A Railroad Story

Just a note to start; the Village of Orland Park recently enacted a smoking ban for the welfare of the world's citizens. Naturally, the restaurants and bars lost 30% of their business, and thus the town 30% of those revenues. All of a sudden, the town's leaders decided that this was a little hasty. The law is going to be studied for it's effect on the community, so it'll be lifted starting now, which co-incidentally happens to a Bears playoff game day. I'm sure they'll be done with their study after either the playoffs, or if the Bears win, the Superbowl. So much for public servants and the health of the nation.

I see that Jane Bond, a.k.a. Valerie Plame, is in the news again. Time to railroad another govt. official for not remembering. It seems like none of them, and I mean from the president all the way down to the "dog catcher", ever remembers anything. Yet, they wouldn't understand you not remembering. They're going to get "Scooter' Libby for not remembering the right way (lying).

We have to get this straight. Even though it's now known that Richard Armitage (Media darling Colin Powell's aide) originally leaked her name to the press, we're going after "Scooter". Even though Joe Wilson lied about who sent him to Niger, and who "pulled his name out a hat", we're going after "Scooter". From what I saw on
Fox News and CNN just about everyone in her neighborhood knew that she drove her shiny, new red Jaguar off to Langley everyday. The only people who didn't know who she was, were the American People.

The real story is Aldridge Ames gave up the goods on operations and ops. personnel in the former U.S.S.R. and then Russia back in 1985. His operation lasted until 1994 when he got caught. By them we lost about 130 agents. Atleast 9 of them were executed by the KGB. If it were me, I'd be thankful that the U.S. was able to get her out alive so that she could work at Langley as an analyst. Instead Mr. Wilson feels he's been done wronged, lied to.

It's not like she can ever be a "top secret agent" ever again. After the Ames expose`, every security service in the whole world knew who she was and what she looked like. I'm sure that if they needed her expertise, they could find someone, somewhere in the country to fill her shoes at Langley.

Then we have to hear the likes of Joe Biden, Ted Kennedy, Carl Levin, Hillary, John Kerry, and the rest all wondering what happened to our intelligence. Those who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.