It's Going To Be A Bumpy Ride

Preparing for a Bumpy Ride

By Stephen Pizzo, News for Real.

As Fitzgerald began following the Plame leak, he discovered it was part of a conspiracy to conceal crimes much bigger than just blowing a CIA agent's cover.
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If Bette Davis were still with us, she'd have a piece of advice for the American public: "Better buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy ride."

Yes, all hell is about to break loose. As I said in an early column, I've been here before and I can tell you, it ain't gonna be pretty. The process that is about to begin is a bit like the whole body politic getting a colonic. I remember how it left the nation weak and disoriented for a decade or more. I am, of course, speaking of Watergate -- different cast of characters, same crimes.

In the Watergate era we still had people in Congress, from both parties, with the integrity and backbone to pursue the matter on their own. But those folks have been replaced by the political equivalent of street gang members who make their judgments based on whether the other guy is wearing red or blue.

snip/ (Description of Fitzgerald as an ethical, detail-oriented workaholic)

Letting a fellow like that (Fitz) loose on the Bush administration is like turning a bloodhound free in sausage factory -- his nose must have begun twitching the moment he arrived. So the question is not "if" he found anything, but how much he found. Because when you find a fresh sausage there's almost always another one connected to it -- and another, and another. In this case the first sausage in that string is not the Valerie Plame affair, but war -- specially, how the administration justified invading another nation.

So much more at this link, and worth every second to read it:

http://www.alternet.org/story/27266 /

And yes, that's a very, very young Marilyn Monroe.

On edit: corrected quote

You know what I'm talking about. I repeat, for the informed: if you've got it, blog it. And be prepared. For me that means, canned goods, toiletries, all the medical stuff I could get my hands on and water, water, water, water, water.