Do You Love The Lie More Than The Truth?

Greg Mortenson is a liberal media darling.  The author of the book "Three Cups of Tea" was swamped by media attention and took schools, libraries, bookstores, even portions of the military by storm.  However this weekend television's "60 Minutes" had an expose on Mortenson.  There were "anomalies" to his story, one that he portrayed as true.  Now, Mortenson has been exposed as being a fraud, and his book as a fabrication.  A lie.  (Link here to 60 Minutes materials.)

Now what happens?  This man was put in front of our children throughout District 6 and was touted as a folk hero.  He received a rock star's welcome at UNC.  His books are in the local libraries, and have captured the hearts of many locals here in Northern Colorado.  But they are lies.  Complete lies.  And telling lies helped this man build a $60 million empire that he now controls.

Greeley Report believes this man's writing should be pulled from every library.  Every school should print and teach the truth about what happens when people lie their way to the top.  Children should be sad and teachers should be sadder about the utter con job they received.  And the Lib Trib should print a retraction of their accolade masquerading as news that they printed when he was in Greeley touting his parade of lies (here's the article if you want to see for yourself).  Mortenson is a sham, and every aspect of life that lives for and loves the truth needs to come clean.  He needs to be vilified and dumped.

However, liberals are kind-hearted souls...to other liberals.  Besides, there are other books that have been discovered to be frauds, too.  They have been excused as "good writing," and life has gone on.  Normally, you can pull off $60 million in fraud unless you do something sacred (like cross Oprah).  As one blog wrote this weekend, "if you read the book, would you still recommend it?"  (Link here to that blog.)  It's tragic, but true.

Many around Northern Colorado will still cling to the book because they want to believe a lie.  They would rather embrace a lie than hold to truth because the lie is nicer, easier, and something they want to believe.  And this my friends, is the reason we still have failing governmental systems and societal scams in place here in Greeley.  Lies are usually better packaged and better eating than truth.  And it makes life smooth until the crash at the end.

Comments

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Another thought Sam. Side against Mortenson if you will. Pakistan has told Obama to stop bombing with drones. Obama said in the campaigns that he would go into Pakistan; to protect India. LOL. India would put Pakistan into the stone age!! But Obama would love another war. It creates more problems for the United States, but more importantly, IT COSTS MONEY. And the only way Obama and the left can make us a socialist/communist nation is to ruin us financially. Look how well he's done so far, we're about to get a negative credit rating by SP.
Obama is the worst man to ever get elected in this country. What he has done could not be done by the entire Chinese army. Obama is a plague from hell. And you want to put-down a true patriot like Mortenson because of D-6?? You will get rid of D-6 quicker if you get rid of Obama!!!

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I really don't know what's come over you Sam. I read Mortensons book and though his efforts to build schools in Pakistan was wonderful. If he streched the truth to write a compelling story, which would make his book fiction and not nonfiction, I say BFD. What you are missing though is the real nonfictions of this story. And that is that Mortensons book is required reading for all our soldiers going to Afganistan. Now the idea that we build schools instead of dropping bombs MUST REALLY POSE A PROBLEM TO OBAMA who wants to bomb innocent civilians with predator drones. I'll bet our troops wonder WTF after reading Gregs book and then watch as the Prez killsnlittle kids and women.
I think you too should be asking yourself what's come over liberals who turn on someone trying to help the little people by aligning against him with Barrack Obam in the magic-suit who's doing the bombing.
After reading your article, I think the world has gone mad. Let's ban this book from our libraries and bomb the hell out of Pakistan!!!!! Ain't that pretty much what you're saying because your so opposed to D-6? I am too, but your not seeing the light on this one.
Get a grip on it man!