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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

What is the definition of irony?

From the administration that has been spying on everything from here to Pluto and subsequently charged Edward Snowden with espionage, we now get this one:
(...) on Friday, White House officials today publicly pressured Hong Kong authorities to give him up. “If Hong Kong doesn’t act soon, it will complicate our bilateral relations and raise questions about Hong Kong’s commitment to the rule of law,” a senior Obama administration official told Reuters Saturday afternoon.
I swear that sometimes I can't tell whether government officials are serious or simply laughing in everyone's face.