November 29, 2007
by Robert W. Barker
Americans' priorities are mislaid and eschewed - we impeach one leader for a sex lie, yet ignore the prevarications that compromise our own security; and just a few years later. Is this the puritanical blindness we inherited from our puritan roots, or some other hidden agenda that allows this vastly tipped scale of justice to lean hard on one side and hang in the air on the other - and sans the outrage.
As the sun arises on another day in the Neo Con planet we all seem progressively less informed and conscious on each subsequent morning we arise. We are obliged to ask ourselves, what is going on in this once great land; are we losing our morals and perspective or are we just too busy and apathetic to notice?
Recently former Press Secretary Scott McClelland dropped what I thought was the bomb that brought the Neo Con White House down, then two days later nothing mentioned on the media at all.
Shocking and unbelievable as it may seem, the very act of treason or at least gross national security breaches have occurred and no one blinks.
Was it not just a few short years ago we were ready willing and able, in fact we did impeach William Jefferson Clinton for sex and lying about it under oath?
Yet somehow this latest scandal does not reach the same level of criminality?
I have often referred to the Bush Administration as Teflon coated and it seems that is a very apropos appellation for this slippery bunch.
A new Book by Scott McClelland is coming out, another tell-all naughty nitty like so many ex Bush people before him, an excerpt was leaked that stirred up the news of Mr. Bush and his lies.
Here is the verbatim statement from McClelland as it appeared in major media outlets,
"The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility that he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House. There was one problem. It was not true. I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself."
Now we see the depth of the sedition, as the former Bush press secretary Scott McClelland admitted that Mr. George W. Bush fed Scott a lie to cover for others in the Valerie Plame Wilson exposure case. It is no surprise that a top White House aide would eventually write a book about it, the surprise came when he revealed the presidents role in the Plame case.
Former Press Secretary Scott McClellan will be releasing his book in April, and It's called "What Happened" which set off a short media blaze when Scott revealed one of the most startling revelations of his book. He implicated top aides to the White House and most of all President Bush for telling him to feed the press and American people prevarication's to cover for an act of compromising national security.
This announcement also led to a call for a full "probe" by a top US senator Dodd {Democrat Connecticut} and condemnation from former CIA agent Valerie Plame.
This scandal takes on new weight after the Libby commuted sentence leaves no one to pay for the worst security breach since World War Two. Can we say cronies never pay or better yet the sinking ship is losing its supply of rats?
Here was a woman, Valerie Palme {or Ms Wilson if you prefer} that had an enormous part in the overseeing of the Iran nuclear build up. The powers that be, exposed her for what her husband wrote in the NY Times, and all of what he said has been proven true. But the powers that be hate the truth, and tried to punish Mr. Wilson for the brash act of informing the American people.
Mr. Wilson had a different perspective and his truthful but contrary assessment of Iraq's Niger yellow cake acquisition made the Neo Con liars in the powerhouse angry. So the Powers that be, risked our security and Intel to gain revenge on Wilson, for telling what proved to be the truth.
The arrogance and hubris and lack of concern for America by her very leadership it takes to pull off a security breach for political revenge is tantamount to treason; and must be viewed in that light.
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By this sad and treasonous method we all suffer and the ailing agenda of the Neo Cons proved more important to the current administration then our very security.
Treason is not too harsh a word in fact it is the best way to describe this situation and it is ugly.
After she was exposed we heard that she was marginal and not a field operative, more quick cover ups for the act of treason. That too was proven a lie and only spouted to make their crime seem a bit less of a catastrophic security breech.
Truth is, it set us back in terms of Iran's activities at least five years and now we have no spy agency in Iran and depend on Israeli Intel to keep us informed about the actions in the theocratic country of Iran.
First they tell us Iraq is a great threat with WMD and nuclear possibilities nerve gas and bio weapons, then we hear that was not true but by then we are committed, so we remain.
Subsequently we hear how Iran is the next big threat, yet they tossed our only Iranian Intel source out for political revenge, and nothing more.
America has a reality problem and we are walking around in a dull haze due to our lack of leadership and omissions of duty by the media and government. In addition we harbor a built-in apathy that allows these kinds of people access to power.
Let us reflect back a few years on the Clinton years and his impeachment by the same Republicans that run the country today. Lies about sex on national TV are wrong, but does it rise to the level of impeachment?
Are we worried about sex between consenting adults more than the actual threats that keep us apprehensive?
Millions spent to probe White Water and the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal yet no one wants to touch a real case of high treason. And besides in the last few years the Republicans have led in the kinky sex department with closet gays exposed in public restrooms and possible pedophiles being covered for, a much racier sex scandal then sex between consenting adults.
Denials poured forth from the White House when the Valerie Palme case first emerged and Mr. Bush promised heads would roll if he found it was within his entourage. Nonetheless after it was revealed it was Carl Rove, Scooter Libby and possibly Dick Cheney, he commuted the Libby sentence, go figure.
As the revelations by McClellan are only marginally covered by the media we must face the facts that our priorities are way out of kilter with reality.
Case in point, the Articles of Impeachment brought to the house floor against Mr. Cheney by Democratic Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich. The Articles were passed over like they were dirt, yet there were obviously high crimes and misdemeanors and impeachment was the method we should have utilized. Here is a far better basis for Articles of Impeachment then a stained blue dress, or an oval office sex scandal, herein lies the treachery of our leadership laid bare and shockingly ignored.
Further we must admit the Democratic Congress is partly to blame, if they were as zealous as the Republicans on a false issue about a legitimate one; Bush and the Neo Cons would be gone.
A sociologist friend of mine pointed out that our deep puritanical roots give us an eschewed perspective on such things as extramarital sex. Perhaps even to the point of viewing sex lies and video tapes as more of a crime than security breaches or treason. I pray American priorities rise above such illogical conclusions and horrible priorities, say it aint so Joe.
To articulate a stand that we ignore obvious treachery from our leadership yet pounce on far less important moral issues because they are sexual is not only wrong, it is ludicrous.
One must consider an apathetic and fearful Congress and uneducated American public, and the right wing propaganda machine that leaves us in this illogical quandary.
Neo Cons strive to keep us alarmed and confused and it seems to be working.
Where is the Special Prosecutor when we need one? Kenny Star where are you?
We had a Special Prosecutor for Clinton's sex lies but not Bush's national security lies, what strange priorities we harbor.
Are the Republicans able to impeach Democrats on frivolous charges yet the real crimes by fellow Republicans ignored. Both parties share the blame and shame on the Democrats for being so damned gutless.
Where is the outrage from the American Media?
Where are the American people on this? How is it we ignore the highest treason since Benedict Arnold?
I must leave these rhetorical questions unanswered as the answer has yet to be forthcoming and the silence from a dumbed down public is obvious.
Lies, cover ups, hidden agendas, prevarication's, misanthropic methods and treasonous deceit are the new working policy in D.C. and America slumbers in complete ignorance through this treachery.
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Robert W. Barker [send him email] is a writer, professional photographer and travel aficionado from Eureka Ca. His work is carried on many web sites around the globe, a first novel recently copyrighted in the library of Congress, is soon to be published.
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