by Claude Gelinas
Member since:
June 8, 2006

Deceitful government?

July 18, 2008 10:07 PM UTC (Updated: July 18, 2008 10:09 PM UTC)
views: 0 | comments: 11
Consider the following:
"We are still living with a deceitful government, a compliant press, corruption and an overriding cynicism."

— Jim Garrison (1988) - American Prosecutor who led the enquiry into the assassination of John F Kennedy.

In your opinion, was Jim Garrison right?

Comments: 11

Patty H. Jul 18, 2008, 10:11pm UTC
Thanks for sharing.
Ron B. Jul 18, 2008, 11:53pm UTC
At least the first three, in my opinion, are absolutely correct.
Col. George W. Jul 19, 2008, 12:10am UTC
Yes but it has gotten a lot worse, similar to the growth of a cancer. It is time for the cancer to be removed so the Nation will be good again.
Mike W. Jul 19, 2008, 12:40pm UTC
I believe Garrison was right on all counts and his comments apply even more so today.

This seems so obvious to me!

I am very curious as to why this is not obvious to others as well. If it were, you would not be asking the question.

Ann C - the love of argument has been a uniquely American phenomena and is vital to our strength as a democracy.

Whining is argument done incorrectly. We have lost the ability to argue, so I guess you could say we are a nation of whiners.

I wish we were a nation of argumentors.

What's all this "thanks for sharing" business? This adds nothing to the discussion and just takes up unnecessary bandwidth.
Debra C. Jul 19, 2008, 4:10pm UTC
A lot was secretive, and some would argue deceitful, at that time. Just consider the Bay of Pigs and its fallout -- the assassination of the President would not be more candidly handled.

I would not suggest that has changed.

I do suspect, however, that there has been a change in the kind of tolerance the populace has for knowing about and responding to these. And the last is driven by the overriding cynacism.
rebecca w. Jul 19, 2008, 5:28pm UTC
Well said Mike!
I agree with Garrison.
I think the cynasism comes from the overload of media stories.
We are on 24-7. Beat a dead horse to a pulp, a newspaper pulp!
Visionaerie B. Jul 20, 2008, 12:28am UTC
Absolutely! For abundant proof, check out the latest dispatch from Natural Solutions Foundation -- about how the bird flu and vaccination / other pharma horrors have been foisted upon us, through time. You can read it for yourself at healthfreedomusa.org. Thanks for posting this!
No doubt!

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