Just a few days ago, I asked the rhetorical question of what is wrong with the congress. I asked what it was that made congress so willing to fall into lockstep behind DUBYA. Now, it appears as if there might be an answer to the question.
According to California Representative Jane Harmon, On August 2nd, just before congress was set to go on vacation, there was "specific intelligence"; intelligence that threatened a terrorist attack in DC. This "intelligence" caused an increase in security around the Capital, and finally precipitated into an extension of FISA, thereby insuring that even more of our freedoms have been sublimed in the name of national security.
So what happened? It was later discovered, after the expansion of FISA, that the "specific intelligence" was, in the words of Rep. Harmon, "...bogus." She called the bogus intelligence a, "Rovian strategy of using terrorism as a wedge political issue." SOURCE
First of all, this is no surprise. How many times have we rank and file Americans had the fear button pushed? How many times have we hunkered down, ready to fill our pants with the standard discharges that come from an hyper-stimulated sense of fear? How many times has it turned out that "specific intelligence" is nothing more than a bogeyman? If you said, "every time," you would be right.
In my recent article," It's Autumn, Michael Chertoff, and your gut was wrong," I reiterated all the terrorist attacks that happened on American soil after his tortured tummy told him that terrorist threats were real. Oh, in case you don't know, the actual number of terrorist threats that hit America? If you said, "none," once again, you'd be right.
It should be becoming clear to anyone with a brain that there is something rotten in DC. It should also be rather clear that the only time the terror level rises, or Michael Chertoff experiences a gurgling gastric guffaw, is when someone (DUBYA) somewhere wants to scare the shit out of anyone who is gullible enough to believe the bullshit.
I knew it when I first heard of Chertoff's digestive distress. I have known every time I heard or read news telling me that the sky was falling, that the sky was fine, and the likelihood that we were really threatened was low to non-existent.
Perhaps it's because sometime when I was a kid, I learned how to be incredibly cynical. I thank William Gaines and the "usual gang of idiots" at Mad Magazine for this! Perhaps it's because I just don't buy everything I am told. Having been fairly gullible as a child, it became clear to me that I would eventually have to wise up, or I'd be constantly at the whims of those whose reason for life is to abuse and confuse the gullible.
Of course, another reason why I don't buy the bullshit is because it always happens when "they" want something to happen. "They" wanted to win an election, so they kept cranking up the terror color code. And it worked! "They" wanted to pass the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act, so up went the threat level. It worked! "They" wanted to expand FISA, so up pops another amorphous threat; another bit of "specific intelligence" specifically designed to scare the shit out of the congress. Yet again, it worked.
Now, at least I know what's the problem. What I don't understand is how the members of congress; supposedly men and women, can still buy the bullshit! I know that fear is a good motivator, but how many times do you have to be fooled by the boy crying, WOLF!", before you catch the clue bus? Has any of these threats...from the time that they were colorized, to now, been true or accurate?
No! Not a one has been correct. Each one has coincided with some sort of political prize that was desired by DUBYA or someone else in the DUBYA regime. Every time we have been scared shitless by these continuous bogus terror threats, it has come to pass that each one was a tempest in a teapot, nothing more or less than the federal government keeping the fear button pushed.
Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that not only are the members of congress cowards, they are also fools; easily frightened, completely gullible, totally worthless fools.
How many of you reading this article ever bought into this crap? If they "supposedly" didn't know that 9/11 was in the offing, even after reading a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Attack In America," how is it they suddenly have really good intelligence?
They don't.
They have nothing but a pretty, red, candy-like button with the word "FEAR" emblazoned on it. They push the button whenever they want something. They push the button to get us to dance on marionette strings. They push that button when they want RepubliKKKans to maintain their political power. They push it when they want congress to pass their pet legislative projects. They push, and they push, and they push!
And after all this pushing, there are still people who believe every time they hear a terrorist flea farting in the middle of a F-5 tornado! Unfortunately, some of the most gullible are members of congress. Is it any wonder why they are so chickenshit? They may consider themselves intelligent, but how stupid does one need to be to believe there will be a wolf hanging out with a kid in its mouth when they get to the area where the shouts of, "wolf," arose?
I remember when there were news blurbs about threats against Capitol Hill.
Hey Pappy...
