Ministry of Truth

Administration Agitprop (washingtonpost.com):

Covert propaganda is more than unethical; it is against the law for taxpayer dollars to be used 'for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States,' unless approved by Congress. Congress should investigate, as this administration does not seem to understand the lines it has crossed.

This administration seems to be reading directly from the script of Orwell's "1984", and guess what, it is working.

Indeed, Congress should investigate, but the fox is guarding the hen house. What about all of those investigations that were deferred until after the elections, because they might influence the elections? You don't suppose we'll ever hear about those do you?

No, I think that the WaPo editorial staff is far too generous when it says: "this administration does not seem to understand the lines it has crossed". This administration knows full well what lines it is crossing, and it seems to believe that it can get away with it.

This is not the first time. It is at least the third time that the administration has been caught in the act. Are there other cases we should know about? Is this practice continuing? Why hasn't the President spoken out on this matter; stating how wrong this is, and how he will not tolerate such actions under his watch?

At this point, only "we the people" can do anything about it. We can't simply expect that the checks and balances will take care of themselves. Certainly the "faux" estate isn't doing its job. It requires that "we the people" take an active role in holding government's feet to the fire.

The only reason that the 9/11 Commission was able to do its thing was because of the pressure mounted by the families of 9/11 victims.

The only reason that the Republicans backed off their plans to gut their ethics rules, to protect Tom Delay, was because of the significant pushback from constituents.

Use your voice. Contact your congress-critters and demand an investigation.