Jesus said: “The truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32.
We do not hear enough truth. Lies predominate government. Not enough are yet speaking out against the falsehoods. Though I believe in due course they will. Sooner than later, I hope.
When I was a young man, we were made aware of the Red Scare” (fear of the spread of Communism). There was an abounding tsunami of hate and recrimination abroad in the land.
For instance, people were called before a Congressional committee, found in contempt and jailed for refusing to name names of alleged communists or “fellow travelers.”
Most prominent in this witch hunt were Senator Joseph McCarthy and his committee counsel, the notorious Roy Cohn, who held hearings for example, concerning suspected lax security in the U.S. Army. During the hearings, Army counsel Joseph Welch was inspired by a disparaging McCarthy allegation as to a member of his staff, to famously respond, “Have you no sense of decency?”
This was a a turning point, as CBS commentator Edward R. Murrow seized upon the moment to call out McCarthy on national TV in 1954 saying, inter alia: “This is no time to keep silent…..we can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the republic to abdicate his responsibility…..Cassius was right: ‘The fault dear Brutus is not in the stars, but in ourselves.”‘
Amazingly, 70 years later, Roy Cohn’s dark influence still abounds in the land.
Where have you gone Messrs. Welch and Murrow? A needy nation turns its lonely heart to you.
I had the good fortune many years ago to briefly meet with Edward R. Murrow in a relaxed setting. It was the Stamford Yacht Club. I was on a boat next to Murrow’s. It was evening. We started chatting. He invited me to come on board. He was as honest and frank personally in our talk as he was professionally. It is true. We need more of him.
Most have taken to kneeling to Trump. Others remain quiet.
At the moment, and sooner than expected, the people have begun speaking out. Republicans and Democrats alike. Recent town meetings reflect the situation. People are becoming increasingly pissed off at Trump’s first five weeks in office and are speaking out. The time, hopefully soon, when political leaders of both parties will do likewise.
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Hey Lou, yes we heard the truth. Fauci said get the vaccine and you won’t get covid. How many people died because they listened to Fauci’s truth, got the “vaccine” and went out thinking they were protected, only to possibly spread or get covid! Oh yeah, the good old government truth!!
In our Musk world that we now live in, what were formerly known as “lies” are now known as “free speech” to be openly broadcast. I guess we just have to use our own judgement as to what the truth is as we cannot expect it from our leadership.
Fauci NEVER said that!
Quit lying about things on Lou’s blog, you are just proving how bad you fanatics can be and WHY it is what is REALLY wrong with America today!
And if you want a better example of how bad the “good old government truth” really is, you could have recited from the head of the government, at that time, Donald Trump, with his insights and recommendation that Americans inject bleach into the human body as a means of fighting Covid.
Embarrasing, no wonder you are always posting here, instead of with people who more share your toxic nonsense – they don’t want you either and the people here are more polite to you.
Hey Lou, please share with Terry that in May 2021, Fauci said vaccinated people will become dead ends for the virus. He also made a similar claim in February 2021.
Hey One Eye – maybe so, but that’s VERY much NOT the same as, and I quote YOU saying “Fauci said get the vaccine and you won’t get covid.”
Please show us when and where Fauci said “get the vaccine and you won’t get covid” – or apologize for lying (and now trying to cover up) about this.
Further proof that Republicans twist everything beyond the truth and then get all ‘victim’ about it when they are caught in their lies.
The vaccines were 95% effective in preventing covid.
I doubt that “one-eye” thinks so! Or at least would ever entertain the idea that the truth matters. For him it’s all about pissing people off and apparently getting back at Lou for that “Two Friends” thing.
Hey Lou, please share with Terry, as per MSNBC June 2021, quoting lying and perjury guilty Fauci, “It’s as simple as black and white. You’re vaccinated, you’re safe. You’re unvaccinated, you’re at risk. Simple as that,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci.
one eye, you are a slippery operator misstating what Fauci actually said to make a point that probably didn’t need to be made in the first place and more than that was likely NOT what you were actually trying to do!
The government at that time was TRUMP and he was far more responsible for people continuing to die, than anything Fauci was trying to communicate. The real issue here is how many people would NOT have died if they had listened to Fauci’s recommendations and gotten the “vaccine,” in stead of those who listened to TRUMPS’s government undermining Fauci and other experts, only to get covid and die (like Herman Cain). Maybe that’s the question you should have asked.
What we needed then and again now, is to have had a better government, before we all have to face a similar situation again. Trump and HIS government is NOT any better now than it was back then and all of us, not just you, should work to get him out.