It’s 6:08 am and I’m sitting in my study drinking a
cup of coffee and nibbling on my nutritious breakfast of two lemon-Oreo
cookies. That’s right, there is such a thing and if you haven’t tried them, you
should. I browse through the overnight news. It is dependably upsetting but
often hilariously funny, sometimes at the same time. Like this one story I
stumbled upon where according to Twitter, there is a rather large group of
mostly young, white and oddly blonde women who think it’s a crying shame that
New England Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez has to go to prison because, he
is “so very hot!!” Apparently, the alleged murder charge does nothing to dampen
feminine enthusiasm for his tight end. Lovely.
While I slept, the leaders of France and Germany
continued to whine, moan and complain about the revelation that the United
States has been spying on them, bugging their offices etc. I could break out a
Shakespeare quote and go all “methinks they do protest too much”, but that’s probably
the most overquoted passage the Bard ever wrote. Suffice it to say that I make no
apologies for THIS type of spying, after all, this is the only type of spying
that my government should ever be doing in the first place, and frankly, I’m
shocked that we still have the balls to do it! I thought with this “we are
the world” bunch running Washington at the moment that good old fashioned
espionage would have been a thing of the past. I’m impressed, Mr. President.
The most hilarious reaction has been from the German
Chancellor Angela Merkel. She confessed SHOCK that the United States would be
spying on such a stalwart friend and ally. She went on to say that
relationships between allies must be based first and last upon trust, and that
this alleged bugging violated said trust in the most egregious way.
Cry me a river, Angie.
If there is anyone in my readership who believes
that the nations of the European Union are our stalwart friends, then I have a
couple dozen baseballs signed by Mickey Mantle himself up in my attic that I bet you’d be
interested in. Here’s a newsflash for all of you who might be upset by the news
that we routinely spy on our allies. My guess is, there isn’t an office of
anyone in Washington DC who really matters that isn’t already bugged by France,
Germany, even Great Britain. Well… maybe not France ( much too decadent to
bother with self preservation ). All of this screaming is for domestic
consumption only. They have been embarrassed by Mr. Snowden’s revelations and
are trying to save face, and I find it hilarious to watch. Thanks, Ed!
So, well done CIA. It’s about time this country got
on with the business of protecting our own interest in dealings with our fickle
European “allies”. More of this kind of spying, and less spying on US, please.
