A TRAITOR NAMED FELT On this first day of the month of June 2005, I find that my personal feelings in regard to a man we have been led to speak of as “Deep Throat” have not changed. If anything, those same thoughts I had when this mysterious character appeared, have not been modified by subsequent events except, perhaps, as they might reflect the intensity with the shame and disgrace which I felt the contrived situation brought to segments of journalism and to many of those in political leadership or guidance.
The individual named “Deep Throat” committed acts of a traitor as they were conceived, executed and as they have continued to be an evil essence as embedded in structure of so-called acts of justice which have resulted from from excessive acts of the “Deep Throat” era.
Young people have only a vague oft-told-tale- idea of what it was all supposed to be about. The present information being bandied would have us believe the ninety-one year old man who now passes himself as ”Deep Throat “was so named because of the depth and authoritative roll of his unusual voice, whispering in the dank, emptiness of downtown.. In truth, the name was ,at that time, very much in use by a porn queen of the time who specialized in oral sex with reported alacrity which the garage-talkers had to have known. “Deep Throat” was a handy code-word for the unspeakable. As he story continued, it stayed on that same intellectual level with tabloid inventiveness.
Right now we are being asked by some to grant honors to this man who has,himself, set forth claims to fame and “blowing the whistle on”crooked politicians. He does not see his every act as being those of the common cheat, envy, greed, hate ...all those traits he ascribes so easily to others he has ruined. He was a ”little boy” type of man who was overlooked when it came to be time nudged aside when it came time to name someone one as head of the F.B.I. He would continue to serve in the Number Two spot. He decided to get even for the slight. He did not step forward to announce his awareness of improper actions but, secretly began to pass along such information - snippets of sinfulness – to reporters whose job it was to gather such information
Much of that which he told was true. Some of it was not factual and much of it was exaggerated and told out of context. It made little or no difference to him. He did not realize he would be called upon to serve the rest of the century plus five years as a much-despised and, worse yet, an almost forgotten “Deep Throat” character.
In some ways, the appearance of this man now as a self-confessed criminal is a sad thing to behold. Let's not punish the man any more for his false beliefs and unwise actions. He may well have a fate of being remembered both as a patriot who did his duty and as a traitor who rebelled against his own.
Now, feeble at ninety-one, it's time to cash in on it all and make some real money.
A.L.M. June 1, 2005 [c526wd
