The cat on Prism

We kept a running tally of the publications and twits in the NSA leaks and are proud to unveil the results in this post.

There has been at least one message from each and every internet connected device on the planet, including our very own washing machine and grandma's microwave oven. The latter was an unintentional leak caused by an exploding Twinkie, imagine our surprise. We should probably not dwell too much on the WiFi enabled personal vibrator of one of our neighbors.

The sheer volume of stupidities, inanities, brain farts, as well as bipartisanship to an extent that raised suspicions with our semantics guru about a shift from partisanship to bi, prompted TheEditor to search for an unbiased voice.

Unsurprisingly in all things internet, the search led to cats.

TheEditor requested  an interview with our tomcat Tigger because he was intrigued by the spy novel sounding name Tigger, not because Tigger has relevant qualifications on the subject.

"Qualifications are not needed to jump into the debate, they might be detrimental. The topic is so transparent that it is utterly opaque, if you know what I mean. Anyhow, that's why I asked Tigger."

Here are the highlights of the interview.

TheEditor (ed): Pleased to meet you Tigger, thank you for agreeing to answer a few questions.

Tigger (T): meow

ed: Have you heard of the NSA/Prism/Gig leaks?

T: meow

ed: Do you think, personally or catly, that Mr. Snowden is a hero or a traitor?

T: meow

ed:  That's an interesting answer, would you clarify that for us please?

T: meow

ed: As someone who has spent, as I understand, some time under cover in...

T: meow

ed:  Oh, only humans say under cover, your trade term is bedspread, I see. So, as someone with under cover experience, how badly was the nation damaged, in your opinion?

T: meow

ed: Very succinct indeed, I see.

T: meow

ed: Were you at all surprised that he went to China and then on to Russia?

T: meow

ed: Are you aware that the journalist Greenwald is an animal person?

T: meow (quiet purr and a blink)

ed: I take that as a yes. What is your opinion on the criminal charges brought against Mr. Snowden?

T: meow

ed: One final question, if I may, do you agree with the president's trade-off between privacy and security?

T: (both ears tilt forward in cat question motion) ????

ed: The US president, Mr. Obama.

T: (both ears tilt forward in cat question motion) ????

ed: Well, the president is, well, hm, kind of the big dog in Washington.

T: (ears flip back, incisors draw blank) GREEEOOOOOWW