Re: OPINION - was O'Leary apologizes for Plutonium Tests

[Bob Flood <bflood@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

>So, here we are, all calmly attesting to the blatant corruption and
>dishonesty of our political 'leaders'.  Am I the only one who wants to put
>all the b---ards in jail for fraud waste and abuse in spending millions of
>dollars of hard earned taxpayer's money to pay off a bunch of whiners who
>were never harmed in the first place?  I'm admittedly un-learned in
>politics, but what is the motivator for a politician to parade around
>(falsly) attesting to the evils perpetrated by his/her government?  Does
>that make him/her the grand 'exposer', the champion of the people?  How
>short-sighted.  I would think even the most dense of our politicians would,
>out of self-protection, see a flaw in government officials trying to drum up
>mistrust for the government.
>

Actually, Keith, shame on us, the American citizens, because this type of
behavior, pandering to a public to promote a particular image, works!
Throughout our history, politicians have succeeded in promoting themselves
through such acts; this is just one more. The politicians will keep doing
it until it doesn't work any more, and that's the public's responsibility,
not the politician's.


Bob Flood
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(415) 926-3793     bflood@slac.stanford.edu
Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are mine alone.