A Look at Lies

by
          M. Richard Maxson                                                     

      A old friend of mine came over the other day. He is a Cuban patriot. He fought against Castro and the Communists. He helped smuggle people off the island by boat making the trip many times. He is a wanted man by the Cuban government for his activities. Today he still lives in constant fear of assassination. I admire his courage and love of freedom.

      I hadn't spoke to him much in the last year so we sat and, over coffee, had a conversation about the state of our Union. We both read many news sources from outside of this country and our conversation turned to the media. He spoke up and stated, "You know, I find that the news media in this country is, I won't call them lies, but mis-truths about almost everything that is being reported. I am an American citizen but if I want the truth on anything I can't depend on US reporting. I must go outside of the US for the truth, where there still are serious journalists."

      I told him that we put out a blog and that is one of our main themes, the propaganda that fills our everyday lives. He went on to say that "important news is being ignored here." I tried to explain to him that many Americans are not interested in anything much more than what Kim Kardashian is wearing today. He was not amused. "The government is lying to the public every day and there are very few in the press that speak up about it. Important world events are happening and there is nothing," he said.

       Our conversation led me to reflect on the purpose of our writings here. As it says in our mission statement, we are here to print the truth, in a country that has less and less of it each day. So, before we disappear again from the internet, (We have had attacks recently) We will take a subject each month and reveal it's half truths and outright lies that the shadow government and it's proponents have repeated over and over again until most of the citizenry believe it as gospel. We will be direct and to the point. Whether you agree or not, it will be the truth, a commodity that is rare in 21st century America.