Friday, October 24, 2008

Do you have a brain?

I have noticed many many people in our society just take whatever people tell them and take it as truth. Why do we have a website called snopes.com???? It is because the facts are out there and we should go to look things up for ourselves. Did you know that sometimes snopes.com is wrong too? We should never listen to a preacher and take his word for it we all have access to Bibles, and can look it up for ourselves. Our culture is getting into lots of trouble for the simple reason of no one checks the facts. How hard is it for someone to check snopes.com before forwarding a email that tells you to look under your car before you get in it because you don't know what or who may be under there, or not to take those papers off the windshield before you drive away. These are all out to scare us and they are being used all the time to get our society to do things. We are like a heard of cattle afraid of a dog because it has a loud bark. We are all being driven into the slaughtering house, but it is ok because they told us we would be safe. Common sense has become very uncommon.

Lets look at the presidential election that is quickly approaching. Now I am not going to tell anyone who to vote for because I believe we all have a brain, the facts are out there, and we all (if you are reading this) easily have access to the facts. Do your homework. Don't vote for the person because you have heard their name the most. Don't vote for someone because someone told you to. Look up ALL the candidates qualifications (yes there are more than 2 candidates) make a decision for yourself. Which candidate is going to lead our country into prosperity? Who is going to make choices that are best for the long run. Who is being up-front with everyone. Who is someone you would trust in a crisis. Our world is very different than it was even when I was a child. Imagine what those who are in there 70's or more have gone through and how the world has changed. Our country has had enough of lets deal with this for now and we will really fix it later. Lets look for long term solutions not quick fixes. Lets stop jumping on the band wagon because it is the popular thing to do. Look at lemmings. Should we all blindly follow each other around until we all fall off a cliff, or should we all grow some "brass ones" and make a decision for ourselves and our country for the better.

BTW voting is anonymous so if you don't want anyone to know who you voted for you don't have to tell them.

2 comments:

Crazy Mama in AL said...

Hmmm, now why does the Scarecrow and the tune of "If I only had a brain" come to mind?????
You know you're asking a lot when you suggest that the public actually start thinking. ;-)
The new American motto: "Thinking is overrated"

Miiko said...

Carrots, why carrots? Thinking mind has to know, lol. Good to read some of your thoughts...and welcome to the blogging world.