President's Day 2006 - the evolution of accountability

George Washington: "I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down the cherry tree."
George Bush: "I cannot... heh, heh... think of any mistakes."

Beginning the Blog: American Lie

When I was a kid, I was proud of my country, the United States of America. I used to think we were the good guys with liberty and justice for all. I was taught that we fought tyranny and oppression. How sad to learn, as I became a teenager and an adult that we (through our government) foster oppression at home and export it abroad.

I remember the Russians (meaning back then, the Soviet Union) were the ones who spied on their own citizens, while not providing for their welfare, paraded a menacing military with nuclear ability, and had a government controlled press (Pravda) - really nothing more than a complicit, compliant propaganda organ.

Wow, what have we come to?