Truth

  Enjoyed another "Sunday Service" last night by Amos Lee and his band at the most intimate Wilbur Theater. One of Mr. Lee's songs, "Truth" started me thinking.

  "Well, my woman she showed up/With your number on her hand/Well, I thought that I might call you up/So we could deal with this man to man/ You better tell me the truth son."

  The framers of the Declaration of Independence thought truth was important as the document starts, "We hold these truths to be self- evident . . . ." Somewhere along the line the truth no longer became important. President Cheney lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction to stop Iraq from flooding the market with oil. If he had told the truth would you have thought differently about that war?

  "Now they got me here at the county/with your blood still on my hands/Well the boys and blue don't play no games/All the sheriff said to me was that/You better tell me the truth son."

  After Libya I think its true that President O so bad for me and my mama has absolutely no idea what he's doing. At least President Cheney was clear in that he was going to increase the concentration of wealth in this country both on the backs of and at the expense of the middle class. To that end Goldman Sachs didn't tell their clients the truth and are now richer for it.

  "Now they got me here at the lock down/For a crime I did commit/Well for my one call I called the number on my girl's hand/To remind you not to forget/ You should'a told me the truth son/Make me beat it out of you."

  In law truth is the ultimate defense. That is if you are on the side of right you are right. (Unfortunately I just don't have many (maybe any) clients on that particular side.) Last week the manager of the Baltimore Orioles was called out for saying essentially that Red Sox GM, Theo Epstein didn't know what he was doing. This year's version of the old town team (aka "The worst team money can buy") is headed South in a hurry. JD Drew is a $19 million a year platoon player. John Lackey was a .500 pitcher who couldn't handle the spotlight. Yet when Theo signed him somehow that was going to change. The metamorphosis didn't quite work with Julio Lugo either. The Sox have a minor league catcher and a suspect bullpen all for the mere price of $200 million. (Not including the $50 million the Sox are still paying in salaries for other players Theo misjudged.)

Theo should have realized the truth in 2004: he was lucky.

KOKO