On Friday, the New York Times revealed that the Bush administration has been sifting through Americans' banking records as part of its GWOT.
The reaction?
Malkin: NYTIMES BLABBERMOUTHS STRIKE AGAIN.
Now, first of all, I don't know why this story should come as a shock to anyone. Bush has stated repeatedly that his administration was going after terrorist funding. Secondly, should anyone be surprised that Bushco used its power to spy on Americans by any means possible - again? Does anybody out there, besides the rabid right-wingers who accuse the NYT of treason (again), actually think the so-called terrorists weren't aware that their funding was being tracked?
So, what we have here is right-wingers defending Bush again while giving him a blank cheque (pardon the pun) to do whatever he wants to. They don't care. They're not 'terrorists' after all. And the people who actually care about pesky things like civil liberties? Well, we should just really shut up because everybody ought to know that there's a price to be paid for freedom (code words for endorsing a dictatorial regime).
Yes. We are evil because we happen to like privacy.
Sue us. Hang us from the rafters. Call us traitors. In the meantime, be thankful that someone actually cares about what people with ultimate power do when they're too corrupt to govern. Because, when they come for you, we will stand up. And then you'll wonder who your friends really were in the first place.
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