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I frequent a lot of conservative blogs. I read the news on different sites. I even read liberal news sites from time to time, just to avoid living in an echo chamber.

Nobody seems to value truth except when it comes to correcting somebody else. Here’s what I would believe if I took everything I’ve seen at face value over the past few weeks, from both sides:

• America is in a worse financial state than anyone in the history of ever
• The recession will end this year
• President Obama is a communist who wants to destory capitalism and change our national anthem to the National Anthem of the Russian Federation
• Presient Obama doesn’t believe big government is the solution, and is, in fact, “Reaganesque“
• Democrats want to take away my guns (which reminds me: buy a gun)
• Joe Biden packs a Baretta and dares Obama to take it away
• “Clean coal” is clean
• “Clean coal” is not clean
• Obama is ruining the economy
• Bush already ruined the economy
• I’m going to get a big huge Obama tax break
• Obama is going to take my money and give it to minorities
• Louisiana is losing 400 jobs a day
• Louisiana is experiencing job growth
• We’re living in a post-racial society
• I’m a cowardly Caucasian who refuses to face the deep-seeded racism in this society

Most political commentary is conservatives attacking Obama relentlessly, and liberals defending everything he does with equal vigor. If it’s not that, then they’re lying to the public about what the other side said he said that she said he said. There is no rational debate. No facts. No truth. Just a lot of talking.

Where is this great unity I heard so much about? I can’t even hear myself think in here anymore.

Let me clarify: There is only one truth (one way, one life). But that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m saying that I want to listen to someone on the radio, or log into a website and see… [DRAMATIC PAUSE]… truth.

My Bible tells me to rejoice in all truth. Is Obama really doing a good job? Tell me then! Is the economy really getting better or worse? Hit me with it! Is global warming real, fake or hype (spoiler: it’s #3)? Lay it on me! I’m an adult. I can take it, honest.

Talking heads on both sides have me believing, however, that nobody really has any idea what is going on. I believe the foundation of our entire journalistic establishment may just be speculation and propaganda.