Speaking of politics

As a wise (and vastly underrated) man once said:

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." - John Adams

I was watching Tom Brokaw Reports: Deep Throat, The Inside Story last night on Sundance. It was about the Deep Throat, who he was and, in general, about the Watergate scandal, and, as Robert Redford mentions, it sure seems like we haven't made much progress as far as the President lying to the public, have we? Redford said that Nixon resigned for two reasons, really - getting caught in a big lie, and shame, whereas today the former doesn't lead to the latter, never mind resigning for it.

I was such a Watergate weenie as an early teen. I read everything I could on it, and wrote reports, etc. The movie was great. My favorite book at the time was one written by a consortium of British BBC reporters, but I forget now what the title was. I think I'll go back and read All the President's Men again (I have a remainder copy from long ago), given that it is just past the 41st 31^st anniversary of Nixon's resignation. It's an important lesson that I think is getting lost again...