Lying?

When is lying not lying?

When Roger Clemens lied to a committee of Congress about his steroid use, he was prosecuted in a criminal court.  He was acquitted.  And this was over an issue of major national importance--baseball!

The Obama Administration Director of National Intelligence lied to a committee of Congress, too.  I think it was late last winter.  I haven't seen anything about prosecuting him.  And I don't expect to see him in court, not at all.  The guy even admitted lying, later saying he told "the least untruthful" thing.  Huh?  "Least untruthful?"

So, something as trivial as drug use in baseball--let MLB take care of its own problems--is of major importance to the federal government.  But lying about spying on American citizens (and, of course, the President also blatantly lied about, although not before a Congressional committee) is OK, I guess. 

Is this a great country or what?  I know, I know..."But Bush lied."

Oh, while I'm at it....

A recent article on the decline of the wolf population on Isle Royale was blamed on "man-made global warming."  Apparently, Lake Superior doesn't freeze between the island and Minnesota and Canada.  So, wolves can't make the trek to Isle Royale to repopulate.  Now, there may be global warming (but, remember, the late '70s was characterized as the start of a "New Ice Age"), but it's not at all clear its cause is "man-made."  Cyclical variations, activity of the sun, etc. are just as likely causes.  But, the media wants us to believe we are causing all these problems with our man-made global warming.  Was that at all necessary?  Couldn't the reporter have just noted that Lake Superior now freezes over less frequently, even due to "global warming?"  But, no--"man-made" had to be used.  Couldn't a sharp editor have erased "man-made?"  I guess not......

BTW, I see the Chinese (you know, our "friends") have made it so that Christians must hold their services underground in fear.  Being an "unregistered Christian" is against Chinese law.  Huh?   Yep, and more than a thousand Chinese have been arrested for breaking the law.  Hey!  Let's do more business with the Chinese, you know, the ones who steal our technology, hack into our defense systems, manipulate prices, and persecute Christians.  Yet, we still have many pundits/columnists who laud their "friends" (I guess I don't want to use the term "our" any longer), big corporations and state governments eager to do business with the Chinese ("global economy," "world market," etc.), and even local radio personalities who flock to China to cover the Chinese auto show!  What was it Lenin called them, "useful idiots?"  I know, I know......  It's a global economy.  There's a vast market for us to exploit.  And so on....  Yeah, and Mussolini made the trains run on time (He really didn't, but people thought he did.).  And Hitler virtually eliminated unemployment.  And Stalin brought the USSR into the modern age.  Hasn't anyone remember the Sullivan Rules?  Oh, I forgot...history isn't important.