Uncle Jazzbeau’s Gallimaufrey

the bad news, people aren't stupid

Gaius Publius, over on Counter Punch, has written a provocative moral indictment on the citizenry of the US of A. [via wood s lot]

So are the American people just stupid ("addled" as one commentator puts it), or is something else going on? Unless you really believe that Americans are less smart than the whole rest of the world — in fact, are less smart than you yourself (such an elitist thought!) — one can't help but consider the other conclusion, that things are exactly as most people want them, and if the facts are in the way, then goodbye facts.

In other words, one must consider that not only are the press and whistle-blower announcements swimming up the stream of Bushist damage control; they also swim up the stream of what the public, or a good part of it, wants and is determined to believe.

There are times when my hard-earned cynicism in the face of political reality fails me.