Highly Produced Outrage
Excellent article from Kathleen Parker: Spies like us
I’ve been trying for several days now to get upset about the National Security
Agency’s eavesdropping program. No, wait, make that President George W. Bush’s illegal,
warrantless, domestic spying scandal.That sounds more darkly nefarious, more richly conspiratorial and, most important,
more impeachable. But is it true? Is Bush spying illegally on Americans? As usual,
it depends on whose head is talking and how one spins the yarn.“The president has authorized a domestic spying program without court approval”
sounds like Big Brother is breathing down all our necks. “The president has authorized
national security agents to wiretap suspected terrorists” sounds like common sense.Thus, try as I might, I can’t muster outrage over what appears to be a reasonable
action in the wake of 9-11. As a rule, I’m as averse as anyone to having people “spying”
on me. I’m also as devoted to protecting civil liberties as any other American.
This has all been a “song and dance” production put on by the democrats and their
producers and directors in the media. Sadly and fortunately for the the rest
of us, it has been a less than stellar production so far.