Deep State?

Good conspiracy thrillers have no problem being snatched up by an avid reader like Joe.

From Joe: "With the CIA and the FBI in its pocket, the Deep State calls the shots behind the scenes. How do I know it? Don't ask."

With all due respect to Joe, he hasn't met the Sagan standard, namely, ECREE (Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence). We can't just take his word for it.

The CIA and the FBI are well known as bureaucratic minefields. Their agents can hardly go astray without catching flak. As the saying goes, the higher the monkey climbs, the more it shows its tail.

Meanwhile the congressional watchdog is mandated to look out for monkey business while monitoring the federal government.

Speaking of which, who might have the magic wand to orchestrate two million federal employees to serve a Deep State?

Civil servants are, in fact, not as sheepish as they appear to the uninitiated. Whistleblowers do pop up. Indeed, America has never run out of courageous whistleblowers who are willing to stick their necks out for the truth.

Whistleblowers' best friend is free press. Thanks to free press, not even a sitting president can prevent the media from sniffing around him. For one thing, free press rewards investigative journalism handsomely. Watergate is a good case in point.

I am looking forward to a Deep State-gate in the next New York Times bestseller that meets Joe's eyes.

Author: renqiulan

 

 

 

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• “Whistleblowers' best friend is free press. Thanks to free -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 19:59:17

• press, not even a sitting president can prevent the media -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:00:19

• from sniffing around him. “ -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:00:56

• This should be the way how we Make America Great Again! :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:02:04

• Great post! 謝謝秋蘭分享！ -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:03:02

• I am looking forward to a Deep State-gate in the next -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:16:30

• New York Times bestseller by renqiulan. Hahaha! -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:17:49

• BTW, this is not a joke. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:18:19

• Still I couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:20:16

• Hi, 小西! Thank you for stopping by! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:15:55

• MAGA? I'm curious. I believe that America is good enough to -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:18:14

• be the world's largest Nation of all nations. People keep -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:20:42

• voting for America with their feet. That's, of course, quite -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:23:36

• a challenge to America.I'm always on the side of immigrants. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:24:58

• Hi, 秋蘭！Don't get me wrong by my joke. I'm on your side! -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:29:16

• I just tried to use MGAG to Satirize Donald Trump :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:31:53

• Good for you.Politicians do what politicians do---for power. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:35:54

• Independents like neither Trump nor Biden. But don't count -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:39:00

• on the third party though.Too bad that the 2024 presidential -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:40:36

• election is more about the past than the future, more about -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:42:22

• vengeance than virtue. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:44:01

• I agree. That's sad. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:51:28

• Not hopeless though. We've been through worse. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:31:56

• True. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:32:53

• "the higher the monkey climbs, the more it shows its tail." -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:10:42

• So true! -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:11:46

• How about "monkey see, monkey do?" -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:24:18

• How about "long time no see"? Hi, 藍靈 ! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:27:39

• Good to know. Thanks, 藍靈! You're an elf acting like qiulan:) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:02:05

• "monkey see, monkey do" "有樣學樣" Good girl! :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:13:04

• I like that, but renqiulan is too tall to be an elf. -藍靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 11:33:19

• I've always looked up to you ladies. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 16:46:34

• You're such a humble gentleman. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 18:41:18

• Hahaha, that's right. I meant the spirit part, not the size. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 18:36:54

• After all, 藍靈 is a blue spirit :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 18:38:09

• I was just kidding :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 18:40:37

• Is deep throat a whistleblower of deep state? -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:18:06

• 謝謝秋蘭精彩的書評！ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:19:06

• Thank you,盈盈!I happen to have read "All the President's Men" -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:27:07

• which, I believe, is better than the movie. As for -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:28:09

• Deep Throat, I recall that the authors wrote about watching -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:29:17

• an X-rated movie entitled Deep Throat in a -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:30:21

• D.C. cinema(for adults only). That's how they're inspired to -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:31:39

• code-name the whistleblower. Hahaha! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:33:45

• I'm a Deep State-skeptic, as I positioned myself in my post. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:54:20

• 讚秋蘭一腔熱血。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (167 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:21:12

• 記得《水滸》有這句話：“這腔熱血，隻要賣與識貨的。” -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 16:49:01

• 原來如此。深喉，是我以前在中國看美國新聞就看過的一個詞。今天在秋蘭的帖子裏小試牛刀。哈哈 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:18:59

• “All the President's Men”是上高中時讀的，覺得引人入勝。至於深層政府之說，書中完全沒有觸及。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 16:55:06

• Thanks qiulan. Yesterday I had dinner with friends, and all -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:31:13

• agree free press and free speech are extremely important. -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:32:30

• And we spoke highly of democracy achieved in Taiwan... -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:34:12

• Thank you, 唐宋韻! Taiwan was known as Formosa, meaning -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:46:54

• "beautiful" in the language of seafaring Portuguese. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:47:29

• Today the beauty of Taiwan is not in name but in essence. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:48:29

• Beautifully, Taiwan is a shining example of realpolitik -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:49:20

• in Bismarckian sense, which is meant to take advantage of -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:50:20

• the balance of power. The DPP is strong on realpolitik -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:51:28

• but weak in social policy. Just a thought. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 20:52:08

• I don't pay much attention to the details of politics in -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:25:14

• Taiwan. But most importantly -- Democracy is totally -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:28:11

• possible, feasible and practicable in Chinese culture. -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:33:47

• Fair enough. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024 postreply 21:36:36

• Free press existed shortly in the period 1911-1927 in China. -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 08:03:12

• You can even say it's Chinese Renaissance. Thank you, 方外居士！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 16:58:57

• I'm a Deep State-skeptic too. -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:02:19

• I have confidence in American People -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:04:04

• and their conscientiousness. -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:04:56

• Thanks for sharing your thoughts! -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 09:05:34

• Thank you, 甜蟲蟲！No one has successfully defined what -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:07:26

• Deep State really is, just as no one has successfully -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:08:44

• proved that outer space aliens have visited us. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:12:56

• Thank you, 暖冬cool夏! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024 postreply 17:18:35

• 要陰謀論的話 -ahhhh- ♂ (93 bytes) () 01/18/2024 postreply 22:18:22

• 謝謝ahhhh來評！評論中所謂“母巴馬”，不知何指；是某人代號或諢名？願聞其詳。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 10:28:15