Since we know that the CIA doesn't answer to the President...not really.
And it doesn't answer to the Congress...at least not honestly.
Historically, whenever they're caught out, they lie and dissemble, promise to be better, and then pretty much continue doing what they want.
So, the obvious question is, who, or what does the CIA answer to?
This is kind of important to know, don't you think?
After all, they're running around the world, with an unlimited budget, doing someone's bidding.
And all the while making enemies for the rest of us.
Showing posts with label US Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Constitution. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
On The Efficacy Of Prayer
Another school shooting?
Ho hum.
Nothing can be done.
They're sort of like an Act of God, you know?
Sorry.
Did I say nothing?
That's not entirely true. All of those Second Amendment worshiping, NRA bought and paid for gun lovers in our blessed Congress will pray for the victims.
It's the least they can do. Literally.
I remember something a cousin of mine said when her step father was on his death bed: "We prayed and we prayed and we prayed for him..."
And he still died. Oh well.
By now, it should be obvious to everyone but the dullest among us that when you pray you are only talking to yourself.
So when you pray for the victims and their families after the next "unpreventable" gun tragedy in our best of all possible countries, which will happen any minute now, you should ask yourself when you're going to wise up and do something substantive about it.
Ho hum.
Nothing can be done.
They're sort of like an Act of God, you know?
Sorry.
Did I say nothing?
That's not entirely true. All of those Second Amendment worshiping, NRA bought and paid for gun lovers in our blessed Congress will pray for the victims.
It's the least they can do. Literally.
I remember something a cousin of mine said when her step father was on his death bed: "We prayed and we prayed and we prayed for him..."
And he still died. Oh well.
By now, it should be obvious to everyone but the dullest among us that when you pray you are only talking to yourself.
So when you pray for the victims and their families after the next "unpreventable" gun tragedy in our best of all possible countries, which will happen any minute now, you should ask yourself when you're going to wise up and do something substantive about it.
Saturday, November 29, 2014
The Existential Nightmare Of....Existence
A long, long time ago....
This country used to work, more or less. Oh, folks had their differences. Folks will always have their differences.
And things were far from perfect. We've had some crooks in charge, I'm thinking of you Dick Nixon; and some figureheads, hello Ronnie Reagan, hello W.; several outright racists; and more than a few cyphers, Ford, Harding, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Fillmore--well, yes, it is a longer list than you'd expect from the Greatest Country There Ever Was Or Ever Could Be.
But setting aside the Civil War period, which I know is impossible for some of our Southern cousins, the people who claimed to govern us would not dream of actively working to destroy the nation.
They understood that compromise was a necessary component of a functioning democracy. Hell, there wouldn't be a United States without compromise. The Constitutional Convention was nothing but a series of compromises--some good, some bad. The Founding Fathers, all of whom were human, by the way, and therefore flawed, understood that that was the only way to preserve our tenuous union.
Somehow we muddled along.
And up until, oh, 20 years ago or so, there was still the possibility of moving the country forward through a process of give and take.
But, like I said, that was a long, long time ago.
Certainly before the black guy became President.
Now, everything is a fight. Every single thing. Complex or relatively simple, it doesn't matter. And the question of whether or not something is good for the country is lost in all of the noise.
This may be because we all seem to be living in different versions of America. The commons and the idea of a common good have been shattered and all that is left is whatever each of us imagines the United States to be. Or to have been...
And that isn't any way to run a country.
This country used to work, more or less. Oh, folks had their differences. Folks will always have their differences.
And things were far from perfect. We've had some crooks in charge, I'm thinking of you Dick Nixon; and some figureheads, hello Ronnie Reagan, hello W.; several outright racists; and more than a few cyphers, Ford, Harding, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Fillmore--well, yes, it is a longer list than you'd expect from the Greatest Country There Ever Was Or Ever Could Be.
But setting aside the Civil War period, which I know is impossible for some of our Southern cousins, the people who claimed to govern us would not dream of actively working to destroy the nation.
They understood that compromise was a necessary component of a functioning democracy. Hell, there wouldn't be a United States without compromise. The Constitutional Convention was nothing but a series of compromises--some good, some bad. The Founding Fathers, all of whom were human, by the way, and therefore flawed, understood that that was the only way to preserve our tenuous union.
Somehow we muddled along.
And up until, oh, 20 years ago or so, there was still the possibility of moving the country forward through a process of give and take.
But, like I said, that was a long, long time ago.
Certainly before the black guy became President.
Now, everything is a fight. Every single thing. Complex or relatively simple, it doesn't matter. And the question of whether or not something is good for the country is lost in all of the noise.
This may be because we all seem to be living in different versions of America. The commons and the idea of a common good have been shattered and all that is left is whatever each of us imagines the United States to be. Or to have been...
And that isn't any way to run a country.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
It's Always All About The Benjamins
I'm not sure why it took almost a week for Jan Brewer to decide to veto SB1062.
I mean, it was two pages long. But that's why you have staff. To read stuff and explain it to you.
Anyway, it seemed like a "no brainer" and therefore just right for our gal.
But I guess they had to run through the numbers for her a few times.
Until she understood.
Not that it was discriminatory.
Not that it was hateful.
Not that it was probably unconstitutional.
Not that it was just one more example of how backwards Arizona can be.
No. It was going to cost certain people cold hard cash. A lot of cold hard cash.
And we can't have that.
Now, to be fair, if you can come back with a law that will allow us to discriminate against certain people and not cost us anything monetarily, well, then Governor Jan would be happy to listen to you.
I mean, it was two pages long. But that's why you have staff. To read stuff and explain it to you.
Anyway, it seemed like a "no brainer" and therefore just right for our gal.
But I guess they had to run through the numbers for her a few times.
Until she understood.
Not that it was discriminatory.
Not that it was hateful.
Not that it was probably unconstitutional.
Not that it was just one more example of how backwards Arizona can be.
No. It was going to cost certain people cold hard cash. A lot of cold hard cash.
And we can't have that.
Now, to be fair, if you can come back with a law that will allow us to discriminate against certain people and not cost us anything monetarily, well, then Governor Jan would be happy to listen to you.
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