Only butlers and dickheads lie

Why Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama have been honest (with an excuse for when they might not have been).

[Note to analyst, censor, or reporter: this post is not totally serious, and TheEditor seriously hopes you understand that.]

The long journey to this post began around the time when the Oval Office was made a non-smoking area.

The meaning of the short word "lie" has bounced around the old brains of TheEditor ever since. In the context of NSA Operation Boundless Fuckup, it sort of clicked.

TheEditor never liked the word "lie" and will forever cringe when some politician pulls a kettle black on a fellow politician.

So, for the last time, we will use the word lie here to state that the few things we consider habitual real lies in the 21st Century were uttered by lowly people, really only dickheads, butlers and the like.

And just as serial killers never kill each and every single person they meet (a friend survived J Dahmer), a president cannot get the truth right each and every single time he or she speaks.

Before we get to the handling of The Surveillance Sh***storm by Prez & Prez, here is a word about the press and the googly eyed, the facebookies and the microsofties.

The software folks have been telling us for a while that our privacy was gone. The press, supposed to interpret it for us, generally did not and at times lied us right in the face. And, other than the guardian that could, are failing us left right and center. It's a bit better on the web, Wired is still wired.

Mr. Bush told us that his government would do everything in its power to prevent another 9/11, Mr. Obama told us he would use every means at his disposal to keep America safe.

Now, some accuse us of not listening.

I have one word for those some: idiots.

We were listening.

We did not understand.

Why?

Because we are not all lawyers.

Lawyers did, or should have, understood what Prez & Prez told us. And on top of the lawyer's command of English, there is the language of diplomacy.

We put our layer of interpretation over this...and yes, they know what happens when we do that.

And the Bama vs. Bama debate? Fellow sheeple, this is the highschool debate club.

It's not about right or wrong, or ethical or not. It's not even about power.

It's about points.

None of this excuses calling the kid a traitor. This does not mean that I support every little thing he allegedly did.

Accept my pot smoker argument, which goes like this: I don't smoke pot, I see no no reason to nor any allure.

Yet, I won't pull over a cop when I see a kid smoke one in the park.
And I won't pull over a cop when a spy drives by (which, unlike the pot, I probably wouldn't even notice).

Sure, there are some nasty violent statements going around in the NSA surveillance chaos.

We should have the debate despite the fact that the U.S.S. Kafka sailed, legally, a while ago.

This debate is for our children.

All children, including those of those members of Congress who are leading the witch hunt on a kid with a computer.

Let's see if TheEditor finally understands the president's "I welcome this debate..."

I - the President, singular means I, do not expect anybody besides me to welcome it.
welcome - so let's talk
this - this one, not necessarily a future repeat 
debate - the talk, there is no word of change, or improvement

We'll let you know how our reading holds up.