by johnbrickner » Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:31 am
There is a lot about this subject I don't know, but this is what I do know. Kim Jong Un, his crony's, and political system are hardly good guys but:
The source of information linking North Korea (NK) to the Sony cyber attack is our government. Consider the source and I consider our government a poor one. From what I can find, there has been no proof released proving NK did it. Sony seems to have poor cyber security.
When we speak of fraud and having our rights violated, I think "who has hurt my country, my friends and family the worst". Kim Jong Un does not come to mind and it takes no magic to remove the veil of distraction keeping me from looking back to the fraud perpetrated by the banking industry in the: Forex; interest rate fixing; gold price fixing; money laundering; IPO conflict of interest; selling toxic mortgages; etc. for which I've seen lots of fines but no jail time. Worse however is our own governments fraud against US (you and me) for every dollar created out of thin air, every young man and women sent to the middle east to go fight the international (oil) interests of our Empire, every trillion dollar$ of debt we allow, and the marriage between our government and the corporations that now own our "servants". It was called corporatism by Benito Mussolini or fascism. Thank you Sinclair Lewis for showing us this our own special form of fascism hidden behind and wrapped in an American Flag with a cross carried in the other hand to distract us.
On the other hand, we now have a new (new for now this time around) scapegoat we have no problem thumping our chests at as they are truly the shat headed, piss ant, cockroaches that should be stamped into the earth with our boots that we think they are. Of course it's a whole lot easier to be entertained by Sony and her Network and hate people on the other side of the world who are different from us that we never met or knew personally, than to be aware and stare our "new normal" reality in the face and try to figure out how the hell we are going to get the next several generations of our children and grand children out from under it.
Yes, we should empower our government more to do something. We wouldn't want to appear weak or look bad.
With apologies to the membership who are getting tired of my rant and to those from whom I have borrowed words. It's not personal, it just gives me something to work with. I am truly grateful to have this venue to express myself. And of course, other views, ideas and expressions encouraged.