I learned at a very young age that I could never be a good liar. I am a pasty-white boy (A Ginger, some will claim - but I will argue the point) and I am simply hard-wired in such a way that I can not effectively lie. I have very notable physiological responses if I try - my face flushes red, sweaty palms, heartbeat races, my eyes avert away from people, et cetera. No, I will NOT play poker.
However, I am pretty darned good at shutting my mouth and saying nothing, and even better at parsing my words in such a way that I can avoid a lie, give an answer that is technically accurate and leave an inquisitor thinking I answered his intended question. If you want an answer from me that I do not want to give, you'd better phrase your question very specifically, or be ready to beat it out of me. Also, I do not believe in the concept that an omission is necessarily a lie. I bow to Napoleon on that one - when the enemy is making a mistake, leave him alone. If you don't ask the proper question - sucks to be you.
Would I be a liar if I was better at it?
Not sure. But I don't think so. I get too much pleasure watching people lose their minds at the facts.
Is finding amusement at other peoples frustration a character flaw as significant as being a liar?
I don't think so - I'd rather be known as an ass than a liar.
In our world today too many people are willing to believe the worst, with little or no proof. We've all seen it in action. But eventually, usually, facts and Truth have a way of becoming known, even if some people will refuse to recognize the Truth until their dying breath.
Here is a Truth: Living organisms and the mechanical 'things' we Humans build, all require maintenance. If you do not maintain your garden, it will succumb to weeds, disease, bugs, and critters that like to eat the food you are growing. If you do not maintain your car, eventually the engine will refuse to work. The same requirement for maintenance exists in our social order - if we do not maintain it, if we do not put in the work to protect it from parasites, it will eventually succumb.
And here we are.
Truth: If we do not eradicate the parasites from our Society, then our society will collapse. We can tolerate some quantity of parasitic leeching, but not the level we have today. According to recent reports half of the households in America receive some sort of parasitic benefit, and a third of our population are suffering one STD or another, half of all marriages end in divorce, our literacy rate and cognitive abilities of our young are in the toilet, homosexuality is accepted to be on the same moral plane as matrimony, and the number of Americans today who genuinely subscribe to Jefferson's Rightful Liberty is probably under 3% of the population.
Truth: Hard Things are in our future as Americans. Not one of us will be able to escape what is coming, unless he is willing to surrender all pride and Honor. I have defined Honor elsewhere. We will face Hard Things if we try to weed our garden, and we will face Hard Things if we do not. At this point, because the neglect of our Founding Principles has been ongoing for generations, there is not one single path forward that avoids pain, heartache and Hard Things.
History has dropped this task in our laps.
There can be no voting our way out of what comes. There will be no safe haven that will remain unchallenged. There can be no lying our way out of it either. There is no way to ignore it.
At least 2 of every 3 Americans are morally comfortable with theft from you to pay for others.
Be prepared to duck & cover when the detonations begin, then come out swinging. (Stockton California is number 76 of our major metro areas, and they are now in bankruptcy - have the real detonations begun?)
Stand tall. Be honest. Demand your Rights. Take what is rightfully yours.
Because, fellow Patriots, make no mistake - the Marxists are weeding their garden, and you are a weed they mean to rip out by the roots.
They are winning. They control 3/4 of the planet and 90%+ of America.
Will you be among the last men to know Liberty on Earth? Are you ok with that?
Kerodin
III
