Deep State?

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renqiulan
楼主 (文学峸)

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
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press, not even a sitting president can prevent the media
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from sniffing around him. “
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This should be the way how we Make America Great Again! :)
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Great post! 谢谢秋兰分享!
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ECREE (Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence)
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This reminds me of something like evidence-based medicine.
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"the higher the monkey climbs, the more it shows its tail."
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So true!
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renqiulan
Hi, 小西! Thank you for stopping by!
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I am looking forward to a Deep State-gate in the next
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New York Times bestseller from renqiulan, Hahaha!
盈盈一笑间
Is deep throat a whistleblower of deep state?
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renqiulan
MAGA? I'm curious. I believe that America is good enough to
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BTW, this is not a joke.
盈盈一笑间
谢谢秋兰精彩的书评!
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be the world's largest Nation of all nations. People keep
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voting for America with their feet. That's, of course, quite
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a challenge to America.I'm always on the side of immigrants.
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renqiulan
Thank you,盈盈!I happen to have read "All the President's Men"
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renqiulan
which, I believe, is better than the movie. As for
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Hi, 秋兰!Don't get me wrong by my joke. I'm on your side!
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renqiulan
Deep Throat, I recall that the authors wrote about watching
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an X-rated movie entitled Deep Throat in a
唐宋韵
Thanks qiulan. Yesterday I had dinner with friends, and all
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renqiulan
D.C. cinema for adults only. That's how they're inspired to
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I just tried to use MGAG to Satirize Donald Trump :)
唐宋韵
agree free press and free speech are extremely important.
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renqiulan
code-name the whistleblower. Hahaha!
唐宋韵
And we spoke highly of democracy achieved in Taiwan...
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renqiulan
Good for you.Politicians do what politicians do---for power.
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renqiulan
Independents like neither Trump nor Biden. But don't count
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on the third party though.Too bad that the 2024 presidential
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election is more about the past than the future, more about
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vengeance than virtue.
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renqiulan
Thank you, 唐宋韵! Taiwan was known as Formosa, meaning
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"beautiful" in the language of the seafaring Portuguese.
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Today the beauty of Taiwan is not in name but in essence.
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Beautifully, Taiwan is a shining example of realpolitik
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renqiulan
in Bismarckian sense, which is meant to take advantage of
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I agree. That's sad.
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renqiulan
the balance of power. DDP is strong on self-rule but weak in
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social policy. Just a thought.
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I'm a Deep State-skeptic, as I positioned myself in my post.
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Still I couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.
蓝灵
How about "monkey see, monkey do?"
唐宋韵
I don't pay much attention to the details of politics in
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renqiulan
How about "long time no see"? Hi, 蓝灵 !
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Taiwan. But most importantly -- Democracy is totally
蓝灵
Not hopeless though. We've been through worse.
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True.
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possible, feasible and practical in Chinese culture.
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Fair enough.
方外居士
Free press existed shortly in the period 1911-1927 in China.
盈盈一笑间
原来如此。深喉,是我以前在中国看美国新闻就看过的一个词。今天在秋兰的帖子里小试牛刀。哈哈
盈盈一笑间
赞秋兰一腔热血。

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Good to know. Thanks, 蓝灵! You're an elf acting like qiulan:)
甜虫虫
I'm a Deep State-skeptic too.
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I have confidence in American People
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and their conscientiousness.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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"monkey see, monkey do" "有样学样" Good girl! :)
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I like that, but renqiulan is too tall to be an elf.
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I've always looked up to you ladies.
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renqiulan
记得《水浒》有这句话:“这腔热血,只要卖与识货的。”
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renqiulan
“All the President's Men”是上高中时读的,觉得引人入胜。至于深层政府之说,书中完全没有触及。
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You can even say it's Chinese Renaissance. Thank you, 方外居士!
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Thank you, 甜虫虫!No one has successfully defined what
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Deep State really is, just as no one has successfully
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proved that outer space aliens have visited us.
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Thank you, 暖冬cool夏!
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Hahaha, that's right. I meant the spirit part, not the size.
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After all, 蓝灵 is a blue spirit :)
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I was just kidding :)
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You're such a humble gentleman.
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要阴谋论的话

听听母巴马的话就是啦。不过,NYT已经登了,等不到下一次了。

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renqiulan
谢谢ahhhh来评!评论中所谓“母巴马”,不知何指;是某人代号或诨名?愿闻其详。