Teaching Old Dogs

I watched the Vice Presidential debate last night -- okay, I didn't manage to endure the whole thing. We were out when it started but recorded it with the new fangled DVR technology. I intentionally mock the technology that has been out for a decade or more because we have never had it until a month or so ago and this was the first time we used it. When we got home, we watched the remaining part of the debate live and then went back to the beginning.

I admit that I am a bit of a technological dinosaur. While I greatly appreciate the technology I use and realize that there would be benefits to using other technological advances that I don't use, I am slowly adapting to the world of internet technology and advances. I'm not sure that the same can be said of many of the old politicians that are running our country or aspire to run it.

Does VP Pence not know that there are audio and video files to prove that he lied or made misleading statements repeatedly last night. Is the President unaware that everything he says is recorded. Do they really believe that they can lie and we won't know it.

They campaign like a couple of old white guys that can browbeat constituents into voting for them by outshouting their opponents -- okay, Pence is more of a soft talking, condescending liar, but you get the point. That campaign style may cater to their base, but don't they need to expand their influence if they hope to win this election? I imagine that there are many of their more technology savvy supporters that must be embarrassed by the disregard for truth.

When outright lies are made from any political candidate, I am surprised that the opponent doesn't just respond by telling listeners to fact check it for themselves. I dare say that these old dogs are going to be the cause of their own demise -- and this is one old dog that will welcome the change.   

John

Just curious ...

At what point do Trump supporters realize and admit that our president is a fear mongering liar?

I'm not questioning their motives for voting for him or against Sec. Clinton.
I don't want to hear, "Yeah, but..."

I just want to hear, "Yeah, I voted for a fear mongering liar and I'm okay with it."
If you want to justify it with something like -- " I want someone that will sign the GOP bills that pass in Congress and I'm willing to deal with the consequences of putting a racist, immoral, compulsive liar into the White House to accomplish that." -- go ahead, add your reasoning.
I'm just curious.

John

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JH

Stephen Miller -- a little evidence, please!

I don't know if you have watched any of the several Sunday morning political shows that featured White House advisor Stephen Miller. If you are a political junkie at all, you have certainly seen clips of his interviews and heard commentary from many of the Monday morning shows or social media outlets. (You can do your own Google search to find them.)

Mr. Miller made and repeated many of the White House claims, but offered no evidence to support them.

Repeating a lie
Saying it louder
Talking over the interviewer
Claiming it to be a fact
Distracting from the question by making unrelated claims (real or falsified)

These things are not evidence and do not make something more true nor less false.
Even Fox News' Chris Wallace seemed to have a hard time making sense of Mr Miller's non-answers at times.

If anybody has evidence to support the claims of massive voter fraud (in any state), inappropriate judicial reach, or any of his other claims -- please let me know!

John <><

Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!

I have been through phases where I have shared many political and controversial posts and I have been through phases where I have deliberately refrained from such posts.

I have seen overall readership drop drastically from sharing political posts and I have had some of my most read/shared posts be the more controversial ones.

I'm to the point that I don't want to offend people nor misrepresent people by putting them into boxes of my choosing (I've been put into the wrong box many times), but I am  also to the point of not being willing to be silent in the face of outright lies and misinformation.

We now live in a society (in the USA) where alternative facts, outright lies, and political spin are the norm and have been accepted by many as the truth. It seems that politicians and news outlets are exempt from telling the truth if lies will produce votes or viewers. Even religious leaders have fallen into the category of those that spread lies for personal fame.
NO MORE!

It is way past the time for us to call fake news and alternative facts what they really are -- LIES!
And it is time for us to call those that spread this misinformation what they really are -- LIARS!

I know that it once was a huge offense to be labeled as a liar.
There was once a greater burden of proof put on the one calling the liar a liar than there was on the person telling the lie. The person calling out a liar was the one forced to defend their claim rather than the liar being faced with the truth.

I'm okay with that!

I am tired of being lied to by politicians and the news media.
I will call out lies where ever I find them.
And I will share them here at Out of My Hat.

You will find a new label Liar! Liar!
If you have a news story or political statement that is fake or a lie, you can submit it for exposure. Send me the story and the real truth (gospelmagic@gmail,com) and I will check it out and expose it.
Liars need to be called liars!

Let's put an end to fake news and alternative facts.

Yeah, I'm a little ticked off.
Care to join me?

John <><