When Lies Rest Upon Lies

Fortunately for America's children, there is at least one lesson they can glean from the current administration. More specifically, the W, Rove and Co presents us with a very troubling, but ever so tangible philosophical lesson. That is: When lies rest upon lies or what is purported to be fact percolate from lies, how do we know what is true? The result is that none of the propaganda set forth by the W, Rove and Co is remotely believable. The object lesson for the children of America is thus: : When a liar's credibility is shredded by reality, their ability to command trust is substantially diminished.

This is not good. The people running this country sound convinced that reality is whatever they say it is. And if they've actually strayed into the realm of genuine self-delusion -- if they actually believe the fantasies they're spinning about the bloody mess they've made in Iraq over the past three years -- then things are even worse than I thought.

Here is reality: The Bush administration's handpicked interim Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, told the BBC on Sunday, "We are losing each day an average of 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is. Iraq is in the middle of a crisis. Maybe we have not reached the point of no return yet, but we are moving towards this point. . . . We are in a terrible civil conflict now."

As to why anyone would believe the daily spew from the spin doctors of the W, Rove and Co is beyond me. We need to do a global find and replace this Novmember. Voting the bastards out is not enough, we need to call in the cleaners - I'm thinking we need someone like the Harvey Keitel character in Pulp Fiction.