A lot of us have reacted to Congressman Weiner's texting scandal. Myself included. But I also believe things happen for a reason. So I pay attention and read everything I can. Sometimes within a week, often times within a day when a scandal breaks, an agenda emerges and we can see clearly the reason for the scandal.
The scandal makes the front page and leads the news, but the agenda story is buried. You have to look for it. In my case, I know it's coming within a week and I have never been disappointed.
Congressman Weiner has been a pervert for a LONG time. The timing of the the release of the scandal is the real question. A question which the media rarely, if ever asks. The media is too busy concentrating on the sensational aspects of the scandal. That's their job, to prepare an environment where the agenda can be carried out with minimal dissent.
It was definitely within a week of the Weiner scandal breaking, maybe even the same day, that the FBI released the details of the new surveillance powers FBI agents will be trained to use. You can read the articles online, the gist is that FBI agents can search without any evidence. That's right, no evidence.
The Weiner texting scandal is designed to get us outraged so we will allow the government to monitor our conversations to prevent 'sexting.' The FBI can now search your databases, your trash, your trashy databases, etc, without there being any evidence that you are linked to any terrorist group. Only the ACLU appears outraged. The rest of us are chuckling over Weiner's weiner.
Remember former NY governor Elliot Spitzer? He also had been a pervert for a LONG time. The timing of the release of the scandal that led to his resignation was interesting. He was about to charge banks in New York with violating several state laws that led to the banking collapse.
Remember the movie Godfather II? The self-righteous US senator who despised the Corleone family? Remember what happened after he got in trouble? I know it's just a movie, but the Godfather movies were a pretty accurate depiction of the way things are.
Most, if not all, politicians and celebrities are perverts. They all have skeletons in their closets (some insist on staying in those closets). They are all vulnerable to blackmail. Especially in a surveillence society where the most powerful people have access to everybody's information.
Yes, I laughed at the jokes about Weiner. But I'm also paying attention. My liberal friends who thought Obama would return the civil liberties and freedoms the Bush administration took away were naive. The Obama administration has continued the trend, accelerated under Bush, of turning this once, great, proud nation into a surveillence state of wimpy tattle-tales and voyeuristic perverts.
Wave your flags, chant your slogans. It's all good.
Stay tuned for the next installment in "Your Government Cares About You and Wants to Keep You Safe."
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