Friday, April 28, 2006 Presidential Lying: Will we ever learn? Let's get a brief history lesson from Howard Zinn: "If we don’t know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians, the intellectuals & journalists who supply the carving knives. I mean a history which is honest about the past. If we don’t know that history, then any Pres can stand up to the battery of microphones, declare that we must go to war, and we will have no basis for challenging him. He will say that the nation is in danger, that democracy and liberty are at stake, and that we must therefore send ships and planes to destroy our new enemy, and we will have no reason to disbelieve him." Zinn goes on to list some of the lies past presidents have told to launch a war and an agenda. We'd be better off if we actually took a gander at history, but when the cabal in charge refuses to face reality, historical facts and knowledge are then rendered as useful as a fence around a cemetery. |