Aside from the rapidly rising cost of gas at the pump, there's not much very much of interest in the news. I did notice however, that with each tick up in fuel prices the president loses points in the polls. So perhaps, folks just aren't buying his story that he's not responsible for the increased cost of oil, when the very facts of the matter prove that he certainly is.
Elsewhere I saw a story on CNN's website wherein Rick Santorum blasted nomination rivals for using teleprompters when speaking in public. Here's what he said:
"See, I always believed that when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter. Because all you're doing is reading someone else's words to people. Furthering that thought he stated that "prompters should have no place in politics" and said that people should know that a candidate's words haven't been 'focus-grouped' and that the words are the candidate's -not those of 'pollsters and speechwriters.'"
As for me, I think someone should tell Rick that a teleprompter's only a tool for displaying text. And that simply because the words appear on a screen doesn't mean someone other than the speaker wrote them. And along the same lines, I'd have to assume he also dislikes prepared speeches or notes on paper, because they're similar, if not exactly the same. The only difference is, that the technology of teleprompting permits speakers to keep their heads up and face their audience while talking instead of staring down at lecterns or scrambling through piles of notes.
However, I think Santorum's comments provide some valuable insight regarding him personally, because he obviously has problems accepting technological advancement which might explain why so many of his beliefs in other areas are so archaic.His thoughts also indicate that he'd prefer to rely strictly on himself in all cases, which sounds like he thinks he's either the absolute and only expert on all subjects, or a stubborn stick-in-the-mud that refuses input from anyone else, regardless.
In summation, if nothing else, I can certainly understand that there are folks like Santorum who don't understand how to absorb modernity or to let technological advancement help them. Most often, in my experience, those reactions result from either pure ignorance or fear of the unknown. However, in Santorum's situation, I truly think it might have helped him to have learned that just because he thinks some things others do are really terrible doesn't necessarily mean the devil made them do them.
That's it for today folks.
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