No, I'm not living until tinfoil after my last post -- I got busy with real-life things (work, etc.) and the day got away from me. I'll be back soon, but for now I'll share this about Surveillancegate, from Aimai in comments:
But I will say that clearly right wing fears that Obama will use this information (such as it is) for nefarious purposes are clearly overblown. If he had his hands on the dirt on the Republican congress he could have passed all his legislation in a single session.Indeed. And if he were really the modern-day Nixon and had access to massive amounts of secret data, he would have driven the one semi-electable GOP candidate out of the race in 2012 instead of allowing him to win the nomination -- in fact, I think he would arranged to win a 49-state landslide against surprise nominee Herman Cain. Don't you think?
