"Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire," by Errol Morris,film maker

[bob cole]

fyi:

http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/pictures-are-supposed-to-be-worth-a-thousand-words/?8ty&emc=ty

[Sparrow]

Why was it going backwards? That’s what I want to know

[40oz]

Why was it going backwards? That’s what I want to know

I'm guessing the wind was merely blowing faster than the ship.

[jan normandale]

Morris wrote a very interesting piece but the comments on his discussion were even more interesting than what he wrote.

[J J Kapsberger]

For the dimmer folks, like me, what's the point of this thread? BTW, the US didn't enter the war because of the Lusitania; she entered the war because of the Zimmerman affiar--i.e., the proposed military alliance between Germany and Mexico should the US not remain neutral.

[Steve Bellayr]

"The loss of life provoked America out of a hereunto neutrality on the ongoing war in Europe. With cries of “Remember the Lusitania” the U.S. entered into WWI within two years. "

Two

[Steve Bellayr]

"The loss of life provoked America out of a hereunto neutrality on the ongoing war in Europe. With cries of “Remember the Lusitania” the U.S. entered into WWI within two years. "

Two years is a long time. It was the Zimmerman Telegram that actually

[Steve Bellayr]

Woodrow Wilson & Congress over the edge. I believe Barbara Tuchman wrote the book about the incident when the documents were declassified.

Sorry about hitting the wrong button.