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So President Bush has authorized a secret eavesdropping program more than 3 dozen times since October 2001. According to Bush he has done everything "within the law" but won't reveal whether the spying was done without obtaining warrants because it would "tie his hands in the fight on terrorists." I'm all for protecting the American people, however, I think Bush needs to have some accountability.

In other news, a new oil pipeline opened up leading from Kazakhstan to China. I'm convinced that one of these days, in the not too distant future, the US is going to wake up and no longer be THE superpower. China is quickly becoming a country to be reckoned with.

Georgia, the Carolinas, Maryland, and Virginia all got socked with wicked winter weather. An ice storm chilled a number of states and as the ice built up on tree limbs power lines were brought down as the limbs snapped. More than half a million people were left without power and there were several deaths as a result of the storm. One poor man in Charlotte, NC, was killed when a tree crushed him in his home. The tree buckled as a result of the heavy ice. Another reminder that Mother Nature holds the cards and uses them at will. And, no, Mother Nature is not God.

paul