The NSA thing is interesting. It is one of the reasons one must listen to the bubbling brook Bush so intently. It is not that he makes his pronouncements officially. They tend to leak out of him because of his boyish excitement.

That's why it's important to listen to his "off the cuff" remarks. Worried about your e-mail, browsing, and purchasing records? He was way ahead of you and gave you a "heads up!" warning on April 5, 2001 at the American Society of Newspaper Editors during their annual convention held at the Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C.

Boy George told them, "I'll give you one area, though, where I'm very cautious, and that's about e-mailing. I used to be an avid e-mailer, and I e-mailed to my daughters or e-mailed to my father, for example. And I don't want those e-mails to be in public — in the public domain. So I don't e-mail any more, out of concern for freedom of information laws, but also concern for my privacy."

Interesting. Upon hearing that at first one would walk away not thinking much. But digesting it might produce something like: Doesn't the White House have the "best and the brightest" working on secure communications? In light of the question, which had to do with freedom of information laws, why would a note to a daughter or a father not be considered endearing to the public even IF it were to be made public?

Or perhaps a bigger question. Why isn't the privacy of the average American (presumably one with absolutely NOTHING... REALLY, REALLY, NOTHING to hide or keep private) worth as much as this obviously exceptional moral man?

It's kind of funny, in a way, there are no pictures of average Americans kissing or holding the hand, in a loving way, with one of the leaders of the main financiers (Saudis) of the butchery currently called the GWOT.

For those frothing at the mouth over illegal aliens, he also said some interesting things about immigration and jobs in 2001 (you "shoulda" seen it coming).

Ask Jeeves, Google, Yahoo (or whatever other search engine is available) to look it up. Ask a simple question: "Anyone who wants a job...?"

Then determine the "framing" of his statement and determine where the "average" American hoping to achieve or continue the "American Way Of Life (aka 'Our Way of Life')" fits in when it comes to BushLand.