1) does the government commonly lie?
No, it seldom lies, and usually only with regard to obscure or unimportant
things, because larger lies are discovered by the press or the party out of
power.
ROTFLMAO! If they were " obscure or unimportant", there would be no reason
to lie, would there? And if caught in a lie - so what? What are the people
going to do about it? They have no real choice in the matter - as with TODAY'S
revelation that banking legislation was written word for word, by Citibank and
handed to Congress to be voted in ( which it was). The public knows that
bankers commit fraud but not a single one of the big bankers responsible has
gone to jail ( "The Untouchables" - on PBS Frontline last week).
I clearly recall the 2008 primary campaign in which Obama's staff rather
explicitly admitted that his promises about NAFTA and more were just lies. The
press made nothing of it. There is no real accountability in this and never
has been. A former US Senator (D-Moynihan) tried to force Congress to actually
read the bills they voted on. He was laughed at. My Congressman told me
before he retired that the members who craft tax legislation can't do their own
tax returns.
It was shown in a study some years ago that , in any random group, the person
who emerges as leader is also the most effective liar. Explains Clinton over
Bush, Reagan over Mondale, and Obama over Romney.
2) does the government wish to retain control and power over their respective
masses?
No.
Police forces, Gulags, tear gas, selective prosecutions, the Drug war,
Federal prisons, gun control laws, spying on the press - I think I just ran
out of bandwidth...... Can I get some of what you're smoking?
3) does the government have the means to effectively distract, mislead,
suppress or kill anyone who attempts to expose the facts about #1?
There is a sign posted at the edge of Area 51. It says "use of deadly force
authorized" in the context of trespassing. Any other questions?
My late father was involved in military intelligence during and after WWII. He
said the US ability to conduct secret operations and to keep secrets was
abysmal then and after. Recent history seems to bear this out.
What, like the Manhattan project? And the city it created? Did the UK have
the Ultra/Enigma code? Did the US have the Japanese Purple code? How many
years did it take for the full story of the Dine' codetalkers to come out?
Was Hitler fooled by careful British deception about the Normandy invasion
being a fake thrust? That an entire bogus army was created in the UK?
How many hours do you have? I can go on.....
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