But im moving to the Marshall Islands till Bush is out of power.
Lately the admin has been in a seeming power struggle with the congress, his broadening war time powers are becoming apparent and will no doubt prompt a serious debate regarding powers granted to the executive during war and peace. Just recently debate was sparked when a Department of Justice official suggested that the President had the theoretical authority to order the killings of any Citizens linked to Terrorism. Scary aint it, another example is the Google court battle. If you hadnt heard the department of Justice has subpeonaed Google to hand over millions of search records made by just about everyone connected to the internet from 1998-today. The purpose the DOJ states is for info backing up a revived peice of legislation to toughen the barriers between Children and that online porn they like to watch soooo much, according to some republicans. Personally I think kids will avoid this crap on there own, thus negating the purpose of this bill. Apparently thats not very good for them politicians, maybe they have nothing better to do than try passing another bill full of bullshit riders. But i digress, It is believed that if the government gained the search records from google, they would also data mine the records for ties to al qaeda or other suspicious searches. Some even going as far as claiming the FBI will be knocking on there doors soon just for searching "Yellowcake". But thats pretty much blatant paranoia. Also of concern here is the easability of tracking back the perpetrator of the search string. Privacy advocates are hedging their bets on Google winning the court battle. Personally ill enjoy watching the Rising Sun of Silicon Valley duking it out with the U.S. government.
Now i just want to touch upon one other thing, Uh Dick Cheney...Hes a very interesting scheming individual. Weve had our share of laughs over the years, we both graduated to full Phi Beta Kappa honors back in 56, so were pretty tight. But over the weekend i see that he was quail hunting with im sure a very reputable party supporter, (Bush made him the deputy director coroner for the state of Texas), and he apparently SHOT A MAN IN THE FACE. Now im far from the mainstream media, im no political pundit but uh...politically i think it was a mistake. If your going to make an example of one of your fellow party buddies you do it through a secret think tank that dreams up random facts about the person, I.E. saying the person had a love affair with a goat and gay new jersey governor back in the party caucus of '00. You DO NOT just go hunting with the man and shoot him outright. The media tends to spin that kind of story every which way and in the end the public thinks your a douchebag.
So Dick ol' buddy, do the right thing, accuse Whittington of having a raunchy affair, he'll understand and so will we. But for gods sake wait till that poor bastard gets healthy.
