Don't you dare tell truth to the American People

Living in today's world is much like being in a dark and nightmarish fairy tale. The one that compares best to our modern existence is "The Emperor's New Clothes."  All the people in the story pretended their emperor was wearing beautiful clothing as he paraded down the street, even though he was completely naked.  He had been sold a bill of goods by con-men "tailors" who praised him, telling him how beautiful he looked in the clothing they had "made" for him.  There was only one citizen in the town who dared to tell the truth -- an innocent little boy who could very well see the emperor had no clothes and pointed it out, loudly, as the emperor passed by.  We have many truth tellers like that little boy in our country today -- but when they speak the truth, they are quickly punished and silenced...or they are ridiculed and ignored.  No longer dedicated to bringing truth to the people, journalists and the government-ruled newspapers tell polished stories that have the approval of the government and of those who rule it, behind the scenes.  The columnist below tells this well.  I encourage you to read the full article by clicking on the link provided.  I have included several excerpts, but it is all well worth reading:

PUNISHING THE TRUTH TELLERS
By Robert Parry

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/031511.html

EXCERPT: If only the Democrats would be half as aggressive in enforcing laws that were violated by the Bush administration as they’ve been in pursuing and punishing people who tell the truth.  It appears the most serious offense you can commit in Washington these days is telling the truth. You get a pass on torture, aggressive war, killing civilians, lying, destroying evidence and such, but don’t dare give honest information to the American people.

The penalties can range from possible life imprisonment for Pvt. Bradley Manning, who allegedly disclosed classified information to the public via WikiLeaks, to getting fired, like what happened to State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley for calling the Pentagon’s harsh and humiliating treatment of Manning “counterproductive and stupid.”

Yet, no one suggests that what Manning allegedly released wasn’t true; nor could you dispute Crowley’s assessment that the forced nudity and the maximum security treatment of Manning hurt the U.S. image, especially since these acts recall George W. Bush’s mistreatment of “war on terror” detainees.

But it seems President Barack Obama is especially eager to go the extra mile to show the Establishment that he can be trusted with the secrets, that his administration can hide the truth as assiduously as the last one, if not more so.

There’s also the recent case of NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller who was secretly videotaped noting that the Tea Party included some “racist” individuals. For making that startling comment, Schiller was not only canned by NPR but was stripped of a prospective job at the Aspen Institute.

Yet, Schiller may have been thinking about Tea Party activists who insist that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and was raised with Mau Mau influences inherited from his father, causing the President to view the English as, god forbid, “imperialists.”

Oddly, some of these Tea Partiers, who are known for dressing up in American revolutionary garb, are now up arms over someone looking at English history and detecting imperialism. To do so may qualify you to be portrayed in Tea Party posters like Obama was, dressed as an African bushman.

But just as you must not see evidence of imperialism in the British Empire, you must not see racism in how the Tea Party reacts to the first African-American president. To do so in Washington makes you unemployable.