It goes without saying that the internet is an amazing resource for information retreival and, thanks to sites like snopes.com, a lot of the bullshit information out there has been debunked.
Sadly, for many people sites like snopes don’t seem to exist. Far too many people just pass on the absolute bullshit they hear or that they find in their mailbox. They pass it on as if it were gospel instead of taking a minute to actually check and see if what they are propogating is bullshit or not.
Take this new story going around about how Pres. Obama is a piece of shit because he is the first president, since memorial day’s inception, who won’t be at Arlington laying a wreath. Instead he will be in Chicago.
It sounds believable on the surface - I mean, who really keeps track of Presidents on memorial day and whether they are at Arlington. Well, it is a total bullshit story. In fact, in the past 30 years only one president has gone to Arlington for each of the years of his presidency.
It wasn’t Regan or either of the Bush’s by the way - it was that damn draft dodging Bill Clinton (though not a felonious draft doger)
There are some out there who dismiss snopes as having a “liberal bias” and to them I say “bullshit” as well. Read the Clinton article I linked to - they categorize his actions as “unethical” and “morally reprehensible.” Snopes has problems (like too much and far too invasive advertising) but their bias isn’t one of them.
Stop spouting off with complete and utter bullshit and get your facts straight people. I’m getting tired of telling you that you’re wrong.