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The President is bat-shit crazy.
Dec. 20th, 2005 01:33 pmBut you already knew that.
Okay, by now, everyone has heard of Bush authorizing the NSA to spy on U.S. citizens without any court oversight, with apparently ambiguous reports to the member of the House and Senate who had been briefed on this before it became public knowledge, and most of you have seen the venom-spitting craziness with which "Fearless Leader" has responded to the leak of the existence of this spying.
Does this worry me? Yes and no. Yes, because it is an erosion of our civil liberties. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and all that other shit that Bush apparently doesn't think is that important, post 9/11. Frankly, I find the concept of no court oversight worrying, because if Bush could get it rubber-stamped by the courts, he would have. So, obviously, some parts of the government are waking up to the fact that the guy in charge is crazier then a shithouse rat.
But, in a way, it doesn't worry me. It's been a long-ass time since I had any real trust of the higher levels of the federal government, and let's face it... if there is a "list" of subversive Americans... I'm not on it. In the unlikely event that I am on it, I am so far down on the list that they're only going to get to me after dealing with the last Arabic taxi-cab driver in NYC.
But, my personal safety in this matter aside, I hope, once again, that this actually serves as the wake-up call to most Americans that this shit has to end. Bush is frothing at the goddamned mind over parts of the Patriot Act not being renewed. He's pissing himself in anger over someone tattling on him about the spying thing... but hey, he is starting to admit that Iraq is more fucked up then a football bat. I suppose that's something.
I strongly suggest each of you write to your Congress-critters and let them know how displeased you are with the President's little spying program. Don't e-mail them. Write them. They put much more stock in people taking time and committing things to paper. Get your friends to write their Congress-critters. Be polite and to the point, but make your feelings known. And no threats. The Secret Circus takes a dim view to that shit.
Okay, by now, everyone has heard of Bush authorizing the NSA to spy on U.S. citizens without any court oversight, with apparently ambiguous reports to the member of the House and Senate who had been briefed on this before it became public knowledge, and most of you have seen the venom-spitting craziness with which "Fearless Leader" has responded to the leak of the existence of this spying.
Does this worry me? Yes and no. Yes, because it is an erosion of our civil liberties. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and all that other shit that Bush apparently doesn't think is that important, post 9/11. Frankly, I find the concept of no court oversight worrying, because if Bush could get it rubber-stamped by the courts, he would have. So, obviously, some parts of the government are waking up to the fact that the guy in charge is crazier then a shithouse rat.
But, in a way, it doesn't worry me. It's been a long-ass time since I had any real trust of the higher levels of the federal government, and let's face it... if there is a "list" of subversive Americans... I'm not on it. In the unlikely event that I am on it, I am so far down on the list that they're only going to get to me after dealing with the last Arabic taxi-cab driver in NYC.
But, my personal safety in this matter aside, I hope, once again, that this actually serves as the wake-up call to most Americans that this shit has to end. Bush is frothing at the goddamned mind over parts of the Patriot Act not being renewed. He's pissing himself in anger over someone tattling on him about the spying thing... but hey, he is starting to admit that Iraq is more fucked up then a football bat. I suppose that's something.
I strongly suggest each of you write to your Congress-critters and let them know how displeased you are with the President's little spying program. Don't e-mail them. Write them. They put much more stock in people taking time and committing things to paper. Get your friends to write their Congress-critters. Be polite and to the point, but make your feelings known. And no threats. The Secret Circus takes a dim view to that shit.