Bamboozled: The Persistence Of Crazy Ideation In Apparently Sane People

bamboozle (v.) 

1703, originally a slang or cant word, perhaps Scottish from bombaze "perplex," related to bombast, or French embabouiner "to make a fool (literally 'baboon') of." Related: Bamboozled; bamboozling. As a noun from 1703.

Alan: Over the long haul, being bamboozled is less painful than being wrong.

Or so it seems within any given cocoon of wrongness.

Subsequent generations be damned.

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." 

Devout Christian, Blaise Pascal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal

Psychological Projection

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/projection-psychology.html

Psychological Shadow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)

"The Paranoid Style In American Politics," By Richard Hofstadter
paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/01/paranoid-style-in-american-politics-by.html

The United States Of Paranoia

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-united-states-of-paranoia.html

"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/paul-ryan-tells-truth.html

The Guardian: "John Oliver's Viral Video Is The Best Global Warming Debate You'll Ever See"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-guardian-john-olivers-viral-video.html

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants-and-how.html

"The Politics Of Horror In Conservative Evangelicalism," '09 Outstanding Academic Title"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-politics-of-horror-in-conservative.html

The Evangelical Persecution Complex (Projection's Finest Hour?)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-evangelical-persecution-complex.html

"Inferno: An Anatomy Of American Punishment." The Linchpin Of Our "National Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/05/inferno-anatomy-of-american-punishment.html

World's Most Humane Prison: This Will Not Happen In The United States Where Punishment Is Primary

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-worlds-most-humane-prison-this-will.html

"Bad Black People." Why Bill O'Reilly Is Wrong Even When He's Right

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/bad-black-people-why-bill-oreilly-is.html

Christian Defense Of Slavery Preached From The Pulpit

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/02/christian-defense-of-slavery-preached.html

"Shark Attacks Rise Worldwide: Risk Assessment and Aquinas' Criteria For Sin"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/shark-attacks-rise-worldwide-risk.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Miscarriage Of Justice And Misplaced Punishment

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on_20.html

After My Mugging c. 1970, The Police Pressured Me To Give False Testimony

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/after-my-mugging-in-1970-police.html

NC Man Found Innocent Of Fatal Stabbings After 37 Years In Prison

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/innocent-man-in-america-what-would-you.html

Frontline: A Rape-Murder Case Involving A Daisy Chain Of 4 False Confessions

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/frontline-rape-murder-case-involving.html

"This Modern World" - Christians Are Their Own Worst Enemy; Wrecking The Brand

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/this-modern-world-cartoon-christians.html

American Cops Fire More Bullets At One NYC Man Than All German Cops Fire In A Year

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/09/85-shots-us-cops-use-more-ammo-per-man.html

1 Small Town's Cops Have Killed More People Than Combined Police Of Germany And U.K.
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/1-small-towns-cops-have-killed-more.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts On Violent Criminals And Violent Police

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/compendium-of-pax-posts-on-violent.html

Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of U.S. Prison System Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/us-criminal-justice-system-compendium.html

The Caging Of America: Why Do We Lock Up So Many People?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/04/caging-of-america-why-do-we-lock-up-so.html

Selma, "Glory" And America's Astronomical Incarceration Rate
Particularly For Blacks
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/selma-common-and-john-legend-win-best.html

"The Caging Of America: American Prisons Routinely Used To Incarcerate The Mentally Ill. 500,000 Behind Bars"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/american-prisons-routinely-used-to.html

Diane Rehm Guest Gets To The Nub Of Police Violence And How Easily It's Prevented

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/diane-rehm-guest-gets-to-nub-of-police.html

There's Never Been A Safer Time For Cops Nor A More Dangerous Time For Criminals

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/theres-never-been-safer-time-to-be-cop.html

Oklahoma May Scrap AP History For Focusing On America's "Bad Parts"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/oklahoma-may-scrap-ap-history-for.html

Killer Cops: Slow Motion Serial Killing By White People

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/killer-cops-slow-motion-serial-killing.html

Cop Arrested After Video Shows Her Shoot Unarmed Man in Back Lying Face Down in the Snow

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/cop-arrested-after-video-shows-her.html

Open Season On Unarmed American Black Men, A Compendium Of Pax Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/open-season-on-american-black-men.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts: What's Wrong With Race Relations? 

