Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro View Post
How many of the examples from the article do you think are actually true?
Strictly true? Likely none.

The external "whipping boy" is a feature of all governments! In Canada and the US our respective media's are full of all sorts of B.S. about each other when it is useful to the gov't of the day. "Terrorists leaking through a porous Canadian border!" is one I have great affection for :) A recent flap over the oil pipeline is another good example: Canadian politicians leaping forward to "influence a positive outcome"...like they have any influence at all. It will happen because its good business and strategically smart, or not at all.

When the political conditions change, then depending on the context of whatever B.S. was put forward, its either: See! We were right they really are bastards!!; or;
"candidates name" hard work and vigilance has brought about a positive outcome!

"Truth" is a vanishingly small part of any gov't discourse; w/o effort it is non-existent at the level of the society.