So there I was just this morning drinking coffee and channel surfing. I heard three public figures tell three separate lies in just three minutes on three different channels. First up was that old reprobate Newt Gingrich who told Matt Lauer on the Today Show that Americans don’t need the president’s health care plan because health care can be paid for by cutting existing medical costs. Mr. Lauer absorbed this without a twitch. Newt’s nose grew a couple inches but the viewers didn’t see because they’d cut to Al Roker by then.
The second lie was over on ESPN where I heard Shaq tell viewers that falling over backwards when playing defense, thereby landing flat on the floor, arms outstretched, all as a reaction to being bumped by an offensive player is in the NBA’s rules. If you believe that you’ll buy almost anything and the good news is that pro sports will sell almost anything these days. But falling to the floor like a demolished building is not part of the rule book in basketball.
The third lie was really really quick. I don’t know what channel it was. The voice said that Jesus only helped the poor people who helped themselves. Jesus of course said no such thing. I love how these slick, blow dried Christo-quacks appropriate the most beautiful man in history. They’ll say anything.
Three TV lies in three minutes. And no one on any of these stations was available to stand for truth. The truth is too slow these days. We need more clowns! “Hurry! Get us some talking clowns on speed dial! We wouldn’t want any veracity to break out!”
S.K.
Planet of the Blind 
You are way too smart to turn on a TV in the morning. Aside from the weather channel no mainstream TV program is worth watching.
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