| Okay. The Bill Moyers segment has damn near convinced me we should seriously consider going ahead with impeachment. (I'll write up a post on this as soon as a transcript is available.) I know it's been maybe an hour since I said it was a risky and futile political maneuver. I still believe that. I'm conflicted.
Anyhow, if you needed a better reason for impeachment, check out this story:
As senior intelligence and law enforcement officials met again today in the White House Situation Room to deal with the "summer terror threat," a top terror commander said an attack was coming that would dwarf the failed bombings in London and Glasgow.
Let's set aside for a moment the hollowness of the threat. Frankly the London and Glasgow plots were ill-conceived and miserably executed. It wouldn't take much to "dwarf" them. Letting off a firecracker in a movie theater, for example.
First, this smacks of more fear-mongering by the administration. Chertoff had a "gut feeling" we're going to be attacked, and now you see the media dutifully stoke up the panic with crap stories like this. (Yeah, a Taliban leader threatened big attacks in the US. And the head coach of the Raiders vowed to take his team to the playoffs.) The administration has a history of tweaking with terror alerts and fantasy plots to influence politics. That's worthy of both impeachment and a swift kick in the *ss.
Second, if this threat is real and imminent, and something actually happens -- it's not the shrapnel I'll be worrying about, it'll be the overreaction of the government. This a group of thugs that kidnaps, tortures, and spies on its own people in times of safety. Think what they'll do when the sh*t flies. Not to mention their track record against your standard-issue emergencies like, say, hurricanes.
I do not want these people in power in a time of emergency. |
