Lies Lies Lies

Paul Craig Roberts was the assistant secretary to the treasury under Ronald Reagan. Over the past few dedcades he has written numerous articles and books about the rise of the fascist state and the shadow government that rules all. He has decided to retire because even after all that he's written, after all the facts he has uncovered are revleaved, nobody cared. Worse, his facts were called lies, his work twistsed and demonized by the mass media and the people who worship them like a false god. He has said the truth does not exist anymore, that people would rather cling to false hope and false gods than actual see the truth for what it is. I share his pain.
Yesterday while watching TV I saw no less than four blantant, outright lies; lies so egergous that my brain tried to make a break for it but was thankfully stoped by my ears and common sense. The fisrt two were on that terrible daytime show, Doctors. The first stories were about cancer. Candles were recently linked to second hand smoke deaths as were laptops to testicular cancer. Neither or these "facts" are true. How would I know you ask? Surprisingly, I am an expert in this field. My science and logic background make me great at reading and understanding even the most dense scientific papers. Let me start out by saying something important. Cigarettes cause cancer. There is anple evidence to support this conclusion. However, the studies done on second hand smoke are garbage. The non biased research shows no correlation between the two, including a recent UN report. Much like those TRUTH commercials (they aren't), ANYTHING can be showed to cause cancer. In college, using standard data for some cancer research, I proved conclusively apples cause cancer. They don't, but using flawed data can show that litterally anything can cause cancer. Cell phone research shows much the same. Good solid sceince shows no correlation between brain cancer and cell phone use, but the study keeps coming back to that same terrible conclusion. Likewise, while I haven't seen the data on it, I doubt putting a laptop on your lap while boil your eggs so to speak. There has been no rise in testicular cancer that would correspond with the rise in use in laptops which we would see.
Later that day, I watched Sean Hannity and Newt Gringrich tell the American people a flat out lie about the new treaty Obama signed with the Russians. What will happen if we get attacked by a biological weapon? they cried like little girls. There's no provision in there for that. WWWAAAAAAAA. Yes there was. In plain english and in bold letters. Apparently neither Hannity or Gingrinch can read. That would explain a lot.
The right has gone ballistic over this issue, for all the wrong reasons. My favorite gaffe of the day however comes from record holder Sarah Palin for her foot in mouth performance over how Ronald Reagan would neevr have done this treaty with the Russians. Footage still exists of Reagan telling the crowd he was for exactly what Obama accomplished. To the letter I might add. The right is the party of NO, no matter what and cannot be trusted with anything. The Dems are no better, but at least a slower slide into destruction is better than the hell paced fury that will a rise with a Palin (shudder) presidency.