-Caveat Lector- >From intellectualcapital.com http://intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue284/item6183.asp > Truth, Justice and the American Way > by Pete du Pont > Thursday, August 26, 1999 > Comments: 89 posts <Picture> > > For decades, the Chinese government has > been lying about the weather. The China Youth Daily reports that > the government does not want people to realize that hot weather > and suffocating air pollution are deteriorating the quality of > life in Chinese cities. So for more than 30 years -- until last > month -- the government never has reported a temperature higher > than 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. > > One’s immediate reaction is smugness. How could those crazy > communists think they could get away with something as > transparent as lying about the weather? And if they lie about the > temperature … > > Lying from the top down > > But in America we have liars in high places, too. The federal > judge in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against President > Clinton found that Clinton gave “false, misleading and evasive > answers that were designed to obstruct the judicial process,” and > fined him $90,000 because he “deliberately violated this court’s > discovery orders, thereby undermining the integrity of the > judicial system.” (For which the American Bar Association > rewarded him in the same week with an invitation to address its > annual meeting. Nice timing, sort of a retrospective aiding and > abetting of perjury by the organization supposedly dedicated to > supporting the rule of law.) > > <Picture: Could a government that lies about sex lie about other > things? > Could a government that lies about sex lie about other > things? The president also lied to us when he said, “I did not > have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Could it > be that a government that lies about sex also could lie about > other things as well? Sort of like the Chinese government does? > > Read on, and see for yourself. > > Item: The July 24 New York Times reported in a front-page story > that at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, an arm of the Energy > Department, scientific work tying cancer to electric power cables > was fabricated in order to gain additional grants. You may recall > that some years ago the power line/cancer link caused furor among > the Luddites: The evil industrialists were at it at it again, > inflicting cancer on unsuspecting citizens. More than a billion > dollars was spent mitigating a non-existent threat created by > falsifying data. > > Item: The Alar scare warned that America’s children were at risk > every time they ate an apple because, according to CBS’ "60 > minutes," Alar was “the most cancer-causing agent in our food > supply.” Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop concluded > after studying the data that “the truth is that Alar never did > pose a health hazard” and that our food supply is safe “just > because of chemicals like Alar.” The Environmental Protection > Agency combined with CBS and the Natural Resources Defense > Council to falsely use Alar as a scare tactic to increase > government regulation of suspected carcinogens. > > Item: Remember the silicone breast-implant hoax. The Food and > Drug Administration (FDA) banned these implants in 1992. With the > help of Ralph Nader’s organizations, a gory-but-misleading NBC > news report and the nation's trial lawyers, some 3,500 lawsuits > were filed, Dow Corning declared bankruptcy, and the left had > another science-gone-mad issue. Almost immediately, credible > medical organizations, from the American Medical Association and > Harvard University to the Mayo Clinic and the New England Journal > of Medicine found no basis for silicone-gel breast implants > causing cancer. > > On June 24 this year, the National Academy of Sciences Institute > of Medicine issued its final congressionally requested report. > What was the link between the implants and diseases such as lupus > and cancer? There was none. > > Factual manipulation: an American tradition > > In the first example, the scientist in the government laboratory > was lying for financial gain. (Does “it’s only about money” sound > like a good defense?). In the second, an agency of the government > combined with private organizations to present false data. In the > third, the FDA lied about breast implants causing disease. > > Unfortunately, it does not stop there. Accepted prevarication at > the top encourages misinterpretation further down the liberal > food chain. Public broadcasting stations swearing they are > unbiased presenters of information while as a matter of policy > trading fund-raising lists with the Democratic Party, for > example. > > Or the Death Penalty Information Center, a private advocacy > group, releasing the conclusions of a study without the > supporting data, purportedly showing that in Philadelphia black > murderers are four times as likely as whites to receive the death > penalty. In truth, blacks received a death-penalty sentence 18% > of the time, whites 13% -- hardly four times -- and a shift of > approximately 2% in sentencing among blacks and whites would have > made the rates equal. > > <Picture: The manipulation of information is used to increase > the power of the state > The manipulation of information is used > to increase the power of the state The common thread in these > examples is that the untruthful manipulation of information is > being used to increase the power of the state. Creating the > illusion of danger keeps governments in power, issuing more > regulations, funding more agencies, rewarding faithful > constituencies with financial gain and pushing the agendas of > political organizations. The symbiotic relationship between the > government and environmental activists -- anti-technology > advocates and racial-quota advocates, for example -- often > creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. > > So the next time you feel superior to those red retrogrades > running the government in Beijing, forget it. Unfortunately, the > bell tolls for us as well. > > Pete du Pont is the editor of IntellectualCapital.com. He is a > former Republican governor and congressman from Delaware. 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