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So now we find out the government has been collecting the dialed and recieved phone numbers of somewhere between 10-20 million americans. Not only is tht outragous, it's also been deemed by just about every non-government lawyer as obviously illegal. AT&T, Verizon, and Bellsouth all complied with the request, putting them at risk for around $10 billion in lawsuits. In fact, two of the companies are ALREADY facing class-action suits for just that.

What's absolutely ridiculous is that president bush came out and once again defended his illegal actions, saying he was "protecting national security, blah blah blah." His usual excuse. Except nobody is buying it anymore. Also, just because "members of congress" were briefed on the program DOESNT make it legal, as the president would like to imply. Congressmen make mistakes too*cough*DukeCunninghamTomDelayKatherineHarris*cough*. The government still has to follow the constitution, even if they share their nefarious plans with a few legislators.

And check this out; a poll of over 1000 americans comparing people's attitudes towards bush and President Clinton yielded some interesting results. This is from cnn.com.

Respondents favored Clinton by greater than 2-to-1 margins when asked who did a better job at handling the economy (63 percent Clinton, 26 percent Bush) and solving the problems of ordinary Americans (62 percent Clinton, 25 percent Bush). (Watch whether Americans are getting nostalgic for the Clinton era -- 1:57)

On foreign affairs, the margin was 56 percent to 32 percent in Clinton's favor; on taxes, it was 51 percent to 35 percent for Clinton; and on handling natural disasters, it was 51 percent to 30 percent, also favoring Clinton.

Moreover, 59 percent said Bush has done more to divide the country, while only 27 percent said Clinton had.

When asked which man was more honest as president, poll respondents were more evenly divided, with the numbers -- 46 percent Clinton to 41 percent Bush -- falling within the poll's margin of error. The same was true for a question on handling national security: 46 percent said Clinton performed better; 42 percent picked Bush.

Americans chose Clinton in every single area, from economy to national security. How hilarious is that? Bush's popularity has dropped to 29%, and now he can't win on even a single issue. Granted, Clinton was a great president, and it's unfortunate that his extracurricular activities are always going to overshadow that, but come one; bush couldn't win ONE catagory? Bush always talks about "history judging him." Well guess what? History is staring you right in the face, and telling you you're the worst president ever. Quit spying on americans, quit openly disregarding the constitution, and follow through on your campaign promises to cut the deficit, and fix social security and medicare. How difficult is that? Apparently too difficult for a C+ student who ran away from his military service and ran every company he was in charge of into the ground. Wow, didn't see that coming.