I don't really follow the news, but I do have a vague understanding of current topics, mostly gleaned from overhearing other people's conversations or a couple minutes of The Daily Show every week. There seems to be some kind of concern over wiretapping recently; I think it has something to do with the head of the CIA, but I may be mistaken, and I am certainly too lazy to actually look it up online. This entire fear over wiretapping is something that I find very amusing. As far as I can tell, it comes from people greatly overestimating their own importance. There seems to be this fear, and even outrage by some, that the government is listening in on the lives of ordinary citizens like you and me.

I, for one, don't understand this at all. Let me be the first to allay many people's fears: the government does not give a damn about you. Were you not to have your social security card or driver's license, the government would more than likely have absolutely no clue who you even are. Sure if you are stupid enough to commit a serious crime directly in front of the government's nose, they might take a passing interest in you. Oh, and they also don't like it when you stop paying your taxes. But other than that, you are simply not important enough for the government to care about you. We are talking about people here who's official jobs deal with keeping this country running as smoothly and safely as possible(though how effective they are at this is certainly debatable), and who's unofficial jobs involve bribes, drugs, and the best prostitutes in the entire country. Do you really think these people give a damn about your conversation with your friend over how you think the bald guy from American Idol got screwed? Or about you recounting your Texas Hold 'Em tournament last week? Trust me, most of the shit that you talk about over the phone with your friends is the most useless, inane prattle ever known to man. And I know: I've been listening outside your window. And believe me, no one with a life of any kind cares enough to listen to this bullshit. Hell, it's sometimes so boring that it makes me want to go out, clean myself up, and "interact" with "people." So do you really think these guys, who have women who will sleep with them simply because they have power, really have the time or the interest to listen in on you whining to your sister that your mom has cancer? They have much more important things to do, like figuring out which country we're going to attack next (my guess: Uzbekistan. I'm not too sure where it is, but I'm pretty sure they don't care too much for America, seeing as they are not located within America).