[Halfdeck]

The politicians are too busy playing the beat-the-other-party game and the tax payers are getting the short end of the stick. Both sides seem to think getting rid of the other party is the silver bullet. This is one reason I like the Bush Sr. and Clinton partnership. No political BS -- just two guys working together to make a difference.

I used to like Hillary Clinton till she ran for the Senate. Now whatever comes out of her mouth is just party-line rhetoric.

As for Google vs the gov -- I'm not going to judge the government's intent or their methods, but it seems to me if they hired a few more webmasters, they would realize they don't need Google's database to nail kiddie pornographers or whatever they're trying to get done. If they're looking for search strings/IPs to track down surfers, then they're barking up the wrong tree.