Bearing False Witness
The ninth of the Ten Commandments states, “Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor”. In the United States Supreme Court building, the oak doors separating the courtroom from the central hallway contain a representation of tablets bearing the Roman numerals one through ten, however the Commandments themselves are not written out. Nevertheless, a good reminder for those appearing before the Court, as lying before the Supremes would be a most grievous form of perjury.
Unfortunately a lot of the neighbors in America are getting a record number of falsehoods promoted by the those elected to govern. Lately it seems to have reached epidemic proportions.
By any reasonable measurement the economy of the United States is in the tank. Yet there is a constant drumbeat out of the White House that everything is wonderful. The cold burning truth is that is a bald-faced lie. A lot of our neighbors are getting crushed financially by food and energy costs. There is no way that paying double for heating oil in the Northeast, or the current cost of gasoline in California is a reason for celebration. In some households the decision is heat or eat. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D New York) had a suggestion for families struggling with rising gas and food prices during his recent campaign: Eat Chef Boyardee. "I grew up in a family where if the gas price went up, the food budget went down, so by this time of the week we'd be eating Chef Boyardee if that budget wasn't gonna change." Tone deaf Maloney, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, lost his election.
The current regime for months has been telling you and your neighbors that the Southern border was secure. That’s another lie. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press flack repeatedly has told the DC scribes that. She even had the temerity to inform the press that Joe Biden had been to the border. There is absolutely no evidence that he has ever been to the Southern border. She’s not alone is perpetrating this lie/falsehood. The Homeland Security Secretary, Mayorkas, has said the Southern border is secure in numerous congressional hearings. Why hasn’t this disingenuous bureaucrat been held in contempt? Maybe because the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress when he showed up with his nose growing? Not for long.
But the mother of all “bearing false witness” statements belongs to Joe Biden who said the following when Fox White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked this question, “How many times have you spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings?” Joe replied, “I've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.” He told this whopper during the presidential campaign in September 2021. Now that Elon Musk is spilling the beans, releasing all the emails that contain information about Twitter’s suppression of the Hunter Biden Laptop scandal, it looks like the jig is up. Joe appears to be up to his Raybans in Hunter’s dealings.
Seems that Biden and the gang had plenty of reason to suppress the story. They’re using their willing minions at Twitter and the Corporate mainstream media to squash the story. That notorious laptop contains a lode of information that clearly shows Joe did in fact know about his son’s business dealings. Pictures have surfaced of Joe with Hunter’s overseas business associates. Also there are constant references to the “Big Guy” getting his share of Hunter’s foreign grifter activities. The identity of “Big Guy” is crystal clear and has been verified by Hunter’s former partner Tony Bobulinski. It’s not Santa Claus. Even CBS News finally acknowledged that the laptop is the real deal, not hacked Russian disinformation as alleged by 50 former intelligence officials.
It's obvious that corporate mainstream media is in cahoots about what they will and won’t report, there’s no doubt about it. Have you ever wondered why almost every print and broadcast outlet seem to have the same “talking points” on every major issue? It’s well known that there are groups in Washington DC that hold conference calls and give directives to the various news agencies and other folks on how to deal with the important reportable events. Often times, the truth or the actual facts are the first casualties of the advice from these K Street seers. The big news over the past weekend and this week has been the Elon Musk Twitter “spill the beans” story. Better chance of finding running water in Death Valley than finding any significant coverage in the corporate media.
One would think that there would be some degree of curiosity that the President of the United States might have received the ill-gotten gains of his son’s influence peddling scheme while he was Vice President. Maybe the media has forgotten that Spiro Agnew took kickbacks from contractors while he was Maryland’s Governor. The payments continued into his time as Vice President. When discovered, he had to resign. The information contained on the laptop hard drive is disturbing. But it was clear this week that Press Secretary Jean-Pierre had been instructed to dismiss any questions about Twitter, the laptop, or Hunter’s nefarious activities as “old news”. She said that the press should be more concerned about the hate and antisemitic posts on Twitter.
Looks like there’s a lot of false witness bearing coming out of the DC Swamp. It’s no wonder that folks have lost their faith in the national government. The Washington Post has “Democracy Dies in Darkness” below its Masthead…so does the truth.