The Less You Know...

Hello My Dear Friends! There's a new term being used by pundits and the media and making it's way into the mainstream. It's "Low-Information Voters" or "LIVs". The term has actually been around since the early 1990s but is seeing a resurgence, not surprisingly, lately. It refers to, well, stupid people who vote. I'm about to offend some of you so brace yourselves. Your typical LIV will say things like "I'm voting for Hillary because we need a woman for President", or, "I'm voting for Donald Trump because he's not a politician". Informed voters choose a candidate based on their political views, positions and plans for the future. LIVs choose a candidate based on a superficial personal belief. I have said many, many times that everyone needs to vote. I've said many, many times that I don't care who you vote for as long as you vote. I no longer feel that way.  I have evolved. I now see voting in the same way I see driving. If you don't know what you're doing, please stay off the roads for the safety of us all.
An amazing story has been blanketing the web and has even been picked up by some actual news organizations. It's been written that a little girl, named Laura, was sent home from school because her Wonder Woman lunchbox violated school policy regarding violent images. Outrageous! It's political correctness run amok! Even Wonder Woman herself, Linda Carter weighed in. There's a problem though. The story simply isn't true. There were obvious red flags right from the start but, in today's media climate, we never let the facts get in the way of a good common outrage. The original post began with "A friend of mine's daughter". Red flag #1. Next, the family in the story was only identified by their first names, no surname. Red flag #2. Finally, no specific school district was named. Red flag #3. Three red flags in the first paragraph of any story should alert the average person that they are reading another internet fabrication. But, alas, it did not. The story was shared over 8 million times before the original poster took it down and disappeared.
350-500 Black Lives Matter protesters disrupted the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday. I have no problem with peaceful protests but, this particular protest, although peaceful, was insane. The group marched around the perimeter of the Fairgrounds chanting "Pigs in a blanket, Fry 'em like bacon". Are you kidding me? That is not free speech. That's incendiary speech and it is not protected under the First Amendment. Those people should have been arrested on the spot. This insanity has to stop. How many Law Enforcement Officers have to get gunned down in the street before someone has the courage to step up and stop this? An organized group of hundreds, calling for the killing of Police Officers and no one did a thing! WFT! This "protest" came one day, one day people, after Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth was assassinated while pumping gas. The 47 year old father of two was first shot in the back and then shot repeatedly as he lay on the ground. The 30 year old animal who gunned him down, for no other reason than he was wearing a uniform, will be arraigned on a capital murder charge today. You want to "fry someone like bacon", here's your chance Texas.
Finally, last night at the MTV VMA's, Kanye West announced that he would be running for President in 2020. LOL! I can't wait for that Iowa Caucus!
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