When Jesus was before Pontius Pilate, Pilate asked, "Truth, what is Truth?" That question needs to be asked more today than ever before.  When even our legal authorities lie, cheat an steal to get elected (as in Duke University Field Hockey players). When our political leaders at all levels prefer to openly  lie, cheat, and steal for personal gain. When the former President of the United States openly lied about a sexual act with impunity. And then later claimed that the act was not sexual because it was not "legally" defined as such- and be supported by the main stream media in general - whats to be expected from either the MSM or other political persons?  I am sorry but in today's world I no longer believe anything from the MSM nor from any political figure. I now expect open blatant lies,distortions and half truths to be the absolute norm. In fact I believe the MSM and politicians are incapable of telling the truth unless it might benefit them in some way. I have come to expect the MSM and Politicians to deny any responsibility for their statements -  why all they need to do is declare their lie as "no longer an operative statement" and they are home free. Admit nothing and lie about everything seems to me the norm.

What bothers me even more is that all around me are people who just don't seem to care about this. In fact they leave me the impression that they knew but never cared that they were being lied to by their leaders. Or equally as bad those who do not seem to recognize a open blatant lie when it hits them in the face. I believe we have a generation or two of people who have never been taught how to evaluate a statement or claim made by anyone. They believe everything they hear, and if they take time to read anything, they believe everything they read with out evaluating it for merit or truth at all. Worse yet, if Oprah or other such "super star" says it -- then it must be the pure untainted truth - absolute fact. As though such super stars are the world's experts on every subject in the universe.  It seems to me we have a nation of sheep being lead to the slaughter by pseudo intellectuals who consider themselves to be the only authorities in the universe.  No one dare question what they say or they will be pilloried by the MSM as bigots or homo-phobes, or, God forbid, Right Wing Christian fanatics or the like. Truth no longer matters -- what  matters  is the furtherance of some agenda nothing more, nothing less, nothing else at any cost. - it matters not what the agenda may be - pick one (abortion, socialized medicine, government regulation of private business, etc. ad infinitum)  My point is that TRUTH is dead, long live the agenda!

How do we correct this? What can we do? Is it too late?  I hope to offer thoughts along these lines in future posts.