—Perrspective
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I googled this: George H.W. Bush, former CIA director, said in 1999 at the dedication of the agency's new headquarters that those who expose the names of intelligence sources are "the most insidious of traitors." Washington Post 9/29/03
What amazes me is the incredible degree of serene ignorance these people seem to have with respect to the law of cause and effect, as if it somehow doesn't apply to them. As if what goes around can't possibly come around and bite them in the ass, eventually. "Blowback" is a CIA term for the unintended consequences of some action, as if that's a novel idea or something.
Here's a clue, from a Buddhist view: For every single one of us, every thought, word and deed is a cause; the situations we find ourselves in, down to the finest details, are nothing but the cumulative effects of those causes. In other words, whether we like it or not, or even are aware of it or not, we are all in the process of creating our own destinies. We make our own karma. Blaming anything outside of ourselves for our problems is deluded thinking.
So it follows that if we remain calm, humane and compassionate in the face of very trying circumstances, the Bush Babies will eventually stew very well, thank you, in juices of their very own making, while under the radar we will learn the subtle art of perfecting the kind of democracy we all want. We have George W. to thank for showing us very clearly how it's NOT to be done...
This is chilling. George Bush when asked about his place in history by Bob Woodward, pulled his hands from his pockets."History,we will all be dead"That from our president!
It certainly looks like Bush's HARD WORK he likes to continually remaind us about could turn into HARD LABOR at another federal institution far from The White House. Maybe he would opt out like Nixon. Then it would be Cheny--- or we might wind
up with Hastert?! What a revolting thought!
This whole Plame business reminds me of the joke: "How can you tell when a politician is lying? His lips are moving." Every word coming out of the Bush White House anymore is so steeped in B.S. it's a wonder anybody with a brain believes any of it. But I guess that's the problem -- most of the people in this country has decided to put their thinking caps on auto pilot while they cower in fear from all the misinformation being disseminated by their leaders, right and left. Bush and his cronies have gotten so brazen they don't even bother to try to cover up their prevarications. History will no doubt judge this president harshly, but I derive absolutely no solice from that.
This whole Plame business reminds me of the joke: "How can you tell when a politician is lying? His lips are moving." Every word coming out of the Bush White House anymore is so steeped in B.S. it's a wonder anybody with a brain believes any of it. But I guess that's the problem -- most of the people in this country have decided to put their thinking caps on auto pilot while they cower in fear from all the misinformation being disseminated by their leaders, right and left. Bush and his cronies have gotten so brazen they don't even bother to try to cover up their prevarications. History will no doubt judge this president harshly, but I derive absolutely no solice from that.
Ever notice how trolls use verbal or passive violence in their comments, as if they are completely incapable of respectful, civil dialogue?
Should any of us stoop to their level, or should we instead, as good parents, take pity on their immature, vindictive childishness?
Trolls seem to lack a worthwhile sense of self...
When you really step back and look at this from an international, borderless perspective, George W. is doing all of us a really great favor; he's teaching us the dangerous uselessness of relying on anyone else to do our thinking for us.
It's high time we all began to think for ourselves, regardless of what's happened in the past. The Rules of the Road are no longer the same as they were. They swirl around us now in shapeless mists of chaos. Yet we have absolutely nothing to fear.
There is but one single reliable component of the universe forever, and that is CHANGE. All that is here now is constantly changing and evolving, much to the chagrin and fear of all conservatives who wish to put the brakes on the natural progression of all things, to preserve the inequities and injustices of the traditional Status Quo.
Happiness and peace are reserved for those who are willing to learn how to dance joyfully and fearlessly in the boundless flux of chaos...
I know. Thirty-seven years ago I was drafted and obliged to walk point in the infantry in Vietnam, thanx to the very same bullshit we see now. I'm still walking point, but now for the sake of ordinary people. We suffer the most from these ignorant, self-centered fundies. Pity them.
After reading the President's remarks he clearly has more emphasis on the fact someone leaked from his office then that the leak compromised our CIA efforts in the War on Terror.
I've just looked at a lot of stuff and here are some things I found: an article in Time Magazine said: "two Bush Administration officials leaked her identity to Novak." Then it says, "Her career as an undercover..." then you had to pay to read the rest. I had already seen what Rob Kall, editor of Op Ed News had to say and it was this: "Karl Rove committed treason against the United States of America by violating Section 421 of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, by revealing the secret identity of a covert operative to a reporter."
I DID find the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, and Section 421 proves Kall correct. I believe a link led from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame#Known_background.
No matter what spin Rove, Bush or any of the R's put on it, it still comes down to the fact that Rove let Novak know that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA. How it was discovered that she was a covert operative, I have not (yet) been able to discern. The first instance I saw of her being a covert operative was in a David Corn article in The Nation. Remember, though, there is still a source of Novak's who has yet to be named. Maybe he told Novak, although Novak's article did not say Plame was covert. (It's a circular thing and Bush and Co. are making good use of that. How long that will work remains to be seen.)
We the people (with brains) need to keep the pressure on. Sooner or later, we will know the truth if we don't allow the story to go away.
Peace to all.
Correction. Here is where I found all that: http://www.perrspectives.com/resources/documents.htm#plame. Good reading there. 'Night, all.
