The Ignorant Investor

Okay, ordinarily I don't write about politics, but I couldn't resist today after seeing this paragraph in a NY Times story about Bush's latest poll numbers after he spent the week talking about why he can't be bothered to obtain a warrant before tapping citizen's e-mail or phone calls:

The poll also found that while many Americans would tolerate government eavesdropping on e-mails and phone calls without warrants to combat terrorism, they're concerned the program the Bush administration is aggressively promoting could encroach on their civil liberties.

In other words, "Feel free to listen in on everyone else's calls- just don't listen in on mine."

Call that the motto of the new, post 9/11 culture we live in. Sort of like "Live Free or Die" for the nervous and submissive. Note to state governments: I give you permission to use this motto for your license plates, if you want. More than half your citizens won't mind at all.