Are You Really Free? and Do You Really Want to be?

The U.S. government is fighting over the so called "spy" program the Bush administration has undertaken in its effort to combat terrorism. Bush is under fire over the highly classified eavesdropping program that allows the government to bypass warrant requirements and monitor communications, such as e-mail and telephone calls, into and out of the United States by people believed linked to al Qaeda or related terrorist groups.

Another recent development has the U.S. government's so called Justice Department trying to subpoena information on internet users' search results from all the major search engines. It seems Google is the only one fighting the request, and how long that will last may depend on investors, who yesterday showed their dismay by giving google its largest % drop so far. The others like Yahoo, and Microsoft caved in immediately. But what is right? What is good? In this particular case its good, since its "intent" is to combat child porn on the internet.

But my fear are those broad ranging words, believed, and intent, for they can cover alot of deliberate misuses by Big Brother. Did you know that in America, if you can prove you were in fear for you life, you can kill that person who created the fear, no matter how ridiculous that fear may seem to others? Yes as long as you can prove it was a genuine fear to you, you are justified. Mind you, I never said it WAS a real fear, just that IF you can make others believe it then you can get away with murder. That is what I fear most about giving any government too much power, it can be misused.