Letting Yourself Be Branded Will Steer You Wrong  November 27,
2012 - 10:51 AM  I am in the cattle business, as are many other
people in the part of Tennessee where I live. In fact, some of
us raise the same breed of cattle and they are extremely hard to
tell apart. And if, for some reason, two herds happen to get
mixed together, you could have a hard time telling yours from
your neighbor's.  So, to prove ownership, I have a brand
registered with the State of Tennessee that nobody else can use
and any cow wearing that brand belongs to Twin Pines Ranch. That
way, if you can read brands, no matter how many different herds
get mixed together you can always tell who owns which cattle.
Branding cattle saves a lot of confusion and combats dishonesty
and is a good thing when you're dealing with animals. However,
when it comes to human beings and politics, people should never
belong so completely to an ideology or political party that they
are "branded," or taken for granted, completely blinded, totally
convinced th