It seems that many of those who are regular guests of this space are committed to a worldview based on some degree of reason and rationality.
That's a handy thing if the "Covert Alarm Locator Apparatus" in your Isaac Daniel® Compass Global 1000 GPS sneakers should happen to fail and you need to find your way back to where the rest of us are; sadly, not all voters are equipped with such a helpful worldview.
Luckily for them, there are lots of conservative "mouth organs" ready to fill the "information gap".
They send out lots of emails every day, spreading their Word, and as a public service I receive several of them; this to help keep track of just what's out there, exactly.
If you ever wondered why otherwise normal people believe some of the craziest things about "Obama's Secret Death Care And National Virgin Sacrifice Program", have a look at some of the things I get every single day, and it might all make a bit more sense.
Just as during the campaign, malicious emails are being sent, especially to the elderly....
The Sojourner Website is warning its readers about this piece of fear mongering trash. Its heading is "SENIOR DEATH WARRANTS"
Let me give you the highlights:
The actress Natasha Richardson died after falling skiing in Canada . It took eight hours to drive her to a hospital. If Canada had our health care she might be alive today.
[snip]
In England anyone over 59 cannot receive heart repairs or stents or bypass because it is not covered as being too expensive and not needed
[snip]
Obama wants to have our health care like Canada's and England's
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[quoting Tom Daschle, attributing the "part of the bill that calls for it to him" the email concludes that the proposal :]
includes provisions for extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens.
[snip]
We better have our funerals paid up, may be needing it sooner rather than later with no Dr's on our side to keep us healthy.
FAIR DISCLOSURE: THE GRAPHIC IS FROM A DIFFERENT PIECE OF E-MAIL, but I suspect, from the same anonymous lying thugs as the more "pure" scare mail I discuss....
Unlike some of these steaming piles of cyber-crap, this is entirely fact free. FactCheck tries to untangle the lies:
(Now, that's a lot of hooey... - promoted by boadicea)
The McCain campaign is beyond desperate, at this point, and as you might expect, the emails are full of things McCain supporters would like us to know.
I had one of those emails cross my inbox yesterday morning...and I thought to myself:
"Self...since the author of this email asked me to look up her facts, maybe I should."
So I did.
Next thing I knew, I realized I was looking at a giant load of hooey.
Follow along, and I'll show you what I mean.
(You would think at some point Republicans would run a fair non-binding poll just for the sheer novelty. Except, of course, they know they can't risk a fair fight. - promoted by boadicea)
The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) thinks its members are just gullible and stupid. Their "Business Advisory Council" scam never ceases to prove it. Yet another case in point: This recent email sent to their email list, and luckily for us, preserved on their website:
Well, I haven't gotten it but apparently there's an email going around warning Texas drivers of new state laws that would impose huge fines and tighten our driving laws.
Well, all y'all can relax. The email is a hoax. You can still drive like crap (at least Houston does).
Thousands of Texans have been calling the Department of Public Safety since Friday forcing DPS to issue a statement on it's website. From the A.P via DMN:
"The phones started ringing off the hook Friday morning," DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said
It claims an incorrect lane change could result in a $380 fine. Drivers, it says, must use a hands-free cell phone device or face a fine of $285. Driving more than 3 mph over the speed limit will lead to a speeding ticket, the e-mail said.
Actually, I kinda like the idea of fining people who won't get off their damn cell phone and DRIVE!!! I've seen some with a sandwich in one hand and the phone in the other. What the heck are they driving with?!? Wait. I don't want to know.
Man, no one can accuse these guys of not being jerks, savvy jerks, but jerks none the less. In a development of utterly comical dickery, the Justice Department released a single E-mail tied to Rove.
Yes, a single E-mail.
That's like tipping a penny.
You just know Leahy is pounding his fist on some table in the Beltway, and Specter is having a double fearing tomorrow at work with the Chairman.
