Eliot's whimper

It's considered impolite to bring up politics or religion in casual conversation.

I think we may need to change that rule. More and more, I'm finding people either know nothing about the political landscape, or have very disturbing views. The most common disturbing view is, "who cares if the Bush administration listens in on my phone calls? It's only a problem if you have something to hide."

Oh, how I long for the days when we had certain unalienable rights. Why aren't people talking about this?

UPDATE: After rereading this entry, it feels like I wrote the same introduction before. If that's true, I apologize. I endeavor to be more creative!