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Whenever I hear some talking head bemoaning the fact that there is a lack of trust in government, I always think what am I missing here. Why do these people think I should trust government? Government officials have been lying to us for years — particularly when it involves national security. Just off the top of my head — the government knew the War in Viet Nam was lost even while escalating the number of troops sent to die what they knew to be a losing cause. Or the weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq? I could go on but you get the hint.

It seems to me perfectly reasonable for the public to question any information that comes from a government official. I mean really, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

So when the government’s released UFO documents which confirmed that there have been actual sightings of UFO’s, I became a little irritated. While I am excited by the possibility of there being intelligent life beyond our planet, I am a little miffed that our government has been hiding this information and dissembling about any reports of UFO’s for the past 80 years.

Why? Oh, right the public would panic if they learned there were actual UFO’s. The relative calm that greeted this information must have been a bit of a disappointment to all those government officials who have been so worried about the public’s reaction all these years. I haven’t heard of any panic yet.

Denying it may be a reasonable reaction if there were 1 or 2 sightings over the course of 80 years, but once you got into the hundreds and thousands, what possible advantage could there be? People were actually seeing UFO’s and reporting it. At some point, you would think someone would say this is going to continue to happen maybe we should let on that this is indeed happening instead of quashing any reports.

More worrisome to me is if there are UFO visitations happening then not telling people that they were happening seems like the exact opposite of what responsible government should be doing. They would rather have people encounter UFO’s and alien beings and question their sanity than the actual truth. Right.

And then if anyone ever did run across a little green man, and weren’t content to take the government explanation of an errant weather balloon and they decide to report the UFO to the wider world, the government made it seem like that person was off their rocker with a wink wink and nudge nudge. They would rather undermine good people’s reputation as sane human beings than tell the truth of their fantastic encounter with an alien being or spacecraft. What a fucking crock of shit.

And you want me to put faith into these people? No, thank you. I’d rather live in the real world than in some imaginary one.

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For those still wondering why Trump got elected, look no further than the news that a lab leak was the likely cause of COVID19. Liberals and Democrats greeted this seemingly bombshell revelation with a sang froid that borders on indifference.

Now things would be different for me if the government scientists, at the time, were open to the possibility of lab leak being a possible explanation but they weren’t. They vehemently denied the possibility of a lab leak and accused any one who suggested it of being a racist. There is a big difference between an I don’t know and a they are wrong and shouldn’t be spreading such nonsense.

It is a big problem and the Left is ignoring it as if it never happened. Like if we don’t talk about it, it will somehow go away. Why would Trump and his buddies drop such a good example of government malfeasance? These people are not idiots. They also seem to have their pulse on a large segment of the American people. So I guess underestimating Trump and the wreckers will go on for the foreseeable future.

This is the only conclusion you can have when you consider:

  1. Trump was right about something very important. He claims that Dr. Fauci and the government scientists were lying about COVID and, it turns out, he was correct, at least about the lab leak theory. Yes there is still a low confidence that a lab leak is the culprit but it is now considered the most likely explanation of all the known possibilities. This isn’t what the government was saying in 2020. They were saying a Lab leak couldn’t be responsible and people who claim that a lab leak was responsible are racists. Trump has every right to gloat.
  2. It gives credence to every new crackpot theory that comes down the pike. All the crackpot has to say is well they lied about the lab leak theory. How do your respond to that? They are correct which is really bad news because too many people already listen to these crackpots. Now the voters have evidence that the crackpots are right. This is why the truth is important when dealing with people in a democracy. How does it help your cause to lie today when people will eventually discover you are in fact a liar?
  3. Belief in Government is already painfully low. This admission confirms every bad thing that the anti-government types claim our government does. If the Government wanted to momentarily placate the Chinese government while they got more information, I get it. This is a completely reasonable position. Withholding information, however, is different from a lie. The government could have said, and rightfully so, that they just don’t have enough information to determine the source of COVID and they are keeping an open mind. I can live with that. But no they aggressively denied any possibility of a lab leak. This turned into an overkill involving character assassination and dissembling. This was wrong especially since many of these scientists knew that a lab leak was the likely cause.
  4. Finally, it is an incredibly stupid lie to tell. If many scientists believed that a lab leak was responsible for COVID then this information was destined for revelation. Someone eventually was going to spill the beans. This should have been obvious as soon as scientists began sharing their suspicions with other scientists. So why lie in the first place? To keep the Chinese happy? Why? The Chinese stopped co-operating with UN officials fairly early in the crisis. Once this occurred what possible benefit could come from keeping the Chinese happy? But everybody in the know just kept their mouths shut. They may know a lot about biology but they are crap at public relations. They have damaged their reputation for being trustworthy. Why would the world believe these people when they announce the next pandemic?

This bothers me personally. I put my trust in these people because I saw no reason for them to lie and they knew more about viruses. Boy was I wrong. It is an unforced error that has done great harm to Liberalism, Science and Government — pillars of our democracy that are already under siege.

And, yes, I hold people on the Left to a higher standard which makes this so much more disappointing. I think democracy and liberalism are the best route to take for a better world. It hurts when my own side fucks up so royally. The good news is that you can’t say you don’t understand why some people voted for Trump. They believed they were being lied to and it turns out, in this case, they were right.