American Government Has a History of Lying to the American People

 The government has a long history of not being truthful with the American people. Unfortunately, this deception is still happening today and often goes unchecked due to lack of public awareness or apathy. To raise awareness about issues, one must be vigilant. Hitting the streets with protests is one way to make sure that issues are not falling by the wayside. 

In recent years, citizens have taken to the streets in protest of governmental lies and injustices. For example, after the death of George Floyd while in police custody, thousands of Americans around the country took part in demonstrations demanding justice for those from black and brown communities who were victims of racism or police brutality. Similarly, there have been numerous rallies across the United States for better gun control legislation following a series of mass shootings.

Here are other examples of recent lies told by government officials that were met with public protest:

1. The Dakota Access Pipeline - In 2016, the US Army Corps of Engineers granted Energy Transfer Partners permission to construct an oil pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota without consulting local Native American tribes as required by law. This led to months of protests from members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters who were concerned about potential environmental damage caused by the pipeline’s construction and operation. The protests eventually derailed the project.

2. Immigration Policy - In 2018, the Trump Administration instituted a “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that separated immigrant children from their families at the US-Mexico border. This policy quickly led to nationwide protests by those who saw it as inhumane and unnecessary. After weeks of public outcry, President Trump signed an executive order ending the practice.

3. Climate Change - Government officials have been slow to take real action on climate change, while continuing to push policies that favor corporate interests over environmental protection. This has led to numerous protests across the globe, including most recently in 2019 when millions of people around the world took part in a Global Climate Strike calling for drastic measures to be taken by governments and businesses in order to combat global warming.

The above examples illustrate just a few of the ways in which government has lied to the American people and how protests have been used as an effective way to make sure that these lies are not forgotten. Through continued vigilance, citizens can help ensure that their voices will be heard by their elected leaders and bring about real change.

When Truth and Lie Mix...Confusing, Twisted Gray Areas Co-Exist

Who do you believe?  What do you sincerely need?  Where do you really want to go in life?  Don't worry if you have no established boundaries, there will always be someone, somewhere creating some gray areas for you to doubt what you know is true. 

The charmer will cause you to stray away from personal truth while mixing lies with your truths.  Watch for haters, liars, bigots, jealous folks and others who all have one thing in common, the love of money!  The one who has the most is deemed successful and the one who has the least not-so much, according to the one who invented whatever mind game he or she chooses to play with you.

When you don't know what to believe, the concoction of truth and lie produces a gray area made up of insults, chaos, distrust, and challenging relationships.  From the board room to the bedroom, disagreements increase and the fight persists between individuals trying to make one another believe almost anything they have been fed by someone else.

The lost, confused, used and abused believe anything as long as those things make them feel good about themselves.  They support almost anyone as long as the individual can increase profits, treat them like kings and queens, and most of all do as they are told. 

American puppet masters feed the good, bad, and ugly of consumerism, enslaving the fools who mindlessly buy into whoever or whatever just so long as it "isn't so bad...for good reason...no one has to know what is really in that..."  So the lie is conjured up to hide the truth and as long as no one rocks the boat, all is well--at least so some think.

Buy, buy, buy...turn people into products and services and when they don't deliver, throw them out.

You know the game, you bought into it.

Nicholl McGuire

What Lies are You Sharing with Family and Friends?

So you see something on television, the Internet or hear about it on the radio, an interesting story, but do you stop to think, "Is this the truth?"  We are quick to assume that reporters, editors, and managers of media are accurate, but far too often this has been proven untrue.  From using green screen (fake backdrops typically used in movies) to crisis actors pretending as if they are the real characters in news stories, the truth sometimes isn't what it appears to be.

Now we can all end up being nothing more than gossip reporters for individuals and groups paid to spin stories.  I think of the clever distractions created to keep the public from knowing the unflattering truth about famous celebrities.  Pick a seemingly harmless story and before long the lie becomes the truth.

Take a moment to do your own investigative research and you will find that what you find is much different than what appears in mainstream media news.

Nicholl McGuire is the author of Socially Sweet, Privately Cruel Abusive Men and other books.