NeoCons Dumb Like a Fox

What if all this posturing and harumphing about the NYT, Washington Post and L.A. Times running the story about SWIFT is part of a larger plan to obfuscate the real reponsibility when another (assuming it will) terrorist act occurs here? What if Cheney et al are simply making the press the scapegoat preliminarily? If you already have been barraged by false info that a bad guy or a "source" for your woes has been found, then when something really does happen, its easy to blame the target and convince others of the same.

Two ways to grow a target. Who starts the ball rolling doesn't matter. If you're asleep at the wheel, you're the first to deny without an accusation. For example-The worst thing Nixon did to himself was to say he wasn't a crook. Until then Joe Citizen didn't think Nixon was necessarily. But he was the first to publicly say anything like that. So then Joe Citizen went about thinking, "why did he say that? who is saying he's a crook? has he done anything crooked?"

And Whamo- the public interest was on. (BTW, it was the fall of Nixon and subsequent congressional tamping of presidential authority that got the neocons flush with purpose and driven to be where they are today.)

But if you want things looked into, just call into question someone or something's integrity and lob baseless accusations. Alot of them. Make vague references, say things which are packed with ideology and little fact. Nothing like a fable to make a counter-argument feeble.

If NeoCon's goal is to increase the powers of the executive branch and exalt them over the other two branches (and it is), the free press has got to be reined in and ultimately squashed. It is what stands between the us and despotic rule.

The Neo Cons have seen to it that the stage is set. They are fussing about the news report this week of SWIFT when money-tracking by the government on those they suspect of damn-near-anything had been announced by same said government for months if not years before. True, maybe the exact source of SWIFT had not been disclosed, not sure, but it isn't like terrorists don't know they are being tracked through banks, emails, phone calls, mail, packages, ad nauseum. They are not stupid just fanatical.

Censorship is being asked for as a punishment for this news article. A Department of Censorship was demanded by a Congressman, a conservative radio show host said the Editor of NYTimes should be killed. There shouldn't even be room for folks to lob these kind of comments. Radio Host sponsored by multi billion corporations was not even rebuked by producer or sponsors for her comments. But report on fact and BLAM! you're unpatriotic. (no she shouldn't be jailed, but if the FCC can penalize for seeing Jackson's nipple...nuff said)

A Congressman who took an oath to uphold the constitution wants to break his oath and dismantle the constitution in one fell swoop.

Should another terrorist attack happen, the press will be summarily and once and for all completely vilifiled. Neo Cons will get that censorship office served to them on a silver platter by the people, and soon a two party system is gone along with checks and balances, rights and what we could have been.

One day, someone might write about this fall of democracy, but the book will probably be burned.