Diversion and Misdirection

So (for those that have not been paying attention) investigations are underway to determine whether the President, the Attorney General and others have broken the law in regards to illegal wire-tapping (see the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978) against Americans.

Now this isn’t the first time our governing bodies have been caught doing things less then ethical. But even if George W. is found guilty of violating American rights – here’s are two words that will make everything “disappear”… Diversion and Misdirection.

You see… if the President’s spin-doctors follow the same strategy they have before (and why not, it works), Survival Cookies predicts that something wonderful or gruesome (or wonderfully gruesome) will shortly follow the discovery of guilt.

Let’s recap:

On the tragic day (9/11) when we lost our innocents and were promised that those responsible would be brought to justice – we were pleased. When those responsible were not brought to justice – we were angry. Quick, show them the words - “Diversion and Misdirection”. Let’s attack Sadam Hussein and Iraq, because they kind of look like the people that bombed us, and besides…. they have weapons of mass destruction (it’s the “mass” in mass destructive that really got people angry). We were pleased.

When (after a costly and brutal campaign) no weapons of mass destruction were found - we were pissed. Bring up the catch phrase, “Diversion and Misdirection”. The War against Terrorism (now how could anybody be against that?), Axis of Evil (must be bad – has “Evil” in the name), ties to al-Qaeda (nobody likes a word that contains a “Q” without the required “u” after it) – these all were all things we (as Americans) could rally-up against – we were once again pleased.

And now, our privacy is being stripped away in the name of "Security". Americans are being wire tapped without judicial filters. The President believes he is within his rights to listen to your phone calls, read your email and record your conversations without any “checks or balances” in place – we are pissed. But fear not, if things go as planned we are about to be gifted with something to divert our anger and misdirect our rage. Perhaps we will turn our armies towards Pakistan because they are harboring Osama (doesn’t have to be true to make us angry), perhaps we are really tired of North Korea, Iran and what the hell – China and every American can report immediately to their nearest military training facility, or perhaps we will discover a yet unknown threat known as the “Nemesis of Democracy” (on a side note of Democracy: if we are going to advocate democracy across the planet – let’s not be surprised if a country elects a body that we don’t like – if we are going to threaten a country for not voting the way we intended, let’s just save time and select a ruling body for them and place a military presence there to enforce our selected government’s control – enough said) and we can kick their 3rd world ass. Then once again – we will be pleased. Where's my coffee?

“Those who would sacrifice freedom and liberty for security deserve neither" – Ben Franklin