Let us start with the Great Embassy Scare which can be best be described as the largest over-reaction to a planned non-event in history. 19 embassies were closed worldwide because so called chatter over open lines suggested a major attack was in the works for Sunday August 4th, a "Day Of Power," due to religious and lunar occurrences in the Muslim world. Travel alerts were issued, extra security was put in place globally and, after lots of money we don't have was spent, nothing happened. It was never going to either.
How do I know this? Apparently I am the only person on the planet who has studied military warfare. If I'm a terrorist, and I know the phones are bugged, because let's face it, that story about the NSA was seen by the Amish, Kalahari Bushmen, and people in comas it was so prevalent, I can use that to my advantage. If I know the phones are bugged and I want to see what the enemy will do in case of an attack, I'd pretend to be planning one and see what happens. I'd bet money if we heard the tapes of this chatter we'd be able to hear laughing in the background. Not only that, but because we were so eager to shout "EMERGENCY" at the top of our lungs, a clever man would have spotters stationed world wide to document what steps we took to prepare for this emergency which can then be used to find weaknesses in.
The NYT even looked at this and went WTF? They went further and blamed this whole thing on a spurious attempt to divert attention away from the NSA spying scandal which is again a true scandal that the fucking right wingers are again oblivious to! What part of the word scandal are you not getting? Here is part of the article from the NYT:
Some analysts and Congressional officials suggested Friday that emphasizing a terrorist threat now was a good way to divert attention from the uproar over the N.S.A.’s data-collection programs, and that if it showed the intercepts had uncovered a possible plot, even better.
But wait it gets better. Guess who else they blame?
Security analysts said Friday that in the aftermath of the furor over the Obama administration’s handling of the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, the State Department is now more likely to publicize threat warnings when deemed credible, both to alert the public and to help deter any imminent attacks.
That's right, Benghazi. So because the GOP spent so much time on a non-scandal, while simultaneously ignoring yet another actual scandal, we have made the world a less safe place. And people question why I call the Republicans traitors? What else would I suggest calling someone who is actively trying to dismantle everything this country stands for while secretly aiding the enemy? If it quacks like a duck you know.
So what we have is an administration trying to divert attention away from the fact that they are actively spying on all Americans while the Republicans latest temper tantrum is costing time, money and security we cannot afford to lose. That is stupidity to a T. And we are letting it happen. What does that say about us?
It is not helping when even our TV documentaries are lying to us. Last Friday the Discovery channel aired a special called "Megaladon: the Monster That Lives." I happened to catch some of it by accident as I flipped channels and was instantly intrigued. I actually know quite a bit about that particular shark, which went extinct millions of years ago. It was a huge prehistoric shark that could leap hundreds of feet out of the air. Scary. So when I heard that they may have found evidence of one, I was instantly skeptical. The location for the shark was wrong and the evidence was all purely anecdotal. After watching less than ten minutes, I had decided it was a hoax as everything they were saying seemed off.
Later I found out it was done by the same idiots that aired the mermaid special last year. It wasn't until the end of the special apparently where they admitted the previous two hours was a film not a documentary, infuriating fans who felt duped and rightfully so. This kind of stuff belongs on the Syfy channel, not Discovery. Same goes for the The Learning Channel which long ago dumped documentary features for reality TV like "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo." There is no learning on the Learning Channel. That's irony.
But it is this kind of stuff that is making people not trust anything anymore, as several people commented on Discovery's website. One fan wrote: "Thank you for making me doubt anything and everything you've ever done." Our government is doing the exact same thing. Can the voices of reason, like myself, rise up and ask for better as well?
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