Restoring honesty, trust and confidence in American politics

I may be preaching to the choir, but no one else will listen. If we allow our government to substitute fairy tales for truth, we deserve to be treated like children.

"I do not believe in conspiracy theories. I prefer rigorous, evidence-based analysis that sifts through the known facts and utilizes expert opinion to draw conclusions that stand up to critical scrutiny. In other words, I believe in everything the 9/11 Commission was not.

The failings of the official investigation have fueled too many half-baked conspiracy theories. Some of the 9/11 "truth" groups promote speculative hypotheses, ignore innocent explanations, cite non-expert sources and jump to conclusions that are not proven by the known facts. They convert mere coincidence and circumstantial evidence into cast-iron proof. This is no way to debunk the obfuscations and evasions of the 9/11 report.

But even amid the hype, some of these 9/11 groups raise valid and important questions that were never even considered, let alone answered, by the official investigation. The American public has not been told the complete truth about the events of that fateful autumn morning six years ago.

What happened on 9/11 is fundamentally important in its own right. But equally important is the way the 9/11 cover-up signifies an absence of democratic, transparent and accountable government. Establishing the truth is, in part, about restoring honesty, trust and confidence in American politics."

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2007/09/911_the_big_coverup.html

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Have to go back to the very first George for that and even then I am not convinced there was complete honesty. Maybe a small shred in Honest Abe ( he got the name for some reason) but I would say virtually every single politician is not completely honest. They tell the people what they think they want to hear instead of what they need to hear. Otherwise we would have a country that took care of it's citizens instead of it's wealthy.