my grandfather had a name for it

a newsbag. that is to say someone who minds everyone else's bid-nez BUT their own. remind you of anyone? hint: the bushwhacked administration.

once again i ask thee, how the HELL can you determine how old someone is who looks at porn online from search engine records? the answer is YOU CANNOT. GET THE EFF OUT OF MY PRIVATE LIFE

another story from the nation

by Robert Scheer

You've Got Jail
[posted online on January 25, 2006]
In case someone in the Justice Department is reading this, let me hasten to explain why I just clicked on the Victoria's Secret online catalog photo featuring a certain "Very Sexy Lace & Mesh Garter Belt." AOL made me do it.
Yes, the very same AOL which, like Yahoo and MSN, but not Google, has readily agreed to let you government snoops scrutinize the search words and results from their online search engine data archives. If AOL is going to let the government know where I've been, they should admit they entrapped me!
(Honestly, officer, I heard that perky voice say, "You've got mail," and then this ad popped up, and there was this lady in her undergarments, and anyway it was just research.)
OK, so for the time being, the Bush Administration claims that it won't try to connect my name, or yours, with the massive bits of raw data they are demanding from the companies with the most popular search engines. Apparently they are seeking evidence to prove that online porn is very popular and easily accessible as part of a last-ditch lawsuit to implement the Child Online Protection Act blocked by the courts.
I'm not sure that proving the popularity of pornography is going to make the case for censoring it, but the point here today is my extreme discomfort with the Justice Department's cozy relationship with online giants like Microsoft and AOL, companies that already know way, way too much about how we as individuals use the Internet. Why should I trust the Justice Department any more than I trust the NSA bugging phone calls and scanning e-mails without warrants, or Homeland Security looking for terrorists by scrutinizing bookstore purchases and library check-outs?
Bottom line is these guys in the Bush Administration are obsessed voyeurs, poking their noses into everyone's business, whether the excuse is squelching pornography or preventing terrorism. They simply do not believe civil liberties and privacy are important. It is an executive branch power trip, and completely anti-democratic. ...........