“The service of truth is a matter of heroism.” ~ John F. Kennedy
Steve Rossiter , Bio and Archives--May 9, 2025
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“Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance.” ~ John F. Kennedy
Truth: noun
The world today seems to have a major problem with the truth. The world seems to have forgotten that the truth is the truth. Anything else is a lie, or an illusion, or a delusion whether induced by someone else or by ourselves. There simply is no middle ground.
"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by a majority"~ Booker T. Washington
For at least a century, politicians have lied and lied and lied, and in spite of those lies, still manage to get reelected to office, and then even to higher office. How is that possible?
“If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.” ~ Carl Sagan
For more than half a century, the truth about human caused global climate change has been withheld from us, and lies have been foisted off on the world as truth. It is and always has been nothing more than using fear as a money making tool for the climate hucksters, and, man-o-man, has it worked. Just look at the hucksters who have bought seaside property that they have been telling us for years would flood because humans and cow farts would melt the polar ice caps. The truth is the polar ice caps will do what the polar ice caps have done since the beginning of time and no amount of lying will change that!
“All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based - or who, like Socrates, merely asks embarrassing questions that we haven't thought of, or demonstrates that we've swept key underlying assumptions under the rug - it becomes much more than a search for knowledge. It feels like a personal assault.” ~ Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan’s last sentence above defines where many of the people in the world find themselves. Booker T. Washington nailed it: "A lie doesn't become truth… just because it's accepted by a majority." The lies about human caused global climate change are lies perpetrated on the world for so long, it is nearly a propaganda-induced religion. There is and never has been any actual scientific proof to support the THEORY of human caused global climate change. Those of us who have been around long enough have watched “human caused global cooling” changed to “human caused global warming,” and none of the hundreds of forecasted cooling or warming global catastrophes occurred. However, the climate hucksters are very good at what they do, and what they do is use fear to control their devout believers and morph failed warming and cooling fears into simple human caused climate change fears. Sadly, the true believers fail to see the flaws in the whole climate fraud cash cow that has made so many people rich and so many more people poor.
“The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.” ~ Carl Sagan
All great societies and cultures have one most important foundation stone. That stone is truth. Civilization will collapse once truth is abandoned as the primary touchstone. We see this in Europe. We see this in Canada. We see this in the United States of America. The lies perpetuated by governments all over the world, are producing chaos and the collapse of civilization. That is a truth we had better recognize quickly. Too many people have become, as Carl Sagan phrased it; “…just putty in the hands of those in power.”
There are three missing ingredients in western society today: the lost belief in the God of the Judeo-Christian religions, that provided standards by which to live; the inability of individuals to engage in critical thinking, so they may properly evaluate everything in their lives; and last but not least, pure common sense. Question these assertions? Simply look at the lawlessness and chaos of the world. I rest my case.
“The service of truth is a matter of heroism.” ~ John F. Kennedy
Know God, know truth. No God, no truth.
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After a 55 year career as a professional pilot in the military, in law enforcement, in the private sector, and in federal civil service, I am now retired.
In many of these positions I repeatedly took an oath to defend the United States Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.