[mburbank]

A.) I don't believe that crap about protecting the truth with lies. I believe in transperency and let the chips fall.

B.) IF I believed in lies protecting truth, the LAST people I'd want as the gaurdians of truth are this pack of treacherous bastards. Even the best of folks find the position of Truth guardian corrupting, and these folks are hrdly the best people.

C.) I'm not talking about heroes rushing into the burning building (as opposed to Presidents flying into hiding and then having their spokespeople lie about it). I'm talking about ordinary citizens a month later clearing the inch and a half of dust out of their apartments and offices, some of whom might actually have believed the government wouldn't lie about something like this and who might have been protected by something as cheap and simple as a professional painters mask.

D.) I don't think this was some carefully crafted lie to protect people. I think this was a damnable tossed off lie that never would have been corrected if these sons of bitches had their druthers. The only thing that might make this matter on a grand scale is if a Republican politician who went to ground zero and isn't a smoker gets lung cancer. Then it will suddenly be a big deal.