June 22, 2013

It's a Question of Trust

By Jim Yardley
Scandals, scandals, scandals!  Get 'em while they're hot! The stories are out there.  The rapidly rising cost projections for ObamaCare far beyond any promises made to get the bill passed, the Fast and Furious gun running debacle, the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi who died without aid or succor, the IRS targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups, the harassment of journalists at AP and James Rosen of FOX News, and the NSA's massive overreach in collecting data on anyone who uses a phone, texts a message, e-mails his girlfriend, asks Mom for a recipe, or surfs the web.  And those constant reports that the next major piece of legislation, the so-called Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, has had more flips and flops than a hyperactive chef at IHOP.  These stories are all out there, and they're said to have damaged the government by "eroding" the trust of the American people. In each of these examples, the government of the United States has told lies...(Read Full Article)