News that wasn't news...

For those who like to know what we aren't being told, there's Project Censored, a group which tries to keep track of the news stories which people SHOULD be talking about (or at least aware of) but generally aren't.

Their list for 2006 of the 25 most important stories from 2004 and 2005-til-now that did not receive much coverage is now out, you can see it here.

I will admit, being at work, I've only skimmed through the first three or four, they deserve a lot more of my time and I plan to give them that when I have it. There's some scary stuff in there.

And worse, there's some stuff in there that SHOULD be scary, but we've become so desensitized to it that you have to THINK about the ramifications (or possible ramifications) before you realize what they could mean to our country.

For example the articles on the extent that government operations have become secret, and the frequency with which the Freedom of Information Act has been either curtailed or thwarted... this should scare any American. Where is the freedom, where is the ability to watchdog the government, if we're denied access to the information necessary?

Secret government does not prove corruption, but it certainly makes it more possible, and I find I have to ask myself the question "If there was nothing to hide, why would they be so paranoid about hiding it?"

Will.