Friday, July 16, 2010

A Skyful of Lies

Some months ago, the Myanmar government declared that news stories, anecdotal evidence, and diplomatic accounts of its repressive regime were "a skyful of lies."

The vivid metaphor could very easily applied to other situations close to home. The baseless characterization of President Obama as a "socialist" is a case in point. The insistence that the Obama health plan included "death panels" is another example. The recent SEC-Goldman Sachs settlement, which the Federal agency tried to spin as a victory for federal protection of consumers, easily fits the metaphorical comparison.

I wonder what the sky will look like when I wake up tomorrow morning.

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