Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse

It is obvious what the strategy of the Bush administration is, and will be, regarding the NSA eavesdropping authorization; where thousands of American citizens had their civil rights abused.
Bush has tried to pass it off as a program aimed at a "few" nimble Al Qaeda suspects that were calling from abroad to the U.S., but that explanation can be discounted on common sense grounds. Now comes the rational--a la Iraq (the evolution of excuses)--that the security of the American People was at stake: "besides the law says I can--the Attorney General told me so". Never mind that the Attorney General is a personal friend and hand picked by Bush for the job of AG. It is kind of like the school yard excuses teachers hear on school play grounds.
If the Administration can sell the public the idea that their "welfare" was the reason for abrogating the Constitution, that the threats of terrorists trumps the Constitution, why then the Administration will likely get away with it--especially when you have Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and a slew of Republicans hitting the air waves with propaganda in an effort to cover the President's tracks.
The Conservatives have been hypocritical for many years regarding civil rights and the Constitution. They carry on about how wonderful Democracy is, yet are quick to trample on it when it comes to implimenting their own right-wing agendas. They have been very good about covering their rear-ends; i.e., Ronald Reagan, H.W. Bush, Oliver North, Casper Weinberger, Linda Tripp, just to name a few who got away with breaking the law and getting off "scot-free". Its nice to have partisan judges and friends in high places.
The Conservatives make big spiels about how some liberal activist judges are subverting the law, making "interpretations"; yet conservative judges in the past have made "worse" partisan interpretations; remember Florida?
Wait till we have a Conservative Supreme Court, which is coming soon folks, when corporations rule and our Democracy becomes a Theocracy. You can kiss the good ol' Constitution good-bye--we got to be protected from the terrorists you know. But there may be some hope.
The Conservatives have been so blatantly arrogant in their policies that even a complacent public is beginning to take notice. That spells bad news for the Conservative movement, who has made great gains in recent years, by means of a well designed and implemented propaganda campaign, thanks to a dysfunctional media.
Once the public wakes up and realizes that they have been had, that their "welfare" is not being looked after, the conservative movement will come crashing down like the fabled "Tower of Babel" and individual politicians will be scurrying around dodging the falling bricks.