Fool me once, shame
on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times let's face it you're a
jerk and I'm stupid…
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A nice quote for which I cannot identify the source.
I was recently asked about “why this American obsession with
the corruption of the state,” or some such.
So you tell me
'trust me' I can trust you
as far as I can
throw you
Should our trust go any farther than this? I have found that there are some people
who I always believed knew better, actually didn’t know better.
In reply to this query about this corruption of the American
state, I offered a simple answer – a link
to my post that attempts to identify the many fallacies that I (and many)
generally were taught – mostly, but not totally, regarding history. This post includes something like 100
entries, each of which will link to a more detailed examination – usually of
mine, sometimes from someone else.
Now, a hundred entries barely scratch the surface, yet can
be overwhelming to consider for the uninitiated. It will be easier to think I am a kook or
something. I am reminded of a scene from
A Beautiful Mind,
the story of John Nash as played by Russell Crowe.
Nash is being considered for a Nobel Prize. But the sponsors are a bit leery, given his
mental hallucinations and such over the last decades. He has finally achieved some level of balance
and normalcy, yet there is no such thing as “cured.”
The sponsors send someone out to discuss this concern with
Nash, to which he replies:
Nash: So you came here to
see if I was crazy. To see if I'd screw everything up if I actually won. Maybe
dance on the podium or strip naked and squawk like a chicken.
King: Something like that,
yes.
Nash: Would I embarrass you?
Yes, I suppose it's possible. You see, I’m
crazy.
Maybe I am just squawking like a naked chicken or something….
Returning to my story.
Instead of a hundred entries, let’s just try these – major events from
the last 125 years. No links, no explanations
– it doesn’t take much digging if anyone is even half serious about this issue. Everyone one of these was built on a lie,
explained with a lie, or both:
o Spanish-American
War
o American
entry into the Great War
o Reasons
for the Great Depression
o American
Entry into World War Two
o The
Reasons for dropping two atomic bombs on Japan
o Who
killed John F. Kennedy?
o The
Reasons for entering Vietnam
o Nine-Eleven
o The
Financial Fraud of 2008-09
Now, if you can get through these, you might understand why
a few people were skeptical from the get-go on King Corona. And, as events are proving out, we were right
to be skeptical.
Conclusion
The land of the free, the freest nation on earth, proud to
be American because at least I know I’m free, with liberty and justice for all,
America invented liberty, government of, by, and for the people….
Forgive me for not buying it.
Never been much
of a doubting Thomas
but nothing
breaks like a broken promise
Lyrics: Lie, Dream
Theater
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