HOLY CRAP I am sick and freaking tired of getting fliers in the mail! ITT yesterday may have been the worst considering I got 3 seperate fliers/slicks for the same presidential candidate. On other days, I have gotten one from each or maybe one from a few different candidates for various races, but this has reached near insanity levels! Add this to the CONSTANT barrage of TV and radio adds and I am pretty much sick of it.

I watched a PBS Newshour piece last night and it covered how things have changes this election. It was incredible to learn how cookies are being used to basically stalk us based on our preferences. Things like FB, Twitter, and the sites you visit really are allowing them to zero in on people. Im not a huge tech guy, but honestly didnt realize how big brotherish it has really gotten. Its a bit frightening really.

Seriously, it has gotten to the point where the answering machine is set one ONE ring. And it fills up before lunch time. And we are on the "do not call" list. 

Living in Ohio is a real pain every four years. 

What is really annoying is the people that KEEP calling AFTER election day. I remember last election day getting calls two and three days later reminding us to be sure to vote...

ITT in most cases honestly, all elections are popularity contests. You can be a brilliant person with the most ability to lead and still get beaten by a lesser more likeable candidate. I doubt the vast majority of people know much if anything about any of the candidates other than what they see through various media. There is just too much info these days. I don't know how anyone with a full time job, kids and other commitments could possibly go through even a small portion of it. It's probably why so many people just simply pick a party they agree mostly with and vote down party lines. Its far from a perfect system.

 

 

 

* Actually had a Freudian siip and originally typed "sharks" instead of "laywers"