I've Got a Secret

 Sorry, but I am not talking about the old television show from my childhood. However, in researching that show from my childhood, I found out that host Steve Allen was a Democrat and his wife, the comely Jayne Meadows was a Republican. Of course, that was before Democrats switched their affiliations to Communism. Steve would be a conservative in today's world. 

No, I am ranting today about the explosive growth in "secrets" in our alleged democracy. This issue is front and center in the news as the liberal media tries to tell us the what the difference is between Biden having "secret" documents and Trump having "secret" documents. Do I even need to mention Hillary Clinton and her "secret" documents? 

I was swapping emails with a professional writer, and he told me that he has submitted a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) to the National Archives for an FBI file about a now deceased prominent conservative writer. The writer had passed away more than fifty years ago. The Archives told him to check back after 2030. What the hell is in that file?

We are a nation obsessed with secrets. The storage of "secret materials" is a growth industry in the United States. We have to keep hiring more government employees to keep secrets so that Americans will not discover what the government is actually doing and start a revolution about those secrets. 

In 2018, to comply with a court order, the National Archives released a flood of documents about Martin Luther King. They had been held for more than 50 years when they were finally released. They are still holding a bunch of King documents that will not be released until 2027. What could possibly be in there? The documents released paint him as a serial adulterer, an alcoholic, an abuser of women and a man who watched a preacher friend rape a woman and laughed about it. What's left? A bad case of B.O.? Did he filch some booze money from the collection plate?

The National Archives did not hold the King documents for any national security reasons. They held them to preserve his image as a saint. It turned out that he was just a sexist pig like a lot of other folks. The alcoholic thing was just a bonus. Exactly how did this affect the national security?

Before you decide to write me a nasty e-mail, read my post from a couple of months ago, "Your Gods have feet of Clay". Then feel free to scrawl out a reply.

One person might be able to keep a secret. Two people have a slim chance of keeping a secret. If three people know, you may as well run the story on Fox News. 

I am fascinated about how bureaucrats, who are overwhelmingly Democrats, regard government secrets. James Comey, who kept the New York Stock Exchange safe from Martha Stewart, didn't think anything of Hillary hammering hard drives full of "secret" information. Attorney General "Ma" Garland, who has the vison of Helen Keller when it comes to Democrats violating laws, doesn't think that a Democrat can do anything illegal. Jack Shit, who is not even legally a Special Counsel, thinks that only Donald Trump can break a law. Jack Shit claimed that Trump told an ambassador from a friendly ally how many missiles a certain class of submarine carried. He claims that this violates the Espionage Act. The only thing this proves is that Jack Shit has never met a sailor. What do you think that sailors talk about in bars? Beyond that, has Smith ever seen a "Jane's" guide? 

I was discussing this with one of my associates and he said, "I can't believe that they still haven't released all of the info on the JFK assassination." I told him, "I don't think that they have released all of the information on the Lincoln assassination, yet!" Sad, but probably true on both counts. 

Joe Biden illegally removed classified documents from SCIF's when he was a Senator. He had these documents in his garage behind the Corvette. Robert Hur will not charge Biden for these transgressions because he thinks that he couldn't get a conviction because of Biden's mental state. But Dems tell us how sharp Biden really is behind closed doors. If Charlie Rich were still alive, he could do a remake of "Behind Closed Doors" and sing about Biden. If you don't listen to country music, you will need Mr. Google. 

Franklin Roosevelt was a Democrat. The biggest secret in WW2 was the Manhattan Project which produced the atomic bomb. Yet the Russians knew all about it. How? One person may keep a secret, two people probably can't keep a secret, and three people would constitute a family reunion in the Biden garage behind the Vette and the "secret" documents pile of boxes. 

If you decide to let people whose job it is to store "secret" documents, decide what is "secret", nothing will ever change. We will keep building warehouses to house "Top Secret" documents. This is a jobs program for those who are responsible for storing "secrets".

If it is wrong to give out "secrets" to other nations, why is okay for us to take "secrets" from other countries? I hate to bring "morals" into any discussion of government activity, but there seems to be a fundamental flaw in our moral compass on this issue. We steal from others while we complain about those who steal from us. Are we all Democrats?

Just between us, let's pack it in on the whole "secrets" business. Tell Biden if he can eliminate the "secrets" storage thing, he can house illegals in all of that warehouse space!!