Redefine this: SCARY!

So a top US intelligence official thinks it’s time for Americans to change their definition of privacy, eh? In a recent AP article, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Daniel Kerr said we Americans need to understand that privacy means that the government and the businesses it employs to spy on us will safeguard our private communications. I don’t need someone to safeguard my private information because it’s private and I do that myself. I don’t need to outsource that task. Sorry Danny but private means private as in ‘fak off’ and ‘leave me the fak alone.’ Do I read your emails or listen to your phone calls to protect you from maybe answering one of those Nigerian spam emails or paying too much for car insurance? No. But, that's because I know when to fak off and you don't.

Let’s just chuck out Merriam-Webster's definition of privacy as in ‘right to privacy’ for the new Bush-Cheney's dictionary with foreword by Karl Rove. That dictionary is written on the fly with a very specific purpose in mind: to allow the Bush administration to infringe upon constitutional rights without having to face scrutiny for doing so. That’s really what Deputy Dan meant about redefining privacy. Yes, ok. Sure. Let’s rewrite the dictionary so we need not rewrite the US Constitution so these faks can do whatever the fak they damn well please without someone telling them what they’re doing is illegal. Invade our privacy, listen to our private phone calls, read our emails. Please come into my house and snoop around because after all, you are doing so to protect me from the terrorists. Are you interested in my laundry detergent? I ask because I’m one of those crazy environmentalists who buys those hippyesque veggie-based soaps in my meager attempt to cut the demand for petroleum and war. I'm also very anti-styrofoam and disposable containers in general if you're keeping track. I also recycle and don't take long showers because I realize the water supply is not endless. Please arrest me. I know – nasty tree hugger. Track the reading material of airline passengers as per a previous whatthefak.com article and our library books because you claim such vital data is pertinent in tracking potential terrorists. Really? I wonder what the average terrorist reads but I’ll bet it’s not about terrorism.

Does reading about terrorism make you a terrorist? If I read about supermodels or millionaires, do I become one? I rather like that idea. Sorry but I think they’re mostly interested in the people reading books about impeaching Bush or violations of civil liberties for fear that this small population might wake the rest of America the fak up to how they’re being raped of their rights. Bush’s boys aren’t nosing through your reading lists on the lookout for the traditional definition of terrorist. After all, we know they’re keen on ‘redefining terminology’ from their history of adjusting technicalities to suit their own interests. A classic example is their redefined definition of ‘enemy combatant’ so they can illegally hold people indefinitely and subject them to torture without answering to anyone because they simply don’t agree with the globally accepted definition outlined by the Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.Oh but that's right - they weren't torturing those people or sending them to other countries to be tortured as originally claimed. I mean, really I've heard Guantanamo often compared to the kind of detention center fit for a stay by Martha Stewart as it's often mistaken for a 5 star luxury resort with courtesy wakeup calls in a lovely climate-controlled environment where soothing music plays 24/7 around the compound and we all know Syria and Egypt are known to be incredibly hospitable to detained visitors. But but Bush says: all of this is necessary to protect us from terrorists. Sure George. You just get your rocks off playing the role of the world's most powerful cowboy. Doing what you wish and getting away with it helps stoke your fear campaign so you can maintain control.