Sep 2008
First Time Endorsing a Presidential Candidate
09/22/2008 03:32 PM
For the first time, the Humane Society Legislative
Fund has endorsed a candidate for President of the
United States. They have endorsed congressional
candidates (both Democrat and Republican) before, but
this is the first time they have announced their
support for a Presidential candidate.
From the release:
While McCain's positions on animal protection have been lukewarm, his choice of running mate cemented our decision to oppose his ticket. Gov. Sarah Palin's (R-Alaska) retrograde policies on animal welfare and conservation have led to an all-out war on Alaska's wolves and other creatures. Her record is so extreme that she has perhaps done more harm to animals than any other current governor in the United States.
Palin engineered a campaign of shooting predators from airplanes and helicopters, in order to artificially boost the populations of moose and caribou for trophy hunters. She offered a $150 bounty for the left foreleg of each dead wolf as an economic incentive for pilots and aerial gunners to kill more of the animals, even though Alaska voters had twice approved a ban on the practice. This year, the issue was up again for a vote of the people, and Palin led the fight against it -- in fact, she helped to spend $400,000 of public funds to defeat the initiative.
From the release:
While McCain's positions on animal protection have been lukewarm, his choice of running mate cemented our decision to oppose his ticket. Gov. Sarah Palin's (R-Alaska) retrograde policies on animal welfare and conservation have led to an all-out war on Alaska's wolves and other creatures. Her record is so extreme that she has perhaps done more harm to animals than any other current governor in the United States.
Palin engineered a campaign of shooting predators from airplanes and helicopters, in order to artificially boost the populations of moose and caribou for trophy hunters. She offered a $150 bounty for the left foreleg of each dead wolf as an economic incentive for pilots and aerial gunners to kill more of the animals, even though Alaska voters had twice approved a ban on the practice. This year, the issue was up again for a vote of the people, and Palin led the fight against it -- in fact, she helped to spend $400,000 of public funds to defeat the initiative.
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Why some people "Just Don't Get It"
09/21/2008 04:53 PM
One of my favorite shows, On The Media, has a
discussion about why pointing out a lie ( especially
an egregious one, like ‘WMDs’ or
‘The Economy is Fundamentally Sound’ )
can sometimes backfire and cause people believe the
original lie with even more conviction.
Some of us who are more liberal leaning want to pull our hair out because conservatives just don’t get it. The research mentioned in the show does some good preliminary work about why proving the lie sometimes doesn’t work.
From the OTM Website:
There’s been no shortage of fact-checkers this campaign season. But Washington Post columnist Shankar Vedantam explains that a number of new studies suggest people don't let go of political misinformation after hearing a correction. In fact, the misinformation spreads.
Listen here:
Some of us who are more liberal leaning want to pull our hair out because conservatives just don’t get it. The research mentioned in the show does some good preliminary work about why proving the lie sometimes doesn’t work.
From the OTM Website:
There’s been no shortage of fact-checkers this campaign season. But Washington Post columnist Shankar Vedantam explains that a number of new studies suggest people don't let go of political misinformation after hearing a correction. In fact, the misinformation spreads.
Listen here:
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