Cold Nights...That Warm Fuzzy Feeling...Watergate Revisited?...Not on the ACLU's Watch

I usually spend my nights surfing the inernet. Actually "surfing" is so cliche nowadays that I'll use a better word like "rummaging", or "exploring". There that's better, yes, indeed, I usually spend my nights "exploring" the internet. What I'm usually looking for are other blogs by fellow Texans, or entertainment websites. I do this because I've basically taken over the computer workspace, and my wife has to fight me tooth and nail, just to log onto our email account. So I feel a guilty obligation to inform her on all the latest entertainment headlines. Lately, I've had a sudden urge to do something more with this technology. Take action, become more involved. And that's when I came across the ACLU website. According to news reports, the ACLU has sued the NSA, National Security Administration, in order to "end spying and restore checks and balances". On there website, http://www.aclu.org/nsaspying, the ACLU contends that President Bush "signed an order, allowing the NSA to monitor phone calls and emails between people in this country and those abroad". Apparently, this type of government spying hasn't occured since the days of Nixon, the Watergate years. For those who don't know there history too well, Watergate is what almost got Nixon lynched. Is 'lynch' too harsh a word? Oh, nevermind, these are Republicans we're talking about, it almost got Nixon lynched, but through a series of backroom negotiations, he resigned from the Presidency and named Gerald Ford President on the condition that he give Nixon a full pardon for all crimes known or implied. So as I was just warming up to a cup of Peach flavored Green Tea, (I'm married, folks), I thought to myself, Okay, so the President allowed the NSA to spy on us? So what? Isn't that what the government does, anyway?....Not according to the First and Fourth Amendments, people. These rights entitle every United States citizen, born or naturalized, to the freedom of speech, and protection from illegal searches and seizures. President Bush's actions do by definition violate these Constitutional Amendments, and for this he must be held accountable. This is why I sent an email to the Senators representing this Great State of Texas to take action. Now. That's what they're there for folks, let us remember that, and remember what country we live in. I smiled just as I finished the last of the Peach flavored Green Tea from my cup, and thought that's all I need on a cold, windy night, that edge of knowing I put my "two cents in". That gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling.