honestly dishonest

(my apologies, this isn't music related at all)

well, my sister had to do an assignment for u.s. history where she had to come up with an political party with its own platform, name, and motto. i tried to make her take a extremist platform...for example, i suggested that on the issue of abortion we should just "kill the babies" but unfortunately, that was just "too sad," according to my sister. however, she did use my motto when i told her that platforms didn't matter since politicians never do what they say anyhow. so as a result she came up with the "Honestly Dishonest Party" and the motto (which i suggested although after that i suggested the motto "the revolution is dead, long live the revolution!) "we're all lies, at least we're honest." however, perhaps the best part of her assignment is the last bit of it where she had to write a "messsage from our founder" which you can see posted below:

Our party was founded on the idea that not everything said is kept, which in the end leads the people into believing that their government lied to them. To stop any further thought of being cheated by the United States, we offer our nations people the right to believe that everything we have said here is an honest lie. In the end if it turns out that we actually do keep to our word, instead of feeling cheated, the people will be happy in knowing that the lying party they voted for can actually tell the truth. We would also like to acknowledge some famous words from an equally dishonest man. If you can trust in it that is.

“You can always trust an honest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it’s the honest ones you have to look after.”

That would have been our motto, but it turned out to be too long, but in all honesty our new one is better. And that is the honest truth.

yes...she has in fact quoted a fictional pirate named jack sparrow...i'm so proud of that brat!