Hatred, Cops And The Law

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/compendium-of-pax-posts-whats-wrong.html

The Daily Show Interviews Republican Official Who Spills Beans On Deliberate Voter Suppression 
Masquerading As Prevention Of Voter Fraud
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/jon-stewart-asif-mandvi-investigates.html

Republican Party Is "Full Of Racists," Colin Powell's Chief Of Staff
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/republican-party-is-full-of-racists.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts: 

What's Wrong With American Conservatism?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-whats.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On "Too Pure Principles" And The Collapse Of Conservatism

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on-too.html

The GOP And Obamacare: Governing By Anecdote

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-gop-and-obamacare-governing-by.html

Here's The News Report We'd Be Reading If Walter Scott's Murder Wasn't On Video

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/heres-news-report-wed-be-reading-if.html

Blacks Arrested For Contraband Twice As Often Though Much Less Likely To Have Contraband

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/blacks-2x-as-likely-to-be-arrested-for.html

Lists Of Americans Killed By Cops In 2013, 2014, 2015

http://www.killedbypolice.net/kbp2014.html

Walter Scott’s Killing Is the Sum of Every Black Nightmare About White Cops

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/walter-scotts-killing-is-sum-of-every_7.html

Killing Good Black People Over Dysfunctional Tail Lights

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/killing-good-black-people-over.html

Poll: Americans Starting To Worry About Climate Change Now That It Affects Their Lawns

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/poll-americans-starting-to-worry-about.html

Greed Is Good:: A Dangerous 300 Year History Of The Idea That Greed Is Good

(The Role Of Usury)

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/greed-is-good-300-year-history-of.html

"Republicans For Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/republicans-for-revolution-study-in.html

Bill Maher: The Zombie Life Cycle Of Republican Lies. They Never - Ever - Die

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/bill-maher-zombie-life-cycle-of.html

"Thomas Aquinas On American Conservatives' Continual Commission Of Sin"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/thomas-aquinas-on-american.html

"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/paul-ryan-tells-truth.html

"American Conservatives And Oppositional-Defiant Disorder"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/arrested-development-american.html

"Are Republicans Insane?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/are-republicans-insane.html

"The Republican Party Is A Satanic Cult"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-republican-party-is-satanic-cult.html

The Psychiatric Diagnosis Of American Conservatives: Folie à Plusieurs
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-psychiatric-diagnosis-of-american.html

"Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/conservatives-scare-more-easily-than.html

"Bank On It: The South Is Always Wrong"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/bank-on-it-south-is-always-wrong.html

"The Reign of Morons Is Here," Charles P. Pierce, The Atlantic

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-reign-of-morons-is-here-atlantic.html

"A Southerner Explains Tea Party Radicalism: The Civil War Is Not Over"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-southerner-explains-tea-party.html

"People Who Watch Only Fox News 

Know Less Than People Who Watch No News"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/watching-only-fox-news-makes-you-less.html

The Daily Show Asks A Real Hostage Negotiator How To Handle The GOP 

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/watch-daily-show-ask-real-hostage.html

Teddy Roosevelt: "Malefactors Of Great Wealth... Are Curses To The Country"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/09/teddy-roosevelt-malefactors-of-great.html

CDC: Depending On Virulence, Annual U.S. Deaths From Flu Range From 3000-49,000

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/10/cdc-depending-on-virulence-annual-us.html

Ebola Presents A Trivial Threat To Americans' Health

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/10/cdc-depending-on-virulence-annual-us.html

"The Death Of Epistemology: Anti-Vaccine Epert (And Playboy Model) Jenny McCarthy"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-death-of-epistemology-anti-vaccine.html

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/jenny-mccarthy-vaccinations-and-autism.html

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/jenny-mccarthy-and-fear-based-parenting.html

Stephen Colbert: Best Pax Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/stephen-colbert-best-pax-posts.html

Favorite George Carlin Shticks

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-favorite-george-carlin-shticks.html