"Gotcha" politics and selective outrage

Report: Bush Authorized NSA Eavesdropping in U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178893,00.html

Well, once again, I'm sure the democrats and Bush haters have found some ripe territory to attack Bush on. Really, I could give a shit less about Bush anymore. He failed me on every reason I voted for him except the Tax Cut. Social Security reform went nowhere. Government has grown... I digress...

But I have a feeling this issue is going to be HUGE "gotcha" politics for democrats and liberal news media. They'll eat this up.

So lets summarize. After 9/11 Bush probably authorized the NSA to eavesdrop on anyone they felt necessary to prevent another terrorist attack without a warrant. OK, fine. That 'ain't right' but I've got a beef with this kind of shit (imagine that) Here's Russ Feingold:

Russell Feingold, D-Wis., called it a "shocking revelation" that he said "ought to send a chill down the spine of every senator and every American."

Really Russell? A chill down the spine of every senator and every American...

Here's the crux of why I think this is such a load of crap...

If Americans want to be pissed off... If there is ANYTHING that should send a chill down the spine of Americans, this kind of thing should be LAST on the list.

How about the fact that our woefully lacking in accountability government has taxed us into oblivion so much so that of our total economic activity, government spending now has a 43% 'share' of total spending and Private sector 'share' 57% (before World War II it was around 12% government share and 88% private sector share)

How about the fact that we ALL have given up rights on a daily basis every time we fly with strip searches and pat downs, and shit that hasn't caught a SINGLE terrorist. NOT ONE!

How about the fact that there are still several states that IGNORE the constitution and the ULTRA important (according to the founding fathers) right to bear arms?

Yet these fucking politicians think that because the Bush Administration authorized the NSA to, without a warrant, spy on SELECTED people who they felt were a terrorist threat... NOW people should be outraged and have 'a chill running down their back'

Are you kidding me? Why now and not in light of all the other DAILY loss of freedoms and rights we put up with?

Why does Russ Feingold think that in light of the TONS of freedoms that most Americans bend over, grab their ankles, and allow the government to illegally and unconstitutionally take from us on a DAILY basis for NO GAIN... For NO measurable benefit on anyone's part. Why should allowing the NSA to spy on a few selected people who for all practical purposes were legitimate targets of surveillance get anyone's panties in a twist?

Especially in light of the fact that the reports indicate that this 'spying' PREVENTED ATTACKS!

Government officials credited the new program with uncovering several terrorist plots, including one by Iyman Faris, an Ohio trucker who pleaded guilty in 2003 to supporting Al Qaeda by planning to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge, the report said.

In a nutshell... We all give up our freedom on a DAILY basis when we fly. Each and every one of us... And noone is outraged... But when a the NSA spies on some legitimate terrorist targets without a warrant there is outrage?

Get your head out of your ass America.

If the government is going to trounce on rights, I'd rather have them break the law to do it (like what might have happened here) then pass laws and regulations to MAKE IT LEGAL and do it anyway (like Democrats have done for the last 75 years)

I'm not here saying heads shouldn't roll on this one. If laws were broken let heads roll. But come on... Shit like that (that actually prevented an attack) deserves a "thank-you" as well.

This is like shooting a child molester on his way into court. The guy who shot the child molester should still get charged with murder. You just can't 'condone' vigilante activity... But as you are slapping the cuffs on the dude you say "job well done"

And as far as most people being outraged about this...

That would be like eating organic foods because you are worried about the possible but unproven cancer-causing effects of pesticides... Yet smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Its absurd to worry about one unless you are more worried about the other first.


FFHL