More Deception From The White House

I've made the parrallel between Bush and Nixon before but this is getting creepy. 31 years after Nixon resigned following Watergate and 25 years, to the month, after John Lennon's murder, the current president is embroiled in a scandal involving illegal wiretaps and the Pentagon is caught collecting data on anti-war peaceniks. As you may or may not remember, Nixon did some of his own secret wiretap dances and John Lennon's outspoken advocacy for peace got him his very own dossier at the FBI and no doubt a captive audience for his many telephonic performances.

Anyone who is still not convinced that this is the most secretive and ethically impaired White House since the Nixon administration is either completely divorced from reality or more dangerously, believes this administration isn't accountable to its own laws. I am relieved that a number of people from Bush's own party are at least feigning shock and awe at recent revelations of his secret "subpoena-free" and apparently illegal wiretaps on American citizens.

Apparently the courts are a burdensome impediment in the war on terror. I mean come on people we're trying to save freedom, liberty and "justice for all" here. We don't have time for silly warrants and court orders. Those are the luxuries of peacetime and in case George Bush hasn't reminded you in the last 10 minutes, we are at war you know. Besides, subpoenas are for liberal pussies like Ted Kennedy anyway.

Now having the benefit of hindsight, it appears the inferno that took down the World Trade Center was hot enough to incinerate the Constitution because, under this administration, it has become an increasingly irrelevant relic of a more naive era in American history.

So here we are. It's deja vu all over again as George W. Bush once again struggles to squirm his way free from a web of his own making. The boy who cried wolf has become president and the American public is once again subjected to more lies and deception. Bush is yet again lashing out at the media for doing its job, which includes exposing the facts of a secretive government. He justified the secrecy of his wiretap program not because it might actually be illegal but because we have to keep our methods secret from the terrorist. Does he really think we're going to buy this crap from him yet again? Bush continues operating under the influence of irresponsibility - where unfettered power and a complete departure from the fundamental checks and balances inherent in our government is the only way to "protect the American people".

George, YOU are the terrorist we need protection from.

I hope the shock emanating from republicans in Congress is genuine and that yet another investigation is launched into the comings and goings of this White House and what now appears to be an impeachable offense.

This story isn't over. Bush's many ethical fender benders have finally ended in a head-on collision. It was bound to happen. Ever since he was elected, Bush Jr. has been taking the credibility of our government on a drunken joy ride.