Truth Be Damned!
Truth Be Damned!
“You can’t handle the truth” is one of the most famous lines Hollywood has ever given movie audiences. In the 1992 classic, “A Few Good Men,” hard-charging Marine Colonel Nathan Jessup.
“You can’t handle the truth” is one of the most famous lines Hollywood has ever given movie audiences. In the 1992 classic, “A Few Good Men,” hard-charging Marine Colonel Nathan Jessup, played by the legendary Jack Nicholson, is firing back at JAG lawyer, Daniel Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise in one of his greatest roles.
During cross-examination, the young JAG lawyer has steadily cornered Jessup, backing him into acknowledging what, up until that point, the politically well-connected senior officer has concealed. What we often forget, absorbed in the intensity of the courtroom drama unfolding, is the phrase that prompts Jessup’s rage. “I want the truth,” says Kaffee.
That’s us, Americans, We The People. We want the truth. Instead, our ruling class prides itself on keeping it from us. Count the lies.
The banking system is fine, says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as more mid-size regional banks edge toward the cliff. Should they fall, we can expect to see our economy take an enormous hit, with middle-class families taking the worst of it.
Last month, deputy CIA director Michael Morrell finally revealed, under oath, that current Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was responsible for organizing the letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials just before the 2020 election, falsely claiming that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation. This week, America’s top diplomat lied to the press saying it wasn’t his idea, that he “didn’t ask for it, didn’t solicit it.”
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre says that since implementing the current administration’s border policies, illegal immigration is down more than 90%. One reporter called this “maybe the biggest lie from the White House podium so far this year.” The number of illegal aliens crossing the border is soaring, border states are grappling with record numbers of illegals, and calls for the administration to declare a national emergency have gone unanswered.