Good Information

We live in an age of information.
Most of it isn't entirely true.
We live in a time of unprecedented access to all of that bad information.
Consequently, I believe, that we have a responsibility to double check everything we read or hear, even if it comes from a source we trust.
We have a responsibility to search out and find truth.
We live in an age of worry, extremism (on all sides), back biting, and evil.
We should refuse to be a part of it, and an important way to do that is by not taking anyone elses word for anything when it comes to information.

Here are two such examples I would like to raise and debunk today:
Not because I am a particular fan of our current President, but because I think there are other more important things that he is doing that are damaging to our country, for people to spend time focusing energy on these.

1. President Obama will be the first president of the United States not to spend Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetary this year, choosing instead to vacation in Chicago.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/memorialday.asp

Now, while I think it it totally appropriate to desire him to spend the day at Arlington, the point here is that he is not the first President to skip out on Arlington for Memorial day.

2. President Obama is not longer signing Eagle Scout Certificates.

http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/recognition/clarifying-president-obamas-policy-regard-boy-scouts-of-america/

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/e/obama-eagle-scouts.htm

http://scoutmaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/03/honorary-president-of-the-boy-scouts-of-america.html

There are so many important LEGISLATIVE things happening in our country and in the world right now. And such a spirit of contentious division that already exists, we cannot allow ourselves to become a part of it, or there is no hope to restore our country. If you get an email in your in box, please double check the information. If you see something on a blog, news article or report, please double check the information- double check my research. Just don't trust anybody out there. You can find someone to say whatever you want- what we are looking for is truth.

President Obama and the Congress have plenty of real irons in the fire right now that need we need to be informed and aware of, to spend a lot of time bothered by things of this nature.

A few research tips:

• Use sites that have a good reputation for debunking rumors:

I like snopes.com and truthorfiction.com

• Look at the websites of the parties involved

For example- official scouting websites and forums.

• Look at lots of information. Don't just do one search on google and call it quits.