Dumb is good III: We elect these people

On the day that Colorado's legalized marijuana law took effect, the satire site Daily Currant ran a funny piece:

Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization

Lots of people fell for it, because people consume the empty calories of most content on the Interwebs as if they were inhaling so many Taco Bell new breakfast waffle tacos: mindlessly and breathlessly. In this environment, hoaxes look like just like facts.

Meet Police Chief Doo Fuss.
Photo: Baltimore Sun

Even to the police chief of Annapolis, MD:

Annapolis police chief apologizes for marijuana misspeak

 

...proving, once and for all, that Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" is a documentary.