Get your Facts Straight...
One of the most important things I find, both in my very nature and in the roles I have performed in my life is accuracy. As an engineer, components must be accurately produced or the equipment fails or misfunctions, as a quality controller, again, equipment must pass a certain standard or a life could be at risk, in design and development, code must be accurate or all manner of mishaps can happen...
...and it's the same in politics.
Plenty has happened in UK politics due to misrepresentation, misunderstanding and misinterpretation of facts which leads to inaccuracy in judgements, decisions and eventually consequences. There's a wealth of information to discuss on this subject, but here I want to focus on America...
In the US, the run-up to the Presidential election is absolutely fascinating. As a UK citizen it's interesting to try formulate judgements from watching Presidential debates, whistle-stop tours of swing states, demonstrations, technology failures, punch-ups and, most of all, political mud-slinging.
I'm not voting, I can't, but how would I decide?
Charm, charisma, propaganda, TV, radio, ads, polls...? With many millions of dollars being spent on the campaign it could be a case of the biggest budget wins. Didn't Thomas Jefferson once say that he feared one day economic and political power would become intertwined. I wish I could find that statement, it was quite poignant. And please forgive me the hypocricy of my own inaccuracies, let me know if you find that quote, or if it was a quote from some other figure.
The current place to get the lowdown on it all, for me, is factcheck.org - which, funnily enough, was the site that Dick Cheney tried to mention in his debate with John Edwards and ended up quoting as factcheck.com, and some bright spark set factcheck.com to redirect to George Soros site.
Get enlightened, get educated, get your facts straight... FactCheck.org.
Good Luck, my American friends, I hope you make the right choice for you, your children, your brothers and sisters, your country and the good of the world. Thankyou for listening, I step down from my soapbox now.
Your turn...
...and it's the same in politics.
Plenty has happened in UK politics due to misrepresentation, misunderstanding and misinterpretation of facts which leads to inaccuracy in judgements, decisions and eventually consequences. There's a wealth of information to discuss on this subject, but here I want to focus on America...
In the US, the run-up to the Presidential election is absolutely fascinating. As a UK citizen it's interesting to try formulate judgements from watching Presidential debates, whistle-stop tours of swing states, demonstrations, technology failures, punch-ups and, most of all, political mud-slinging.I'm not voting, I can't, but how would I decide?
Charm, charisma, propaganda, TV, radio, ads, polls...? With many millions of dollars being spent on the campaign it could be a case of the biggest budget wins. Didn't Thomas Jefferson once say that he feared one day economic and political power would become intertwined. I wish I could find that statement, it was quite poignant. And please forgive me the hypocricy of my own inaccuracies, let me know if you find that quote, or if it was a quote from some other figure.
The current place to get the lowdown on it all, for me, is factcheck.org - which, funnily enough, was the site that Dick Cheney tried to mention in his debate with John Edwards and ended up quoting as factcheck.com, and some bright spark set factcheck.com to redirect to George Soros site.
"An Avalanche of MisInformation"
Get enlightened, get educated, get your facts straight... FactCheck.org.
Good Luck, my American friends, I hope you make the right choice for you, your children, your brothers and sisters, your country and the good of the world. Thankyou for listening, I step down from my soapbox now.
Your turn...
Blue Skies thinking @ 10/22/2004 10:20:00 AM
2 Comments:
At Thu Oct 28, 03:22:00 AM,
Joel said…
For most voters, this particular election is more like a referendum on George W. Bush. If you like how he has done things you vote for him; if you don't like what he's done you vote against him. Voting on something other than spin, however, is highly recommended.
At Sat Oct 30, 12:48:00 PM,
Lever said…
What I find interesting is the tax breaks for the 'big guns' - obviously they will vote for Bush, and yet there are Bush supporters on low incomes... I really don't get that. It's like a vote to sustain and increase the gap between rich and poor, like maintaining the grip of money over power.
Whatever happened to voting on merit, ability, true honesty and genuine fairness? Why do people think that 'sticking to your guns' is more important than doing the right thing? "Hey, he completely f**ked up but at least he never regretted it"
Dubya changed his mind about being an alcoholic and his (alleged) use of cocaine. That's OK but it's not OK for Kerry to change his mind. Geez, this is the world, this is life, everything changes all the time it's natural. The end of the Age of Dynamism is at hand...
And why do 'the right' think that GWB should stay in power just because there's a war on? Commander in Chief? My Arse. Can't even command the English language or a few facts on other world leaders (remeber the faux pas on the name of Pervez Musharraf? "President.. er.. President.."
I could go on but I have a date with some lunch. Pretzel anyone?
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