{"id":192,"date":"2009-01-29T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/intentchopra\/2009\/01\/barack-obama-and-the-noble-lie.html"},"modified":"2009-01-29T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T12:09:35","slug":"barack-obama-and-the-noble-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/intentchopra\/2009\/01\/barack-obama-and-the-noble-lie.html","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama and the Noble Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some commentators have called 2008 &#8220;the moment of truth election.&#8221; The phrase seems to expand in all directions. It&#8217;s the moment of truth for an out of control financial system and hapless home owners in over their heads.  It&#8217;s the moment of truth for America&#8217;s addiction to Middle East oil, and for a vast consumer machine that has plunged the average American into crushing debt.  It&#8217;s the moment of truth for two wars abroad.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/g\/a\/2009\/01\/19\/chopra012609.DTL\">Read full article here in the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/deepakchopra\/blog\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deepak Chopra on Intent.com\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.intent.com\/sites\/134\/badges\/dc.gif\" style='border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px' \/> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some commentators have called 2008 &#8220;the moment of truth election.&#8221; The phrase seems to expand in all directions. It&#8217;s the moment of truth for an out of control financial system and hapless home owners in over their heads. 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