billshit started a week ago today. mostly because i thought billshit is a funny word. billshit refers to my wacky opinions, and some time in the future i will be giving billshit awards to the most outrageous things i see happening (calling billshit on that, like shenanigans). i spew whole lots of truthiness here, mostly because i am too lazy to do actual research for facts. i think most of my truthiness turns out to be factual though.
the point i want to make with billshit is this, dont believe. in a nation where 90% of the public is religious thats a tough thing to do. its easy to make people believe things, its much tougher to get them to know the facts. when someone tells you something, or you read something, or see it on tv or the internet dont immediately assume the information to be true. when i was a young radical "question authority" was a popular mantra to me. now it is "question everything". its sad i guess that it has to be that way, but thats the way things are now. if you see on the news that president obama is on a $2 billion trip with 34 navy ships, question it. if you are told there are death panels in the new health care law, question it. if a politician refuses to talk to the regular media or answer any question with specifics, question it. question everything. that is the whole point of billshit, question everything. think.
todays recommendation:
http://politifact.com/
