One of the last Leftist's final attempts to throw the Right under the bus.
Actually, no. The "Leftists" have had the opportunity but threw the opportunity under the bus when Pelosi said "impeachment is off the table". The CIA, among others, operates with almost complete immunity. That concerns me.
At this point in the political game no matter what is reported to the public about torture - and it won't be much of anything - there will be NO clear line of responsibility for any wrong doing or the authorization or approval or knowledge of any wrong doing. "Mr. Transparency" hasn't been transparent and he isn't going to start now. We have no reason whatsoever to expect a conservative government to be transparent. Indeed, we don't really hear that from conservatives.
What bothers me most is that more and more Americans seem to support incremental fascism.
We have reached a point in America where what we really know about the government is what the government tells us. That should bother every American, though unfortunately it does not. As a result, for all we know, we have a government that creates and supports the idea of a big boogie man that must be dealt with. And to deal with that boogie man Americans must trust the government, who in turn and in bits and pieces tells Americans only what it says Americans need to know. Later the government says, "We need to take away some of your freedom to protect you. Trust us." Later still we are told that more freedom needs to be given up because fighting the boogey man is really hard. "Trust us more, we will keep you safe."
Later yet, the world discovers via WikiLeaks and Julian Assange that maybe Americans shouldn't trust their government. But many Americans are very scared and as Washington cranks up its propaganda machine
to use on the American people (now legal, signed into law by Obama, by the way) are told over and over and over and over that Assange is not to be trusted. "His truth hurts America. He is a serial rapist. Trust us, we know. We are keeping you safe." And thus American fascism continue to grow inch by inch, lie by lie, freedoms lost bit by bit. Americans for the most part don't listen to Assange. They've been told not to.
Next we have Snowden reveal to us that the government has unquestionably lied its ass off to the American people. The government has taken liberties where it said it would not. The government has taken liberties where it says it did not. We discover, in fact, that what Snowden bravely exposed is correct. Our government has not been telling us the truth. Our government has lied to us - a lot. Our basic rights have been abused and shattered. Responding to Snowden's revelations the government countered with massive propaganda and even though we know Snowden was correct, the American masses listened to the government's never ending,
"But we are spying on you for you. Yes, we made a mistake, but we didn't mean to. We won't do it anymore. Promise. Besides we only do it to protect you from the boogie man we keep telling you about. Trust us". Americans are told to hate Snowden, so Americans hate Snowden. And fascism creeps deeper into America as Americans do what they are told.
What Americans really know about their government is what their government tells them. On a continuum we are either moving closer to the Constitution or further away from it.
