Ignorance- he has it

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that pissed me off.  "MY business- I did it!"  Really?  Are you that stupid?  Or just that greedy?  I think it's willful ignorance, a trait that seems to be common amongst conservatives.  Don't like something?  Pretend it doesn't exist.  Don't like someone?  Ignore what they're actually saying, and twist a few words around into something you can pretend to be righteously angry about.

Anybody who actually watched, listened to, or read what Obama said about business in that quote realizes what he said, and what he meant, is that even someone who starts their own business has some government support- if nothing else, from highways and other infrastructure that make it possible for the economy to run smoothly.  The internet, nowadays, is obviously very important to business- and is a creation of the government.  Of course, you deserve credit for what you start.  But in the real world, a reasonable, polite person would give some credit, a nod of the head, to others who helped them get started.   Of course, those traits don't seem to apply to many conservatives nowadays.  Or maybe they just think they don't need fire departments, police, etc.  Well, until they do need them.  But then, these are the same kind of people who vote against taxes for emergency services, schools, etc., then complain when those same services aren't up to snuff when they need them.

I wish, over and over, that we could talk about real things, about real problems, instead of getting bogged down in arguments about things that weren't even said, that didn't happen, that aren't real.  I wish people would understand the facts before they form their vicious little opinions based on misunderstandings and distortions.  I know, if wishes were fishes the sea would be full...