. It seemed almost cruel to remind people on a daily basis that they're completely fucked. Especially considering that we are almost powerless to stop him. We all got outsmarted by the guy we thought was the biggest dope on the planet. What does that make us? The best solution I can offer y'all is not to vote for any politician who supported Bush's many blunders. That cuts out the entire Republican Congress and about 1/2 of the Democrats too. When the choice is between someone like Hillary Clinton who capitulates to Bush on things like the Iraq War and the Patriot Act and someone like Russ Feingold who doesn't, give your support to the person who stands for something, not the person "more likely to win." Because If you can't stand up for what's right, you aren't likely to win anything but an ass kissing contest.
Is there a future for this website? I'm glad you asked, because I'm going to answer( See how I did that? I learned from Donald Rumsfeld to ask myself the question I want to answer, it makes press conferences all the more efficient). Yes, there is. But I'm going to back off on the political "Gotcha!" game. If that's your thing look at atrios on the left or instapundit on the right for endless links to people who share the same opinions as those authors. What I plan to offer here is an occasional essay that cuts through the partisan spin and pundit-driven groupthink that has driven political coverage of late. Developing....
