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Rodney · 10-27-2004, 03:15 PM

I lift this quote from another site:

http://baltimorechronicle.com/olpeace_sep02.html

"For the first talking point you might mention Rumsfeld's recent quote of Churchill that "Sometimes the truth is so precious it must be accompanied by a bodyguard of lies.

"Actually, Churchill's actual quote was "Once you tell a lie, you need to create a whole bodyguard of lies to protect it.""

And herein lies the difference between Bush and Truth. Churchill flat-out understood that a lie was a lie, and led to more lies. The Bush administration thinks that you can and should tell endless lies to protect anything that you think is true, _without reassessing your truth again real-world situations. It's like continuing to believe in Santa Claus after a helicopter visit to the North Pole. "Maybe he's invisible." "Maybe it's an underwater city." "He's only here if you really believe." Are these even lies, or just the flailings of calcified minds who won't let go of their precious preconceptions. We all know people like that. Too bad one of them is president -- and has made a virtue out of being thoughtlessly rigid.

10-27-2004, 03:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	I lift this quote from another site: http://baltimorechronicle.com/olpeace_sep02.html "For the first talking point you might mention Rumsfeld's recent quote of Churchill that "Sometimes the truth is so precious it must be accompanied by a bodyguard of lies. "Actually, Churchill's actual quote was "Once you tell a lie, you need to create a whole bodyguard of lies to protect it."" And herein lies the difference between Bush and Truth. Churchill flat-out understood that a lie was a lie, and led to more lies. The Bush administration thinks that you can and should tell endless lies to protect anything that you think is true, _without reassessing your truth again real-world situations. It's like continuing to believe in Santa Claus after a helicopter visit to the North Pole. "Maybe he's invisible." "Maybe it's an underwater city." "He's only here if you really believe." Are these even lies, or just the flailings of calcified minds who won't let go of their precious preconceptions. We all know people like that. Too bad one of them is president -- and has made a virtue out of being thoughtlessly rigid.