Reply #37: My only problem with what you're saying, Armstead, is it has become

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increasingly difficult (for me, at least) to TRUST what representatives of government say to me. As has been pointed out in this thread and tens of thousands of times here on DU, this is the most secretive administration EVER. Worse, it LIES on a regular basis--even when it doesn't HAVE to lie. That certainly isn't a theory but has been demonstrated many times over. Their very existence, so far as I'm concerned, is based on deception and manipulation of perception. The neoconservative philosophical underpinnings promote this attitude as the inevitable necessity of those who govern. The entire edifice of the "War on Terrorism" (tm)--both in terms of domestic and foreign policy--is based upon the presumption that the information provided by government officials and echoed by corporate owned media regarding the events of 9/11 is accurate and truthful. And yet, it doesn't take much looking to figure out that AT BEST this administration is selective, extremely selective, about the information it presents.