Building a database, taking names

What do you call a man who vigorously defends what he said he wasn’t doing and would never do? What do you do when such a man says “trust me?”

"We're not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans,” says Bush after revelations that the phone records of tens of millions of phone calls by American citizens have been turned over to the Feds. USA Today reports in today's editions that AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., and BellSouth Corp. telephone companies have turned over records of their customers' phone calls to the NSA since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Oh no, we may peek through your bedroom window but we’re not really watching and of course we "strictly target al-Qaeda and their known affiliates." They must have tens of millions of “known affiliates” right here in the US of A. Maybe you and maybe me, George isn't talking, he's just building a database and taking names in a way that has to remind anyone who grew up on WW II movies of that Gestapo officer with the wire rim spectacles and shiny boots.

"The government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval," Bush said, repeating what he said before he admitted that they did just that and claimed he didn’t even need approval.

Why do the papers bother to report this wildly inconsistent, self-contradictory and mendacious garbage? Bush does what he wants, denies being restricted by the law and his entire administration refuses to admit any responsibility to the citizens.

Why do we still have ten people in this country who still support this incompetent, egomaniacal and corrupt administration? Why does anyone still support the man who has tossed aside the promise our constitution gave us?

There is an answer to that question but it is too sad and too horrible to contemplate.