If there's one thing I can't stand in this world, it's when celebrities get political. It's as if they they're saying because they make more money than I do, their opinion counts more than mine and that I should stop thinking for myself and adopt their ideals as my own. Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Janeane Garofalo, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Curt Schilling, and of course Bono just to name a few. It drives me insane. Want to let your political views shape the world? Then run for office. Until then, shut the fuck up. I don't enjoy your movies or listen to your music or watch you throw a baseball to learn who you're voting for. I don't care who you're voting for. You vote for your guy, and I'll vote for mine. That's the way it's supposed to work. And it's the reason that I rarely if ever discuss politics here on EHOWA.

But if there's one thing I can't stand more than celebrities showboating their political views, it's the common man like you or me propogating out political misinformation. Chain letters. We all get em. And not to get sidetracked on why you shouldn't forward them out for spam control reasons, but there's a more important reason why you shouldn't send on that email about whether or not Obama puts his hand over his heart during the national anthem, or if McCain has a hundred houses. Because a they're filled with complete and utter bullshit. Flat out fabrications or intentional misrepresentations of the truth. Falsehoods. Snowjobs. Lies. Bullshit. And the ones that aren't complete bullshit, are so twisted and warped that they might as well be complete bullshit.

I had one chucklehead send me this link about how Obama repainted his plane, and the subject of the email was, "Patriot?" Are you kidding me? Do you actually extect me to believe that some people would challenge a person's patriotism because they painted over the tail of a leased jet? That's just asinine. Of course he had to paint over the American flag on the tail, it was a registered fucking trademark. Use your fucking head.

Then I had someone send me in this, detailing how Obama blew off a bunch of soldiers in a visit to Afghanistan. Stop for a second and think. Does it sound reasonable that a politician who is running for president, already accused of being light on military experience, would knowingly ignore a bunch of soldier (and potential voters) right in front of the press? Does that sound reasonable? of course it doesn't. I immediately wrote back to the sender and called bullshit. Sure enough, I was right. Not because I'm a genius -- which I am -- and not because I was there in Bagram and saw what really happened. But because much like the saying, "If it's too good to be true it probably is; If it sounds too sensational to be true, it probably is." Getting email like this makes me want to scream. I don't give a fuck who you're voting for -- just don't be a fucking sheep. So how do we protect ourselves from this? Easy. Use your fucking head.

But the Obama campaign isn't the only one to fall victim to the misinformation war, although to a much lesser degree. The latest gem to hit my inbox was something about proposed taxes. I'm sure many emails about Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin are right around the corner, and I'm sure the small percentage of them that aren't flat out bullshit will be warped skews on the truth. Now, am I suggesting that snopes is the end-all-be-all of political information? Of course not. But those emails you people forward out surely are the end-all-be-all of political misinformation. Contrary to what some believe, just because you read it on the internet, doesn't make it true. Use your fucking head.

Turn on the television. Read some newspapers. Listen to your candidates. Make an informed decision on your own, based upon the facts and not on some fictional email hyped up by some asshole with a vivid imagination and an empty coffee cup. If you're an Obama supporter, do your candidate this favor: don't forward out any anti-McCain bullshit. If you're for McCain, just delete those "Here's why Obama is a terrorist," emails. Because when the statements therein are are proved to be untrue, you only make your own team look stupid. So don't contribute to the stupidity. Don't perpetuate the bullshit and the lies. Try something new and use your fucking head.