Heh. Re: lying under oath.
At lunch today I stopped by a bookstore and saw Mike's new book "Dude, where is my country?" Read a page or two - was in a hurry and finances being what they are, I'll need to check it out at the library, assuming it's not on DHS's banned list.
One of the pages (I'm paraphrasing but in the book they were actual quotes) said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP
Which is the worst lie?
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
or
[this is what I recall of the quote - the actual quote is more embellished longer but of the same sentiment.]
"They have weapons of mass destruction. They are an eminent threat to the people of the United States."
One got a president impeached, the other got us into a war, resulted in thousands of deaths and virtually insured a re-election.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP
Now, who is it that "really has to get it right"?
bcnu,
Mikem
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.
- Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"