[quote]dk44 wrote:
[quote]smh23 wrote:
Agreed, I doubt very much that Obama has been heading up to the range to relax and fire off a few rounds all this time. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if he suddenly happened to do so, and there also happened to be a photographer around.[/quote]
Doesn’t this type of thing make you skeptical of everything the govt does or says? I mean, they will clearly, bluntly, outright lie to your face. Sure some conspiracies are out there, but so much bullshit gets uncovered that it makes you think anything is possible. Lie after lie after lie, so of course people will think tower 7 was fishy, sandy hook could be staged, roswell, jfk… Now not all conspiracies are true, but we clearly see that the govt will lie their ass off, and even when caught, will lie even more. So what is a person to think? (btw, not attacking you SMH, just curious on your perspective)
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Well, there are two kinds of lies we’re talking about here: political “lies” and the sort of monstrous web of lies that would constitute something like a false-flag conspiracy (which Sandy Hook would sort of fit into, with the enemy being an idea rather than a nation).
When Mitt Romney says he hunts “varmint,” or Obama says he goes skeet shooting, or this or that politician pretends to love grits when he’s south of the Mason-Dixon line, he’s probably lying and almost definitely stretching the truth. But that’s the kind of lie we all tell here and there–“No honey, I don’t think my co-worker is attractive at all” kind of thing, or pretending you think NASCAR is cool because the guy conducting your job interview has a big Dale Earnhardt poster in his office.
Most importantly, these kinds of lies carry very little risk. Who’s to say Obama hasn’t gone to the range at Camp David once or twice? How is anybody going to prove he hasn’t? And even if it were proven, would anybody care? (Nobody really cared when Ryan lied about his marathon time, for example.)
A conspiracy, on the other hand, carries with it hundreds or thousands of potentially big-mouthed accomplices, innumerable liabilities, and the risk of losing literally everything–the office, the legacy, and even life as a free man if criminal charges are brought.
In other words, my default appraisal of politicos is that they are egotistical, greasy, and oftentimes highly venal people who are nevertheless well-intentioned. They are also averse to even the smallest risks; the thought of the typical politician gambling with his legacy and his life on one major, high-risk ruse is almost laughable.