SHORT TAKE LIVE (6): IMAGINE.............THE TRUTH

IMAGINE IF WE AMERICANS ALWAYS TOLD THE TRUTH IN EVERYTHING WE DO.  TRULY IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.  WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL MORE LIES TO HIDE THE ORIGINAL LIES AND WHEN MISTAKES WERE MADE IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER TO CORRECT THEM.  BUT SINCE WE ARE MERE MORTALS, WE DON'T ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH AND THE RESULTS CAN OFTEN BE OF MAJOR CONSEQUENCE.

THE CASE OF FORMER SPEAKER DENNY HASTERT BEING INDICTED FOR PAYING OFF SOMEONE NOT TO TELL THE TRUTH IS IN THE NEWS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING TRULY MAJOR IF, AS IS SAID, HE PAID OVER $3M TO KEEP A SITUATION ABOUT HIM QUIET AS HE WENT INTO POLITICS.  OF COURSE, POLITICIANS OF ALL PERSUASIONS, BUSINESS HIGH ROLLERS, PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE ROUTINELY GET SNARED BY THIS.  LOOK AT HOW NEWS ANCHOR BRIAN WILLIAMS' WORLD CAME TUMBLING DOWN. AND NOWHERE IS IT WORSE THAN IN THE WIDESPREAD USE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, WHERE WE FUDGE, MODIFY AND CHANGE THE TRUTH TO MEET SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.  BUT SOONER OR LATER, THE TRUTH COMES OUT, AND WHEN IT DOES IT CAN'T BE PUT BACK IN THE BOTTLE AND THEN WE REALIZE THE FOLLY OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

FOLKS, WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS TODAY IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD AND UNTIL WE FACE THEM HONESTLY WE'LL NEVER MAKE THINGS BETTER.  WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT 9:00 PM TONIGHT, SEE YOU THEN.
 

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