Consider this just a simple reflection; I've been suffering some laptop woes and I don't know how long I will have on it right now. But anyway, lets talk about ALEC — the American Legislative Exchange Council. From what I have gathered, no one really knows much about them, and that's pretty spooky. And they're impacting our lives, every day! It leads me to wonder how many legislations like this Americans don't even know about, that are happening as we speak: are we as aware as we think?
These are the sort of notions that many write off as conspiracy, or lunacy, but it seems more and more that these concepts are getting closer and closer to the realm of possibility — I'm sure that every hyper-paranoid, aluminum hat-wearer did a sort of 'told you so' dance when the Snowden files leaked.
I'm not saying that every cult-centric spew of illuminati jargon is worth following, or acknowledging past a small sigh, but is it possible that we are reaching a time where the 'far out' is starting to seem a bit more 'in?'
Take the notion of James Risen, and the rampant — may I say — political bullshit that has been surrounding his case: he will, if the government sticks to its guns, imprison Risen. The Risen who told the truth, will be arrested by the government that lied.
Maybe it's my 15 page research paper on reporter's rights that has me feeling a bit sour about all this, but with things like ALEC lurking around without anyone even really acknowledging except for a few choice Cornell faculty and a smattering of political blogs, it makes me consider picking up a few more rolls of foil and checking my hat size.
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