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"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." --George Orwell
April's Lowdown
The great American medicine show, a spectacle of deceit, manipulation, and flimflammery
Butterflies waft across a beautiful field of spring flowers. A delightful young family bicycles joyously down a country lane. A couple on a park bench leans sensually into each other. A 40-something woman's face radiates with both perfect beauty and internal happiness. "All's right with the world," is the message... as long as you've taken your dosages of Lunesta, Celebrex, Cialis, and Botox.
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POLITICAL NASTINESS
In Wisconsin, the GOP ran an ad claiming that Democratic incumbent Ron Kind had voted to fund studies of “the masturbation habits of old men” and “to pay teenage girls to watch pornographic movies with probes connected to their genitalia.” Not true. Kind had merely voted against a bill to stop the National Institutes of Health from doing any sex studies. Yet the ad featured Ron with XXX stamped across his face. Kind, who won re-election with 65% of the vote, says, “We rip each other to shreds and then we’re all supposed to come back to Washington and try to work together. It’s a hell of a way to elect representatives.”
In a Gallup poll, 70% of Americans said they believe “not much” or “nothing at all” of what they hear in political ads.