Why Don’t We Trust Our Government

Twenty of the Best Lies and Miracles the Government Wants us to Believe

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From 1931 to 1972, government researchers from the Center for Disease Control conducting the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, left hundreds of Black men untreated for decades to study the disease’s debilitating and sometimes deadly effects.
In 1951, tissue was taken from a Black cancer patient in Baltimore without his consent. The tissue was used to create a cell line for medical experiments.
Other unauthorized or secret practices include the MK-Ultra Project (CIA Mind Control), LSD and other mind-altering drugs, Agent Orange, Fluoride in our drinking water, Area 51, and many more.

From George Washington’s cherry tree “I cannot tell a lie”, to the nickname “Honest Abe”, we want desperately to trust our leaders. Unfortunately, up to now, all presidents have lied.

As the old saw goes, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

My life started one month before Eisenhower was elected in 1953.
On November 1, 1955, he secretly deployed a Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. This marked the official beginning of American involvement in the Vietnam war.
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