Today I had an argument with a scarecrow.

A scarecrow is the name I’ve given to the majority of today’s Republicans — those who even though they are not neo-conservative, follow as blindly as they do the church, the Republican party talking-points.

I call them scarecrows because they are empty-headed and rely largely on fear.

It started as a simple discussion–

I said I thought people might be surprised at how well Sarah Palin will do this Thursday night against Joe Biden.  I qualified the statement, saying what I meant was, she had been portrayed so negatively, it was very likely her efforts would be seen as better than originally expected. The discussion/argument was with two co-workers of mine — an E-Mail Administrator and his managing Director.

At one point, the discussion turned to mis-statements made by Joe Biden — that he believed the television existed in the 20s or 30s and was used during an address about the Depression. That is just silly. Joe needs to go check the history books.

It was in response, that I pointed out that, Sarah Palin believes, that at one time, the Earth was inhabited by both dinosaurs and man — That she is a bible-beleiving christian — one who believes we should be discussing these same creationist ideas in public schools. I was told to find a quote. Find a link. Find a source. I was told she never said anything that would reflect those beliefs. I was sold I was helping to sensationalizing a media-made persona.

But I was told that because these two people hadn’t read any of the information below. Or if they had, they hadn’t reflected on it more than a very few moments.

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1837536,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin#Early_life_and_education
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilla_Bible_Church
http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/elections/story/8347904p-8243554c.html

Sarah Palin is a Bible-believing Christian.  Like all those that follow the Bible so closely, she thinks the Earth is less than 10,000 years old.  She thinks we were made through by and for some all-powerful, entirely undetectable creature called God.  These are her beliefs and those of any bible-believing Christian.

Its really not surprising all these people believe such nonsense, consider they also believe Sarah Palin is a viable candidate for Vice President. Consider, these people lack the healthy compulsion to question deeply the world they live in and worse, feel good about a solution that lacks any answers.  They prefer an unquestionable God.

There is another word for these people and its not stupid: its under-educated. These are people without the proper tools for analysis. And when you don’t know, or understand enough, about something to form any of your own meaningful analysis or tools for such an analysis, you are considered to be ignorant.  That is precisely what these people are; they do not READ and especially do not study any of the information needed to form meaningful opinions. They do not reflect on the importance or draw insight from discourse.

No, Sarah Palin is not any better, she’s one in the same — she’s as bad, in fact worse, as these same very morons willing to vote for her.  Apparently, she, and they, don’t understand the importance of reading…  that it eventually leads to growing an ability for parsing.

The educated can parse…  and as one of those people, I can parse of you Sarah… flatly…  that unlike those voting for you, who are under-educated, you’re a fucking idiot.