Fool Me Once

A list of government lies

Remember the old saying George W. Bush couldn't quite get through?  "Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me."  Well, here's a running list of proven lies by the United States government (and their mouthpiece the mainstream media) that should be reason enough for you to never, never, never, ever trust anything government tells you ever again.

And if you do, shame on you.

I invite readers to help me expand this list.  If you know of a proven government lie not included here, please use this contact form to tell me what it is.  Please make sure to also provide a link to verifiable proof of the lie.

James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King, Jr.
Were you aware that in 1999 a civil jury found the United States government, in collusion with the mafia, guilty in the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.?  Were you aware that after a weeks of testimony they concluded that the shooter wasn't even James Earl Ray?

The media didn't tell this story.  I wonder what else they haven't told you.


Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction


Saddam Hussein was trying to get yellowcake uranium to build a nuclear bomb


United Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11


United Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, PA on 9/11


Jet fuel and office fires brought down the 3 WTC buildings on 9/11


No explosives were used to bring down the 3 WTC buildings on 9/11


Civilian casualties in U.S. and NATO "War on Terror"
The children killed by American drone strikes
http://pages.citebite.com/h1p4t9j7a8ioh


"TF 373 has also killed civilian men, women and children and even Afghan police officers who have strayed into its path."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/task-force-373-secret-afghanistan-taliban

"The dead, the reports repeatedly indicate, were not suicide bombers or insurgents, and many of the cases were not reported to the public at the time."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26warlogs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

"...Marines gave cleaned up accounts of an incident in which they killed 19 civilians."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/26/afghanistan-war-logs-us-marines

"US special forces dropped six 2,000 lb bombs on a compound where they believed a `high-value individual' was hiding, after `ensuring there were no innocent Afghans in the surrounding area'. A senior US commander reported that 150 Taliban had been killed. Locals, however, reported that up to 300 civilians had died."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/afghanistan-war-logs-tensions-strained

Predator Drone Strikes: 50 Civilians Are Killed For Every 1 Terrorist

http://www.policymic.com/articles/16949/predator-drone-strikes-50-civilians-are-killed-for-every-1-terrorist-and-the-cia-only-wants-to-up-drone-warfare
http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/COLUMBIACountingDronesFinalNotEmbargo.pdf


An extraterrestrial craft did not crash in Roswell, NM


The Phoenix Lights were flares on paratroopers


They hate us because of our freedom


Obama "will have the most transparent administration ever"
http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/weekly-updates/11-obama-fails-government-transparency/

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/07/the-most-transparent-administration-ever-doctors-its-quotes/259857/

TWA 800 crashed because of a mechanical failure
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/19/194408/former-twa-800-investigators-claim.html#.UcSFgju-ok1

More
http://www.alternet.org/story/16274/ten_appalling_lies_we_were_told_about_iraq
http://www.alternet.org/story/151827/the_6_biggest_lies_about_the_u.s._debt
http://www.alternet.org/story/155084/whistleblower%3A_the_nsa_is_lying_--_the_u.s._government_has_copies_of_most_of_your_emails