lies and the lying liars who tell them

I don't think Rep. Joe Wilson should have yelled during Obama's speech. It's neither the time nor the place.

That said, what do you do with similar efforts by others-- and what do you do with the questionable things he's said about health care?

After starting out with some wishful thinking about the availability of "liar meters" to put on politicians, here's what Cal Thomas says about the broader topic-- some good stuff-- in the C-J...

What if the administration plans to bar illegal immigrants from purchasing health care coverage, but as The New York Times reported, continues “to require hospitals to provide emergency treatment to illegal immigrants at taxpayer expense?...

If we believe the President when he promises there will be no “death panels,” does he lose honesty points when instead the government sends doctors who “counsel” the elderly about their “end of life options”? If bureaucrats end up rationing care so that only the “fit” or “near fit” still young enough to keep producing tax revenue receive treatment, does this weaken the President's credibility?

...shouldn't they be equally offended by Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry Reid, who called former President Bush a “loser” and a “liar” and then apologized for saying he was a loser, but did not apologize for saying he was a liar?...

Is it a lie to say, as the President did, that his plan will be paid for and that the money will come largely from Medicare and Medicaid funds that are currently being wasted and/or fraudulently spent? According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the House Democrats' bill (the only one whose details we've seen) would increase the deficit...

The President says federal dollars won't pay for abortions, but in none of the bills under consideration is there a specific prohibition — as in the Hyde Amendment — against such spending....

The President and his defenders can't have it both ways. They can't be offended when they are called liars and think nothing of labeling as liars those they don't agree with. President Obama regularly uses the “L” word, most recently in his Labor Day and congressional speeches in which he accused his critics of spreading “lies”...