Monday, August 17, 2009

Once as tragedy, twice as farce.

So now those at Fox News are up at arms over the White House e-mail list that had addresses of people who had not requested a presence on any such government mailing lists. They have already made allusions to 1984 in calling the White House "Big Brother". Not only has Fox News sunk its teeth into this juicy item, but the ACLU is raising a holler as well. Never thought those two would agree on anything.

Good God! The government is tracking people without their consent or knowledge! This is totally unprecedented in White House practice! Thank God for the objective media that immediately informed us of this travesty of justice!

Oh wait. That's right. The Bush wiretaps and warrentless computer surveillance programs. Right, right, right. Forgive me for raising my voice and repeating what I've written before, but where was this kind of concern for the privacy of citizens DURING THE BUSH YEARS?! WERE YOU BORN YESTERDAY?

No, you were not born yesterday. That was harsh. But Fox News does not get to play the "Big Brother" card after its shameless support for the Bush administration and its unconstitutional policies.

Are they aware of this hypocrisy or are they just not paying attention? Are they aware that the past has an effect on the present? Or maybe they just pray we don't remember anything for more than a week or two. It's a shame they take Americans for idiots.

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