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Pisano , Paul J.'s avatar

Ed,

As usual, your reminiscing about stories is wonderful and literate, but your follow through to tie it in our current political cycles was simply brilliant.

You have succinctly stated in wonderful prose, what a fiasco our country is in because of the acceptance of lies and misinformation by the general public, but more importantly by the so-called guardians of moral compass, the press. The idea that today’s leaders get away with open lying, is abominable.

I’m showing my age when I tell you that the deterioration of our society as far as its politics is as low as it can get. I remember my days on the Hill in Washington when a sniff of what’s going on today would bring the wrath of God down upon the perpetrators by their fellow members in congress. Those days are gone because of the corrupt nature of todays politics.

Keep up the good work in chronicaling the events of the times in the literate way you do.

Fortunately, others feel the same way about the digression of morality in our politics. In today’s comics in the Projo, Crannkshaft, after seeing a political ad on TV, stated, “now they have truth in lying”. I rest my case.

Paul

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Natalie L. McKenna's avatar

My Pop's teaching, "Always tell the truth!" "There is honor among thieves, but even a thief can't trust a liar!" This is one of many teachings my Pop provided us with as we were growing up.

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