the Turth

After Wednesdays class I have been thinking a lot about the truth.  I have come to determine that the only way to know something is true is through experience.  Everything else is up for grabs.  For instance I am pretty sure there is not a tea cup orbiting the Earth, but I have never been off of Earth so I do not know.  

Even things that have been proven true by others is questionable because I did not personable see the experiment that was done so how do I know that there wasnt some evidence fudged.  

However one thought as really been bothering me.  What if we are all just living in a dream and everything we think and believe is true is really just part of our imagination?

Here is a video that makes fun of how the media shapes the candidates in this election.  Very entertain :-D

http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin#/teaser/1191

As a political science major, I have spent the last two weeks closely examining the Democratic and Republican Conventions.  I think that politics, especially the conventions is one of the greatest places of propaganda.  They tell you what issues are important and the media shapes the agenda of the conventions.  The conventions are all about great speakers and great "performances" by the candidates and by the supporters of the candidate and the party.  Overall I think politics is the greatest spot to look for the media's use of propaganda.