Thursday, February 27, 2014

Some people say...

There are people out there who say climate change isn't real. I can't imagine they actually believe it, but they say it every chance they get.

There are people who say the world is only 6,000 years old - despite piles of proof to the contrary.

There are people who say the media has a liberal bias.

There are people who say Saddam Hussein still had weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Iraq War.

There are people who say Hitler was a leftist.

There are people who blame Obama for a recession that started a dozen years before he became President. These same people used to say the recession wasn't real back before Obama took office.

There are people who say genetically modified foods are safe.

There are people who say aspartame is safer than sugar.

There are people who say nuclear power is safe.

There are people who say the violent crime rate declined in the 1990s and 2000s.

There are people who say banning Sudafed will wipe out meth labs.

There are people who say marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes.

There are people who say unemployment is less severe in so-called "right-to-work" states.

There are people who say Reagan ended the Cold War.

There are people who - to this very day - say Michael Dukakis actually did enact the prison furlough program William Horton abused.

There are people who say school uniforms will improve student safety.

There are people who say the 2000 "election" wasn't stolen.

There are people who say gas cost more under Jimmy Carter than it does now.

There are people who say the Tea Party is popular.

There are people who say Occupy Wall Street supporters defecated on a police car - even after it was proven that the photo was in a completely different precinct from where Occupy Wall Street was taking place.

There are people who say Palestinians celebrated in the streets after the 9/11 attacks - even though the footage in question was from a festival years earlier.

There are people who say the IRS targeted the Tea Party.

There are people who say the Obama administration covered up events surrounding the Benghazi attack.

There are people who say the Bill of Rights was never intended to be binding on the states.

There are people who say America has high taxes compared to the rest of the industrialized world.

There are people who say the legislative branch of government is supposed to be more powerful than the other branches.

There are people who say the worst private school is better than the best public school.

There are people who say media consolidation has made radio better.

There are people who say there's more Republicans than Democrats among the general public.

There are people who say the DLC improved the Democrats' electoral prospects.

There are people who say separation of church and state isn't found in the Constitution.

There are people who say the Affordable Care Act doesn't let folks keep their doctor.

There are people who say increasing the minimum wage kills jobs.

There are people who say violent TV shows and video games lead to real-life violence.

There are people who say the poor caused their own poverty.

There are people who claim the Canadian health care system needlessly delays surgery while the U.S. system before the ACA did not.

There are people who say the stock market is an accurate indicator of Americans' economic well-being.

There are people who say the poor pay less in taxes than the rich.

There are people who say the Constitution isn't supposed to apply at school.

There are people who say Singapore is one of the freest countries in the world.

There are people who say Obama is trying to take people's guns away.

There are people who are wrong about everything.

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