Just Scratchin' My Chin, Thinkin'

Why is it that the nation is captivated by the two injured--blowed up--ABC guys, the anchor and the cameraman? That's just two people. My count has close to 2300 US military personnel killed in the past 2+ years in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet no one has followed any of them this closely, excpeting, of course, Ultimate American Hero Pat Tillman. Why is it two media guys get so much coverage when a PFC or a lieutenant gets just about nothing?

Why is it that Dennis Hastert is so fired up now about introducing and shepherding through Congress a heap of anti-corruption legislation, yet when the same program came before him last year, before Libby and Abramoff and Scanlon and Cunningham and the other greasy, lying felons had gotten what they deserved, he had no interest in the issue? That's a politician for you.

The Administration attempts to say that the illegal warrantless electronic surveillance that's been in place for years now is okay, because the President can do whatever he wants. It's because FISA is not structured to meet the new needs of a new age that it's okay to openly flout it. But excuse me, it's still the law, and it's still a crime to break it. Drinking was illegal during Prohibition, and those caught with liquor were punished. Until the law was repealed, then the exact same practice was then legal. If the Administration believes FISA is wrong and outdated, then fix the law, then you'll be in compliance with the Law of the Land. Until then, it has been and remains illegal activity. What I see is total power giving way almost inexorably to impunity, and the will to exploit that impunity. Bastards.