They’re Lying to Us

Lying has become a way of life in America. In fact, it is so common that we almost expect it.

I don’t know if America can ever recover from our acceptance of lying. Honesty used to be a virtue. Today it is a weakness. The truthful are ridiculed. The dishonest are promoted.

Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children. ~Oliver Wendell.

But yet we teach our children to lie.

Lying permeates our society.

When our education system tells us that:

• Test Scores are going up.
• No Child Left Behind has improved the quality of education.
• Education would improve if only we gave the beast more money.
• The NEA cares about children.
• A values-free education makes America better.

They are lying to us.

When our courts tells us that:

• Speaking the name of Jesus in government schools is illegal.
• Parents lose their parental rights when kids enter the school house.
• The Constitution grants a woman the right to murder her unborn baby.
• Burning the American flag is protected speech but praying in school is not.
• There is a “separation between the church and state” in the US Constitution.

They are lying to us.

When social scientists tell us that:

• There is no difference between a man and woman.
• A child doesn’t need both a mom and a dad.
• Spanking a child is abusive.
• Condoms are better than abstinence.
• Our diversity is our greatest strength.

They are lying to us.

When our teachers tell our children that:

• Humans evolved from pond scum.
• All families are the same.
• Truth is relative.
• Casual sex has no consequences.
• Homosexuality is normal and inborn.

They are lying to us.

When the Republicans tell us that:

• They want to end abortion.
• They are the party of “family values.”
• They oppose homosexuality.
• They are against big government.
• They are the lesser of two evils.

They are lying to us.

When the Democrats tell us that:

• They want to see abortions rare and safe.
• They are for the “working man.”
• They are the party of “individual rights.”
• They need more of our money to run the government.
• They don’t hold the same view on the war as the terrorists do.

They are lying to us.

When the Clintons tell us that:

• It takes a village to raise a child.
• Everyone lies about sex.
• They haven’t sold out to the Chinese.
• They aren’t dyed-in-the-wool Communists.
• They have made America better.

They are lying to us.

When the news media tells us that:

• They don’t have personal biases.
• They are not Socialistic in their leanings.
• Their reporting is “fair and balanced.”
• The escapades of Paris Hilton and her “girls gone wild” is newsworthy.
• They report the “truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

They are lying to us.

When college presidents tell us that:

• The majority of professors are not raving Communists.
• Radicals have not seized control of most of the department chairmanships.
• The universities are not institutions of lower living rather than higher learning.
• Diversity and tolerance are important pillars of education.
• They can’t do anything about the rampant alcohol/drug/sex abuse on campus.

They are lying to us.

When the Bush Administration tells us that:

• Border-jumping is okay if you need a job.
• A North American Union is not in the works.
• We don’t need to close the borders to secure the nation.
• Islam is a religion of peace.
• Muslims and Christians serve the same God.

They are lying to us.

When the “government” tells us that:

• We need to trust them to keep us safe.
• We need to allow them to control guns to keep criminals from having weapons.
• They need more money to “provide services.”
• We need to exchange freedom for security.
• America is “under God.”

They are lying to us.

When our church-leadership tells us that:

• Romans 13 tells us we must obey un-Godly authority.
• Homosexuality is consistent with Christianity.
• We must vote for Rudy to stop Hillary.
• Voting for the lesser of two evils glorifies Jesus.
• Christians are not to judge.
• Government schools are a good place for our children.
• God wants you to be rich.
• There is no consequence for sin.
• There is more than one way to heaven.
• Christians should stay out of politics.
• God winks at sin.

They all are flat-out lying to us.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. William Shenstone.

Don’t ever forget that telling white lies eventually lead to color-blindness!

Coach Dave Daubenmire is a regular contributor to Correctness Commentary.