Blogger and professor Daniel Drezner tweeted over the weekend: “So, in all, this has been a pretty crappy week for people who dislike conspiracy theories.” Well, yes.
The week started out with President Obama disparaging those who worried about tyranny as conspiracy theorists, and telling college students to reject them:
“Still, you’ll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s the root of all our problems, even as they do their best to gum up the works; or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule is just a sham with which we can’t be trusted.”
The rest of the week consisted of scandal after scandal, suggesting that maybe our government is . . . a sham with which Obama, at least, can’t be trusted.
Apparently we do have tyranny after all. But you can trust Obama with two billion rounds of ammunition and 7,000 fully automatic rifles.
You know, I was one of those people who thought the press would play up the scandals for a little while, then let them die. But, things like the Justice Department tapping AP phones is probably going to freak even them out.
http://news.yahoo.com/govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-records-probe-202010831.html
“…unique experiment in self-rule…”
I am surprised his tongue did not leap out of his mouth and go screaming across the stadium.
RE: “After IRS, Benghazi, should I trust government?”
Can we add “suspension of the 4th amendment in Boston” to the list of reasons not to trust government?