Last night we watched Good Night, and Good Luck, the George Clooney film which stars the awesome David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow, the CBS newsman who helped bring down Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950's. McCarthy, who is not played by an actor but instead shown exclusively in recordings throughout the movie, conducted a witch hunt of "Communists" and in the process gave immense aid and comfort to our enemies. That hideous man was debunked and we got past that period somehow and breathed easy for a while.
We have a government now that in its "war on terrorism" is giving aid and comfort to our enemies. The thing I find most oppressive right now is the demand of the government to know everything about us -- everything -- but to reveal nothing about itself -- nothing. The air is pretty stifling these days and I'm finding it very hard to breathe.
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We just watched this movie this week, too. I quite enjoyed it.
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