Sorry, I ain't buyin' it
Why the skepticism? Has my mind been controlled by the broadcasts from Hangar 54 that want to assure me everything is all right? No, I just stopped listening to the ranting and raving that the media has been heralding. These are the same people who still think what they read is true if they saw it on the Internet. I am starting to get sick of this media-spawned paranoia about our own government. Every time I turn on the boob tube these days, I hear something about corruption this, or mistake that. Listen, I am not saying that the government is perfect, far from it. But it's one thing to be an incompetent bureaucracy rather than a malicious force of doom. Here are some shocking secrets that the media doesn't want you to figure out:
Now, what about getting "No comment" on all those reporter questions? Easy. Suppose you wanted to totally fog information that got to the enemy. Give them the same response every time. The information becomes meaningless. Look at this interview:
Reporter: Are you doing any troop maneuvers in Jornada del Muerte?Well, DUH! If the enemy saw that, they'd go "Yes! We fooled them, our research is going in the right direction!" But this is what the clever officials would say:
Official: No.
Reporter: Did a plane crash in that area?
Official: No.
Reporter: Did you see anything on your radar?
Official: No.
Reporter: Do you know why anyone saw lights and an explosion in that area?
Official: No comment.
Reporter: Are you doing any troop maneuvers in Jornada del Muerte?Man, you won't know the status of ANYTHING with that kind of response. You have no leads, no pointers, and that official is doing his darndest to make it stay that way, even if asked a totally ludicrous question. He doesn't care. No comment. But stupid people think, AHA! No comment means, "I am hiding something!" Yes it does, but that's not the same as admitting guilt! He's from the military, he's supposed to keep things secret! Otherwise, all kinds of radicals would have access to information on building nuclear devices and the North African Plain would be a radiation zone from all the bombings. And even with the best secrets, the Rosenbergs still managed to smuggle secrets to the Russians.
Official: No comment.
Reporter: Did a plane crash in that area?
Official: No comment.
Reporter: Do you know why anyone saw lights and an explosion in that area?
Official: No comment.
Reporter: Are you hiding evidence of an alien spacecraft?
Official: No comment.
Reporter: Is it true that you are secretly plotting with alien spacebeings from Vegan 7?
Official: No comment.
Reporter: Does your underwear have polka-dots?
Official: No comment.
It's like the chaos theory. Enough random variables (in this case, individual people with their own goals, dreams, fears, and other personality quirks) and you cannot navigate a straight path anywhere. All it takes are a few personality conflicts, paranoia, incompetence, and other oddball factors to mess up even the most simplest of tasks. I really doubt there is anyone who says, "Today, I will screw something up..." as part of their daily plan. Well, not many, anyway.
There are thousands upon thousands of laws that would never be needed if people just showed the slightest sense of respect, humility, and tolerance towards their neighbors. Millions of cases are tried yearly because no one even trying to communicate or attempt to understand that mistakes are made, and that some things you just chalk up to a learning experience and go on with your life. This nation is sue-happy, and all kinds of laws, sub-laws, and laws governing laws and sub-laws are becoming hopelessly entangled in a massive web of confusion.
And whose fault is this? We are! The government is our SERVANT, that like most servants, you have to tell them what to do. It seems that the government has become its own entity in a sea of ignorance, surviving with only a scrap of knowledge of why it was created in the first place. It's up to us, with our voices to say, "This is what we can do, and this is what we need you to do!" Simply expecting your government to teach morals and values is as stupid as expecting a stone wall to lecture you on the history of masonry.
The government is run by humans, so it is bound to make human errors. Instead of trying to tear down the government, we should be trying to shape it to be more efficient by learning from past mistakes.