Liar Liar!

Richard Strandlof repeatedly claimed that he had survived the September 11th attacks on the Pentagon. He also said he survived the detonation of a roadside bomb while stationed in Iraq, killing 4 of his fellow Marines. He'd also point to his head and tell people that he had a metal plate, an example of collateral damage from the roadside bomb explosion. Though the truly surprising thing about all of this is not that that he survived all of these horrific events to begin with, it is the fact that all of these statements are out right lies! Richard Strandlof never did any of the things he claims to have and he was also never in the Marines. In fact he was apparently watching the September 11th attacks from a homeless shelter in San Jose, California.


Now I can understand why some people lie. to make themselves look better, to impress a lady or to land a better job. Lying by small degrees is something that almost everyone in the world is guilty of. But lying about so many substantial events and things gets to be a bit too much, especially since anyone with half a brain should be able to verify if he was indeed telling the truth with a few key strokes on the computer. But apparently not everyone is as diligent when it comes to sniffing out the truth, as many politicians who had Richard Strandlof stand by their side while giving speeches can attest to. As they were fooled for months and had no idea that everything he was saying was utter bullshit. Eventually people started putting two and two together and realized that Richard Strandlof was not telling the truth.
So this past Friday October 9th, the FBI finally arrested him on the rare charge of "stolen valor." Which carries a One year sentence in jail and a maximum of $100,000.00 fine. Though my guess is, knowing today's screwed up society, he will probably get a movie and a book deal out of this and the fined will be paid that way. I just see a romantic comedy now about a guy who fakes all of the above in order to win the love of some girl, probably Sandra Bullock or some other romcom starlet. Sending the message that lying and cheating can actually pay off!