I'm not so stupid, after all.

It's easy to be stupid. Because most of us are misinformed. Or lack information, period. That includes me. I don't rely on the media. I know better than to trust what I read and hear. Because I used to be a part of the media. I wrote for newspapers. I saw the operation from inside.  And I wrote some pretty good stories. But that's all they were. Stories. That presented tidbits of information.  Often things that were told to me by unreliable sources. Such as politicians. Partisan. Biased. And a good case could be made against me. That I'm partisan. Biased. I'm not a Republican or Democrat. But I'm a socialist sympathizer. I have all sorts of opinions. I often try to be objective. But trying isn't always good enough. And I try to be informed. But that's a hard thing to do. Because no matter where I go, I'm bombarded with propaganda. Bull shit. The flow is especially heavy during election campaigns. We're all being dumb-downed. With 30-second sound bites. And bold-faced lies. So, I gotta learn to cope. And I do that by retreating. I'm off to Sardinia. To live with my Italian true love. In Paradise.  My own little world.  Shows that I'm not so stupid, after all. --Jim Broede