Bush renames spying

[Biker]

Hi Biker-

Au contraire, I'm completely distrusting of Big Government across the board as it relates to my affairs. In this case, we're talking about telephone calls that originate in another country. This monitoring doesn't have anything to do with anyone who resides here. If I ever even accidentally received a telephone call from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, or similar country I certainly wouldn't answer...and you can bet that I would call the telephone company to have future calls blocked.

As far as my recap goes, I'm sure that if President Bush was having brunch and going bowling over beers with the family of Osama bin Laden, there would have been tons of coverage by now. Heck, there was coverage of President Clinton getting a snarling under his desk in the privacy of his own office with only two people present...so I'm sure less-intimate friendships maintained by this president would be similarly visible.

~ Blue Jays ~

"A snarling"? Hah! That's a new one and I may use it.
I'm referring more to the government being given free reign over exactly who is a terrorist and what constitutes aid to said bad guys.
Without oversight, the opportunity for abuse not only exists, but it will be abused if it hasn't been already.
Politicians, by their very nature, are not to be trusted. They have power to retain and expand on, and a future to plan for. Unfortunately, their interests are not necessarily mutually beneficial to those of us, the common man.
A snake can't bite you if you know where he is at all times.
Biker