You lie!

I often sit here and think to myself that if I discovered a Genie’s bottle and was given three wishes, my first would be “I’d like to know the absolute truth about everything”…  Funny thing about that idea.

There is no such thing as truth.

.. or better said that truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.  Better yet, in every situation in your life, whose “truth” do you choose to believe?

Take for example the United States’ current involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Is it the truth that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction as we were all mislead to believe, or is it more truthful that — as oil men — George W. Bush and cronies saw an opportunity to exploit the resources of both America and a sovereign nation for their own financial gain under the premise of freedom and democracy?

My point, and feel free to expand this to ANY situation, is that history (sometimes passed off as the truth) is written by those who remain to write it.  American Comedian Robert Wuhl taught us that in perfectly crystal clear valid examples in his HBO series “Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl“.  I’ve just however start to realize how correct he is, and how his examples can be traced down to the most minute of details in each of our own personal lives.

Think about politicians.  Are politicians all liars, or are they simply more adept at spinning the media for the truth they want to express?  How many sex-scandalous Republicans are getting caught versus getting ratted out by other politicians they piss off?

All I’m asking in this little diatribe today is that each of us stop to think about what we do.  Actions have consequences.  The world around you may see “the truth” differently than you, I, or anyone else.  This is a lesson that I’m being hard pressed to learn, and I believe everyone else would be better off if they kept an open mind.