Infamous lies in history

[Syringer]

I'm doing a speech on "You should never believe everything you hear"..and am looking for some nice citable examples of famous lies. Something along the lines of the earth being flat, all the misleading AIDs "facts", etc..

And I'm also looking for a clever lie to introduce my speech like, "After 3 years in jail you learn how to spot a lie"..but I don't think anyone would believe that I was ever in jail.

 

[edro]

The LBJ lie that brought us into Vietnam...... I just saw it on the [ H ] channel

 

[Spikey217]

And I quote, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

 

[Zenmervolt]

Intro: When you've been given as many fake phone numbers as I have been, you learn how to spot a lie...



ZV

 

[cracgor]

really good book on american history...
A People's History
by Howard Zinn (i think)

 

[Evadman]

"Can you define 'is'?"

Oh, you said lies, not stupididty. umm...

"Read my lips... No new taxes".

 

[Syringer]

Hmm, how about stuff with not so much historical context to it, but something a little more interesting?

 

[calpha]

Tobacco & Cancer

Clinton & "I Never had sex with that woman"

Bush Sr "Read my lips: No New Taxes"

ooooooohhhhhh I can't remmeber her name. But in WWII there was an infamous spy in Britain who slept with God knows how many higher-ups. Or was it Germany......

The Ultimate Lie. In the sack......actually her story is a good one but I've got no clue about her name. Saw it on Discovery one night
EDIT:

Took TO DAMN LONG

Two of mine are already old for christs sake

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: edro13
The LBJ lie that brought us into Vietnam...... I just saw it on the [ H ] channel

Hmm, more details? Preferably brief and to the point?

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Hmm, how about stuff with not so much historical context to it, but something a little more interesting?

how about "yeah, I'm over eighteen"?

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Get information about the many "horrible" effects of marijuana. Preferably, from a government website.

^ This could be enough to be your entire paper right there.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: cracgor
really good book on american history...
A People's History
by Howard Zinn (i think)

He needs something more like

Behold a Pale Horse
by William Cooper

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: Syringer
Hmm, how about stuff with not so much historical context to it, but something a little more interesting?

how about "yeah, I'm over eighteen"?

yaeh!

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: edro13
The LBJ lie that brought us into Vietnam...... I just saw it on the [ H ] channel

LBJ didn't get us into Viet Nam, Kennedy did.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: cracgor
really good book on american history...
A People's History
by Howard Zinn (i think)

LMFAO! That lying commie has no right whatsoever to call himself an "historian". If he wants to read a fictional book on American History, then Zinn's "work" is fine. If he wants legitimate academic works, then I would suggest that he look elsewhere.

ZV

 

[y2kc]

"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"

Thomas Jefferson (slave owner).

 

[PCMarine]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: cracgor
really good book on american history...
A People's History
by Howard Zinn (i think)

LMFAO! That lying commie has no right whatsoever to call himself an "historian". If he wants to read a fictional book on American History, then Zinn's "work" is fine. If he wants legitimate academic works, then I would suggest that he look elsewhere.

ZV

Exactly, Howard Zinn is such a bleeding heart libral, makes me wonder why my history teacher makes us read it, oh wait, he's a democrat

 

[chansen]

The two that come to mind immediately:

"I am not a crook."

"Peace in our time!"

Though really, the second one wasn't as much a lie as gross naivety.

 

[deftron]

"No taxation without representation"


Just ask any minor, convicted felon, or resident of Washington, DC

 

[0roo0roo]

how about when clinton in 98 said "The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of the region, the security of the world.?

?Saddam?s deception has defeated [the weapon inspectors] effectiveness. Instead of the inspectors disarming Saddam, Saddam has disarmed the inspectors.?

?And mark my words, [Saddam] will develop weapons of mass destruction. He will deploy them, and he will use them.?

Indeed, Clinton went on to enumerate many ways that Saddam ?restricted? the weapons inspectors ?ability to obtain necessary evidence.? Among these enumerations included preventing ?Iraqi personal from answering UNSCOM?s questions? and ?prior to the inspection of a site, Iraq actually emptied out the building, removing not just documents but even the furniture and the equipment.?

?the international community gave Saddam one last chance to resume cooperation with the weapons inspectors. Saddam has failed to seize that chance.?


the republicans accused him of diverting attention from their monica witch hunt. they knew they were a bunch of liars with political gain in mind instead of national security.

 

[jonmullen]

Originally posted by: deftron
"No taxation without representation"


Just ask any minor, convicted felon, or resident of Washington, DC

I thought washinton DC residents got to vote and had a represenative, or do they just have some electoral college votes.

 

[Kadarin]

One would be the explosion of the battleship Maine, which got us into the Spanish-American War.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: edro13
The LBJ lie that brought us into Vietnam...... I just saw it on the [ H ] channel

Hmm, more details? Preferably brief and to the point?

Start digging for the background info on The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

 

[conjur]

"Don't worry...I'm on the pill."

 

[MichaelD]

"Yeah, I'm still taking the pill." <---My son's mother.