There’s a lot of political lying going on. No one, least of all the average guy on the street, knows who or what to believe. The lying isn’t new. As a group, politicians occupy the lowest rung on the Ladder of Virtue. Not surprisingly, they share that rung with attorneys — in many cases, of course, they are one and the same. No matter. Going in, you can’t  trust what politicians say. The Elder Bush said, “Read my lips.” Sayonara, sir. The current Occupant said, “You can keep your doctor.” Many morons believed him. Willy said, “I did not have sex with that woman.” Pants on fire. Deal with the deception. You have no excuses when you finally make your presidential pick.  You can’t even adopt the Russian proverb used by Reagan: “Trust but verify.” Because there is no basis for trust. So do your homework like a good little citizen. Wipe away your feelings. Suppress your emotions. Send the experts packing. Ignore the slogans. And assemble the facts — those pesky things Sherlock Holmes called — evidence. Who knows, your heart and head may decide to land on the same grownup. On the other hand, you argue, why  sweat it? Ninety percent of voters will invest exactly zero minutes in an honest evaluation of a candidate’s history — of their core beliefs, of their brain power, of their body of work. Instead, most of them will listen to friend’s talk, street talk and cyber talk. And most of them will exercise blind loyalty to, of all things, a Political Party. Not to America. To a Party. Blind loyalty is as real as rain — because no living human being, no fair-minded human being, no educated human being, no ethical human being — after looking at her history — could begin to support Hillary Clinton, without it. Blindly, they do, by the tens of millions. Once you grasp and accept that somber reality, friend, you can fully comprehend why and how chaos can defile your shrinking planet. And it’s happening at a record pace. Corruption and tyranny are pandemic. In America, for instance, another congenital liar and common criminal from the same family may once again sully the Oval Office. That abomination could never happen in a righteous land. Good people of any political persuasion or self interest could never debase themselves or dishonor the memory of a nation’s heroes and heroines by choosing a seasoned racketeer. Wait a minute. You wouldn’t dare suggest that those who vote for the Boss of the Clinton Crime Family are not good people. Yes, that’s exactly what you suggest. You can’t be serious. Twenty million voters are not bad people. Yes, they are. But some of them are friends. Yes. Some of them are family. Yes. Most of them are salts of the earth — decent and generous neighbors. Yes. If you really believe good people are bad people, you should get your affairs in order, say bye bye to civilization and strike out for the hills to become a modern day Jeremiah Johnson, find yourself a nice, dry cave, and with your wildlife skills, expect to survive, say, about three days. Bad idea. A better idea is to offer a solution that, if adopted, would revolutionize the election process and simultaneously entertain television debate audiences. This solution would be modeled after the 1950’s game show To Tell The Truth. Using WiFi, each candidate (contestant) would be “wired” to individual lie detectors. Tell a lie and various alarms (horns, buzzers, bells) would signal the severity of the lie. A big lie gets a blaring siren. With today’s technology, there’s no need for this nation ever again to be held hostage in the hands of lying politicians, much less a President. This technology should also accompany every congressional hearing. Imagine the outcome of lie detection at Hillary’s Benghazi hearing. Ear plugs would be a hot commodity. In a free country, you can’t outlaw the lie. But you can expose the liars — and throw the bums and bumettes out — permanently.