Its Saturday morning, and I have a ton of work to do…

… but I’m not quite awake yet, so I’m dicking around on the internetz.

I love Bill Clinton, I think he was a fantastic president, and he had my passionate, adoring support during both of his terms. I still think this is funny.

On a not-quite-so-funny note, our beloved current president is using his same cheap scare tactics to bully the House and Senate into passing the fucking version of the FISA bill that gives retroactive immunity to the telecommunications companies that helped the federal government eavesdrop on American citizens without a warrant. This has nothing to do with protecting this country from terrorists, but it does have everything to do with civil rights. Passing this bill says that we’re all just fine with the government illegally spying on Americans with the aid of the private sector.

This is also about a corrupt government finding another way to hide its illegal activities from the people.

When I woke up this morning, my husband was on Patrick Leahy’s web site. He was in the process of writing to our representatives. There are ways to let your money speak, too. If you aren’t comfortable with AT&T and Verizon tapping your phones without a warrant, you should consider switching your service to a company like Working Assets.

Ted and I were talking about how futile the action of writing to your reps seems to be sometimes. It does seem like a raindrop in a barrel, but if we don’t speak, the House and Senate cannot know what’s important to the American people.