Nothing's as it seems.

Within the past few days, I've learned when a slam dunk isn't a slam dunk: When it's taken out of context resulting in the deaths of tens upon tens of thousands of people.

I've also learned that the silence a shiny Medal of Freedom buys doesn't last forever. The metal apparently tarnishes even before the president who awarded it to you leaves office! Besides, a $7.95 gold plated medallion complete with red, white, and blue ribbon can only buy so much silence in the face of a $4 million book advance. And same as with the slam dunk, tens upon tens of thousands of people are dead (still).