Big Brother

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, scourge of conservatives, claims that the united states federal government, over the past several years, has drastically increased electronic surveillance of american citizens, from about twenty three thousand a year, to something around thirty six thousand.

Who do we think we are! Russia? China? (that's just a little joke, oh russian and chinese friends)

So, you can see, oh say can you see, that the total number of americans victimized by big brother is, on a percantage basis, quite small.

Unless you're organizing terrorist activity, you're probably safe. These wire tappngs include government tracking incoming and outgoing phone calls and email, but not necessarily the contents, just the addresses, which is apparently quite legal under the patriot act.

Conservatives hate the ACLU because it is perceived as liberal, often favoring the little guy against the big powerful entity, which is guaranteed to upset conservatives. But conservatives also say they are opposed to something they call "big government", whatever they mean by that.

They don't mean the military, because conservatives like a big military. They definitely do mean social welfare redistribution programs. Conservatives do not like government taking from the rich, and giving to the poor, because it encourages people to be poor, and unfairly punishes the wealthy. And besides, government chairty is "big government", and we mustn't have that.

Do they mean government spiyng on americans? Will conservatives rally to the support of the ACLU this time, standing for privacy, liberty, and freedom  from government intrusion?

MSN took a survey in which seventy one per cent of respondants say they are concerned about increased government spying. Twenty six per cent are not, for whatever reason, and three percent evidently don't understand the question.

Let's all rally together on this one, libs and conservs alike, and rise up, and strike down big brother, including the patriot act. It might be our last gasp of freedom.
Bb