better box

krisnolte:

it’s incredible (and depressing) how much TV has come to influence the way our culture perceives truth and reason. it’s clear the power of the image far outweighs the power of words for so many people in our country.. we’re gonna be in big trouble eventually if we don’t start addressing media literacy.

marco:

Cynical-C Blog: (via Paul Scheer)

On November 20, 2009, at a Borders bookstore in Columbus, Ohio, Sarah Palin held a book signing event in support of “Going Rogue”. Palin’s supporters wanted her to run for the presidency, but they weren’t exactly sure what she’d do as president. Short on specifics, most of them were uncertain what her policy positions are. They just felt that they liked her. She’s “real”. And that the solution to all of our country’s problems—health care, energy, the deficit, unemployment, and the economy—was to cut taxes and lower spending, and Palin, they said, would solve them by doing just that.

This is one of the scariest movies I’ve seen in a long time.