Truth Hides Better Than Money

Truth Hides Better Than Money  9/22/12

“…we both know the truth is hard to come by…”  Dick Feller, Some Days are Diamonds, 1976

            If as I.F. Stone said, “All governments lie…” and news media repeat whatever the government says as true, then why would intelligent Americans not be skeptical about what the news media report as fact?  For instance, do you really believe thousands of Muslims would destroy life and property over a stupid film clip?  Is our hatred that great?  Really?  Has our dehumanization of the people of the Middle East gone so far that we would believe that load of crap?  Is your lie detector ‘broke’?  Someone here and/or over there is lying.

            Well, but it’s fact!  I heard it on the news!  Hold it!  Let me ask you: When is the last time you heard the word ‘terrorist’ without the word ‘Islamic’ on the news?  When is the last time you heard the word ‘Islamic’ without the word ‘terrorist’ in the news?  What really is the nature of ‘collateral damage’?  Around here, it means innocent people, injured or dead as a side effect of some usually deliberate act.

            Here’s the deal.  It’s war.  It’s nasty, full of blood and consequences.  Why try to hide the murder and maiming like the super-rich hide money from the tax man?  Harry Truman said it, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”  Well, if you can’t stand the war, get out of the war!  Otherwise, go have a cheeseburger!  Go hide some money!