Nothing to Say

I've been surprised that over the last few days I have had nothing to say. The news items that have come up have been pretty important. That Vice President Cheney's office ordered the CIA to keep information about an intelligence operation away from Congress should be truly shocking. That a vice president could get our nation's intelligence services to intentionally deceive Congress, the people's elected Representatives, is a truly remarkable thing. It demonstrates the tremendous disdain for our constitutional democracy that took hold within the Bush administration.

Even more remarkable was the fact that it was the Vice President, not the President, that ordered the CIA to lie. the Vice President has no constitutional authority whatsoever. He could not legally order the CIA to do anything. And yet, he was able to get the CIA to lie to Congress.

Unfortunately, we're all getting used to these sorts of revelations. They seem ordinary. And psychologically speaking, "ordinary" equates with "acceptable."

I hope I can snap out this growing ennui.

Joe