Two Brief Observations

Observation #1:
Verizon and AT&T have been handing over our phone call data without court order, based on requests from the government. According to Verizon, the government has been asking for information on your "calling circle," that is, information on who you call, and who they then call.

Police State.

And where's the outrage? I'm mad as hell, because while I've done nothing illegal, where's the presumption of innocence and my freedom from unlawful search and seizure. In other words, where's my damn privacy?

For all of those people who wanted to sacrifice your liberties in the search for security, well now you have neither. Thanks assholes.


Observation #2:
As if things in the middle east aren't bad enough, now, Turkey wants to invade Iraq.

Seems that Iraqi Kurds have been agitating for their own nation, composed of majority Kurdish provinces of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, and they've actually been killing Turkish troops on Turkish soil.

Understandably, the Turks have had enough. Today, they passed a resolution to invade northern Iraq in search of the PKK nationalists making incursions into the Turkish state.

"We are making it very clear to Turkey that we don't think it is in their interests to send troops into Iraq," President Bush told reporters. " . . . There's a better way to deal with the issue than having the Turks send massive troops into the country."

Really now?

Wait. Is it not in Turkey's best interests or ours?

How can the Cowboy President tell Turkey not to hunt down members of the PKK if Turkey's national sovereignty is in jeopardy?

Oh, I remember. Something like 40% of the war materiel funneled into Iraq comes through Turkish air bases, roads, and seaports. So any conflict that pits Turkey against our interests is bad for the war effort.

So, we have to ask a nation to stand by as their citizens are killed by Kurdish terrorists (well, that's what they are aren't they)?

But the Kurds are our terrorists, so that makes it all better.