Slate Magazine

Slate Magazine

A great article on Rush Limbaugh's recent attack on Michael J. Fox.

It sends me on tangent about the inscrutable nature of the "religious right" these days. It seems they are increasingly stubborn to face facts. And not surprisingly, either, given the brilliance of their media strategy, and their infiltration of the mainstream media. The ugly facts of our new reality, and the obvious incompetence of our leaders is cognitive dissonance swiftly snuffed, through fear, faith and respect for authority.

It a scenario that is self-perpetuating. The greater the fear, the greater the faith, and so long as the president appears to be a man of faith, they follow steadfastly.