So, right on schedule, The Curse of the Second Term comes home to Obamaland.
The IRS thing is a bit lame when I stop to think that every Prez (at least since Kennedy) has used the threat of an IRS audit to fuck with their political enemies.
And scooping up the AP phone records has a good solid stink to it too, even tho' it's pretty easy to remember how lotsa people tho't that was just peachy under FISA and USA PATRIOT Act. Yeah, it sucks, but c'mon.
I'm not saying we shouldn't slap some people around if they've pulled some shit - but I will say a coupla things that I think oughta get said.
First, this is a game of power. If you give anybody the power to fuck with people, you'll need to try a little harder not to act surprised when they start fucking with people. Power will be abused.
Second, stop giving them that kinda power. The laws they're hiding behind can be changed. We can do that here in God's America. Maybe we could try evoking a little of that Star-Spangled American Exceptionalism we hear so much about (that nobody seems to understand very well).
ie: These little games are played everywhere, all the time - we're supposed to be THE EXCEPTION. See how that works?
The IRS thing is a bit lame when I stop to think that every Prez (at least since Kennedy) has used the threat of an IRS audit to fuck with their political enemies.
And scooping up the AP phone records has a good solid stink to it too, even tho' it's pretty easy to remember how lotsa people tho't that was just peachy under FISA and USA PATRIOT Act. Yeah, it sucks, but c'mon.
I'm not saying we shouldn't slap some people around if they've pulled some shit - but I will say a coupla things that I think oughta get said.
First, this is a game of power. If you give anybody the power to fuck with people, you'll need to try a little harder not to act surprised when they start fucking with people. Power will be abused.
Second, stop giving them that kinda power. The laws they're hiding behind can be changed. We can do that here in God's America. Maybe we could try evoking a little of that Star-Spangled American Exceptionalism we hear so much about (that nobody seems to understand very well).
ie: These little games are played everywhere, all the time - we're supposed to be THE EXCEPTION. See how that works?
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