How Is A Mistake A Lie?

With even the Fox News Channel all wrapped around the axle about the Natalee Holloway incident, we got bored and made a trip over to Wonkette.com, just to see what they're all about.

Sigh....

Why is it that liberals refuse to grow up and accept what's really happening in the world? Well over four years later, they still can't accept the fact that Pres. Bush won the election fair and square. Which was probably no small factor in their loss in 2004. This, of course, serves only to fan the flames of their white-hot, visceral hatred of the President and blind them to the truth about anything else he does.

Including the invasion of Iraq.

Life must be very simple for those who can reduce their entire political ideology to such vacuous and pithy mantras as "Bush lied; people died". But we must raise the question of how relying on possibly faulty intel -- or any other innocent mistake -- rises to the level of misrepresentation, let alone lying.

As we've pointed out previously, when one continually calls one's enemy a liar -- no matter how shaky one's position -- quickly passes the point of diminishing returns.

This would, however, present some rather interesting scenarios in interviews with students.

"What is the sound of one hand clapping, Grasshopper?"

"It is the sound of a cowbell being rung by a butterfly, Master."

"LIAR!"