Ahem … kidding.

Seriously, that’s a great post, Pistol. You’re right that people are very easily led a lot of the time. Part of it is that people latch on as supporters of a person or party, rather than people of principle and belief.

For example, I like Mike Huckabee. That shouldn’t mean that I do everything he says … because he’s human and sometimes he’s wrong. I can think of areas of disagreement now (really, I can!). But if I lose the ability to say that I disagree with him, then I’m not acting like an intelligent person anymore.

I want to blame extreme pundits, talk radio, and such … but the only place to put blame, really, is on us as the public. We put up with this stuff.

I’ve got quite a bit to say on the subject, but it would turn into a rant. Suffice it say that Thomas Jefferson saw this inevitable end and spoke of it in his writings. Just because most of our population completes highschool does not mean they are educated.