It’s 2006 and the Sky is Falling ……………………NOT !

The Media has been all-a-twitter over the following “breathtaking” news items:

1. The NSA (National Security Agency) actually keeps track of who tries to access its website, and, if its doesn’t like the looks of a “visitor”, it brazenly takes a closer look !

Egad ! , the Privacy People cry . They’re going to peer into all those dark and nasty websites we frequent !

Well, maybe so. If NSA thinks you might be a foreign agent, or a terrorist – foreign or domestic – out to hack into their system - chances are they ARE going to take a damn good look at you – and more power to them for showing some common sense !

2. The White House web keeps track of how many people visit its site.

Yep. And so does this website.

That’s right: you are being counted !

3. There is tension between the Administration, Congress, and the Courts !

Gee ! Didn’t anybody study American History or Social Studies, or Civics - or whatever in heck it is called now ?

The tension between these three bodies is what helps keep our democracy reasonably democratic – (and it “sells newspapers” as well.)

Should that tension vanish – as it has, from time to time – democracy itself may be in danger.

Oh, by the way: the people who say the sky is falling know perfectly well it is NOT.

They just hope you’ll be dumb enough to fall for their nonsense.

RELAX …AND HAVE A HAPPY , HEALTHY , and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR !!