Soap Box

One of the first things I was taught as a child was to tell the truth, no matter the consequences, no matter the ramifications. It was ingrained in me from my earliest remembrances and is as much a part of me as breathing.

Now that's not to say that I didn't stray from the straight and narrow occasionally when I felt the untruth was to my advantage in my younger years, but soon found out that being caught in a lie was worse than whatever offense you were trying to avoid in the first place.

Another thing about lying is that it sets off a chain reaction of other lies to cover the original one, the "oh what a tangled web" syndrome that inevitably ends in discovery and embarrassment.

Nothing breeds distrust like a lie, nothing undermines confidence in a person or a government like being lied to or told half-truths and you get to the point that you don't really trust anything that person says.

It seems that cover ups, partial truths and outright lying has become an acceptable way of doing business with the federal government and although it is not new, the Obama administration has elevated it to an art form.

One of the most amateurish attempts at pulling the wool over the public�s eyes was the lie about the Benghazi attacks being caused by some obscure film that was an insult to Islam, a film he quickly denounced. It was an insult to the intelligence of most Americans and a cruel farce to maintain, especially in the presence of the remains of those killed in the incident and their families.

We were told that if Obamacare was not passed immediately it would have a catastrophic effect on the country and five years after the fact, President Obama is still delaying implementation of parts of it for purely political purposes.

He told us that he believed marriage was only between a man and a woman and has become the all-time champion for same-sex marriage.

He told us we could keep our own doctor and our own insurance plan; out and out lies that were only used to bait the trap.

He told us there was not a smidgen of corruption at the IRS.

He told Bashar Al-assad that if he crossed a line he would pay the price.

Lies themselves are problem enough, but one of the most damaging ramifications of lying is the erosion of trust and the uncertainty of not knowing if we are being told the whole truth or some varnished lie that works to the advantage of the administration.

America is facing a myriad of serious problems that need immediate and decisive attention and the procrastination of the Obama White House is maddening. 

The only cases of Ebola in America have roots in passengers from Ebola effected areas of the world flying into the U.S. on airplanes, yet the president tells us we really have nothing to fear from these flights.

Do you believe him?

Now a doctor in the largest city in the U.S. has tested positive for Ebola.

Obama previously called the bloodthirsty ISIS the �JV team,� now he tells us that we can degrade and destroy the ISIS with air strikes only; while almost every seasoned military expert in the nation tells us it can't be done without ground troops. 

Who do you believe?

Obama tells us that the economy is rapidly improving while the real economic experts tell us that the only thing keeping our economy from completely tanking is the 25 or so billion dollars the Fed prints and buys federal bonds with every month.

Who do you believe?

The Obama Administration calls the massacre at Fort Hood �workplace violence� and the mainstream media has been quick to follow its lead and slap the same label on the recent beheading incident in Oklahoma.

Do you believe them?

Hats off to Canadian Prime Minister, Stephan Harper, for calling the recent incidents in that country �terrorism". It�s good to know that one leader on the North American Continent knows how to tell the truth.

�Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.� - John 8:32 The Holy Bible

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels​