What price the lie that cuddles pride?

What price the lie that cuddles pride?
We cannot hide a frightful stare.
The mirror cracks and shards slide
Over hands too red to compare.

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John Isaacs-Young
13 years ago

Nice 9/11 piece Bill. Just got through watching a longish video put out by Engineers and Architects for 9/11 Truth. After going through technical stuff they included some psychologists and Rev Griffin talking about pride getting in the way of acknowledging certain facts; facts that concern the dark side of ones own nature and dark-side facts concerning of ones government.