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The journalist, I. F. Stone, once wrote “all governments lie.” I guess this means that we shouldn’t be surprised by the antics of our current government. However, the sweeping magnitude in distortions of the truth and manipulation of the meaning of words seems almost unfathomable. Justification of the Iraq war was just the beginning. The “Clear Skies Act” and “Clean Water Acts” both authorized more pollution. And “No Child Left Behind” literally meant leaving millions of poor children behind... and the list goes on.
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