Misdirection: “When we play our Charades” [Reader Post]
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”.
Over the past fifty years, I have noticed that every time it appears that congress, or the president, is about to do something good or useful for the country; a major diversion suddenly appears.
(This is especially true when the subject is taxes)
“Oh look! A Loon!” or “I saw big foot once” or “uncontrolled meltdown at major national candy factory”.