July 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
…for Al Gore’s mouth.
Or should I say LYING mouth?
Recently, Al Gore was in Australia.
Heather Ewart, a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Company, recently interviewed Al Gore.
At one point, she asked Gore about a High Court case in England two years ago about his film “An Inconvenient Truth” being shown to public school students. In that case, the judge ruled that Gore’s film contained nine significant scientific errors, that it “promotes partisan political views,” and that it could not be shown in public schools in England without the teachers providing additional materials to counter the film’s bias. Here is the exchange from the interview:
HEATHER EWART: There was also, though, a British judge who ruled that there were in fact, I think, nine errors when it was challenged in court?
AL GORE: Well, … Read entire article »
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March 19th, 2009 | Add a Comment
I always knew that I HATE to be lied to.
But today I realized how much I hate to be lied about.
Anyway, here are a few good quotes about the subject.
Abraham Lincoln:
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
Adrienne Rich:
Lying is done with words and also with silence.
Mark Twain:
Always tell the truth. That way, you don’t have to remember what you said.
Mark Twain:
When in doubt, tell the truth.
Montaigne:
He who is not sure of his memory should not undertake the trade of lying.
Noam … Read entire article »
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