I'm gettin' really tired of saying ifI knew from 3,500 miles away that it was bogus bull, why didn't Congress?
And, the Iran vote...I think it's giving nightmares and I still haven't taken my own advice and eaten up a bunch of eclairs or a bag of my favorite See's candies.
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Sandy Sand (130 articles, 0 quicklinks, 153 diaries, 1174 comments)
on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 8:28:40 AM
Crooks like to see fear and anger. It means their victim is paralyzed and demoralized. Hatred is the source of all thought and action. Only black hatred can keep up the fight, and out guess them for many years.
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John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 859 comments)
on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 9:42:40 AM
I remember when there were news blurbs about threats against Capitol Hill.
Unfortunately, I missed that. I didn't know about it until the news of Jane Harmon's finding out that she was the victim of a fear button push. Even if I had heard the news, I'd have still had my doubts...I mean, come on! How many FOREIGN terrorist attacks have occured on our soil since 9/11? Now, how many terrorist threats have there been since that same day? Finally, how many of those "threats" have been anything more than a flea fart in an F-5? If you answered, "none," on question one, and, "too many to count," on question two, and, "not a fucking one," on question three, then we are on the same page.
Hey Pappy...
I'm gettin' really tired of saying if I knew from 3,500 miles away that it was bogus bull, why didn't Congress?
Well,if I am to theorize, I'd say the most probable reason for this not only are the members of congress spineless, they are brainless as well. Last night, I watched Real Time With Bill Maher, and I couldn't help but get the feeling that congress is not only full to the brim with cowards, but idiots as well. Rahm Emanuel impressed me (NOT!) as nothing more than a whining little creep-ella! All I heard from him was excuse after excuse as to why they can't uphold their promise to the American people to end this immoral waste of money called the Iraq War. Who cares, Mr. missing-a-middle-finger!?!?
"Oh, it's too hard...we can't get anything done because___________!"
Whatever!
And, the Iran vote...I think it's giving nightmares and I still haven't taken my own advice and eaten up a bunch of eclairs or a bag of my favorite See's candies.
If they go for it, and it results in America being decimated, then it is nothing more or less than we deserve for allowing it to happen. And if it happens, the blame can now surely be laid at the feet of the Demo-pussies. They have the power to fuck things up, throw monkey wrenches in the works, or what not. Instead, we have whiney-ass bee-otches like Rahm blathering a litany of excuses while the upper crust anarchists have their way with the country!
Fucking pathetic!
Johnny Rotten is rolling in his grave!
Blessed be! Pappy
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Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments)
on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 4:40:32 PM
Government Officials including Congress would rather Commit Treason and keep their jobs than to do the correct thing.
If you want Congress to Represent YOU instead of Special Interests, Vote YES for the Citizen Amendments.
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If you feel strongly enough about this issue to make this comment, then why not write an article? It is sure to see more replies than hoping to get some by making comments after someone else's article. It stops people from going off topic. It also makes you look less like an intellectual parasite. The only reason I am not marking this comment for deletion is because it could be seen that there is some tangential relation to what I said in the article above.
If not for that reason, I'd mark it as unwanted spam!
Blessed be! Pappy
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Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments)
on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 4:35:05 PM
Crooks like to see fear and anger. It means their victim is paralyzed and demoralized. Hatred is the source of all thought and action. Only black hatred can keep up the fight, and out guess them for many years.
With the lack of vertebrae currently being displayed by congressional Democrats, it is highly likely that the politics of fear and the pushing of the fear button is sure to remain in place at least until the door of the White House hits DUBYA in the ass on his way out.
As far as anger being the panacea for human difficulty, I think that's a bit on the myopically hyperbolic side. Any emotion used in a focused manner can be a good tool for change. While I agree that anger is a powerful force for change, sometimes there are better tools available to get the job done. If anger is the only tool in your toolbox, maybe it's time to get some more tools.
Did Ghandi accomplish his ends through anger? How about Martin Luther King? Few of the greats in history accomplished their greatness by way of anger. From my reading of history, except for some limited cases, anger tends to take one closer to infamy than fame, and it also tends to create unstable, tenuous changes. Considering the male bovine excrement under which we have been living, I'd prefer some stability over the anarchistic chaos of the past six years.
Blessed be! Pappy
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Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments)
on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 5:00:21 PM
