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Since when has this administration cared about privacy?

What does Sarah Palin have to hide in her Yahoo e-mails?

The same political faction which today is prancing around in full-throated fits of melodramatic hysteria and Victim mode (their absolute favorite state of being) over the sanctity of Sarah Palin’s privacy are the same ones who scoffed with indifference as it was revealed during the Bush era that the FBI systematically abused its Patriot Act powers to gather and store private information on thousands of innocent Americans; that Homeland Security officials illegally infiltrated and monitored peaceful, law-abiding left-wing groups devoted to peace activism, civil liberties and other political agendas disliked by the state; and that the telephone calls of journalists and lawyers have been illegally and repeatedly monitored.

I twittered about this briefly yesterday, but decided that it was too big a deal to simply pass up.

AT&T thanks the Blue Dog Democrats with a lavish party

This is simply disgusting. If you want to know why Congress has the lowest approval ratings in history, here is a great start.

Greenwald writes:

There was a wall of private security deployed around the building, and after asking where the press entrance was, we were told by the security officials, after they consulted with event organizers, that the press was barred from the event, and that only those with invitations could enter

This is why I hate politics, and this is why I agree with the single-digit approval ratings Congress receives.