Comments on: This is Bullshit http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/this-is-bullshit/ Games, Music and Politics Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ThomasJLKastner http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/this-is-bullshit/#comment-138 ThomasJLKastner Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:39:27 +0000 http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-138 I have a very hard time blaming the people for being mislead by dishonest politicians. I do concede that many people are easily fooled and tend to eat up false information. However, I can not bring myself to blame them instead of the actual source of the problem at hand. Consider if politicians didn't mislead the public and were all honest strait-shooters. I imagine it would force the voter to use their critical thinking skills to discover their position on said issue. Instead they use manipulative language and at times even absolutely dishonest statements to assure the voter that they are the answer to all of their problems. Of course I believe there are other sources that enhance this issue such as mass media. I'm not for censoring media or having government regulation of media but I do wish the media could retain even a fragment of integrity. More than any other entity the media tends to endorse a two party system. Perhaps it is because they understand the power it holds to the viewer. Its easier to consume a competition that is 1 vs 1 instead of a mass free for all. You're a Libertarian candidate for Governor in Indiana so I'm certain you understand how Republicans and Democrats parties receive a disproportionate amount of media coverage in comparison to the Libertarian, Constitution, and Green party. There are a large selection of other options and until you actually see the ballot many will not even understand that. Perhaps certain parties won't even attain access to the ballot so it is possible that some voters will be completely ignorant on the existence of a 3rd, 4th and 5th option(and beyond). In summary I don't believe the voter is to blame but rather the election system set in place, politicians and media sources. I believe it is extremely important for the voters to be provided with a fair amount of information for each party and independent candidate. Access to the ballot has to be made easier and the system has to be improved upon in various areas. The percentage of voters that actually vote are extremely low and I don't think they are to blame. Its not a secret that there are some serious flaws with the system. Why would anyone want to take part in a broken election process? I do but that is just because I've taken the time to read and do research. Before anything will improve in a true and honest fashion the election process has to under go reformation to assure every vote is counted and every legal candidate can have access to the public eye and the ballot. If this happens I predict that the media will slowly begin to recognize the existence of various parties and begin to include them in their polls and voter research. I have a very hard time blaming the people for being mislead by dishonest politicians. I do concede that many people are easily fooled and tend to eat up false information. However, I can not bring myself to blame them instead of the actual source of the problem at hand. Consider if politicians didn’t mislead the public and were all honest strait-shooters. I imagine it would force the voter to use their critical thinking skills to discover their position on said issue. Instead they use manipulative language and at times even absolutely dishonest statements to assure the voter that they are the answer to all of their problems.

Of course I believe there are other sources that enhance this issue such as mass media. I’m not for censoring media or having government regulation of media but I do wish the media could retain even a fragment of integrity. More than any other entity the media tends to endorse a two party system. Perhaps it is because they understand the power it holds to the viewer. Its easier to consume a competition that is 1 vs 1 instead of a mass free for all. You’re a Libertarian candidate for Governor in Indiana so I’m certain you understand how Republicans and Democrats parties receive a disproportionate amount of media coverage in comparison to the Libertarian, Constitution, and Green party. There are a large selection of other options and until you actually see the ballot many will not even understand that. Perhaps certain parties won’t even attain access to the ballot so it is possible that some voters will be completely ignorant on the existence of a 3rd, 4th and 5th option(and beyond).

In summary I don’t believe the voter is to blame but rather the election system set in place, politicians and media sources. I believe it is extremely important for the voters to be provided with a fair amount of information for each party and independent candidate. Access to the ballot has to be made easier and the system has to be improved upon in various areas. The percentage of voters that actually vote are extremely low and I don’t think they are to blame. Its not a secret that there are some serious flaws with the system. Why would anyone want to take part in a broken election process? I do but that is just because I’ve taken the time to read and do research.

Before anything will improve in a true and honest fashion the election process has to under go reformation to assure every vote is counted and every legal candidate can have access to the public eye and the ballot. If this happens I predict that the media will slowly begin to recognize the existence of various parties and begin to include them in their polls and voter research.

]]> By: wedeclare http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/this-is-bullshit/#comment-137 wedeclare Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:56:49 +0000 http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-137 You can't blame politicians for a 98% incumbent-reelection rate. You can't blame politicians for anything, actually, since we choose to hire or fire them at regular intervals. It's up to us to govern our government. We must choose it. www.horningforgovernor.com You can’t blame politicians for a 98% incumbent-reelection rate. You can’t blame politicians for anything, actually, since we choose to hire or fire them at regular intervals. It’s up to us to govern our government. We must choose it.
http://www.horningforgovernor.com

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