Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Is it just me, or when you watched the latest White House dog and pony show about the foiled terrorism plot in 2002, did you not quite take that bait? I know that I’m jaded but come on! Shoe bombs to blow open cockpit doors? These mental images of Nike pump shoes being squeezed furiously keep popping into my mind.

I’ve been lied to so many times by this administration that I just can’t take this seriously. More than likely it seems that this is the scenario:

W: Karl, we are in some serious trouble beacasue of all the illegal domestic wiretapping we are doing. It seems that the American people don't like getting spied on after all.
Rove: I know Dubbie. How can we distract the masses?
W: How about terrorism? That always seems to be good for a few weeks of hysteria.
Rove: Good idea! We tell them that our spying foiled a terrorism plot. Then we follow up with the fact that they should be very afraid and that only we can protect them.

So they come up with this story about preventing an attack on the Library Building (or was that Liberty?) by using aggressive and un-Constitutional tactics. But it seems fishy to me. Why announce this now – right when Congress is starting to investigate the lawbreaking? Why didn’t the mayor LA know anything about this? This seems like a rerun of the “Smoke-N-Mirrors Show”.

The problem is: I hate reruns. Even Seinfeld gets old after awhile. So when I hear the latest propaganda about fear, terrorism, and the great divine protector (Dubbie) I flash back to our past.

• I remember the lies about WMD that led us into a quagmire in Iraq.
• I remember the lies about the mission being accomplished.
• I remember the lies about leaving no child behind.
• I remember the lies about clean air, clean skies, and healthy forests.
• I remember the lies about outing an undercover CIA agent.
• I remember the inept and woeful response to Katrina.
• I remember the lies about Social Security.
• I remember the lies about balancing the budget.
• I remember the lies about compassion.
• I remember

The question is… do WE remember? Will the American people finally put one and one and one and one together and realize that they are being played? Probably not. My bet is that duct tape and plastic sheet sales are going to go way up in the next few days. Then again, maybe the sheeple will surprise me. Maybe they will finally realize the truth of Dubbie’s wonderful statement:

“Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."