Far too many Americans are unable to realize the fact that there is no such thing as privacy anymore. Your neighbor across the street may have the technological ability to overhear everything you say in the "privacy" of your own home, and accounting firms list names, addresses and associated social security numbers on servers -- suposedly secure from snoops. For a price -- a completely "legal" price -- you can get partial access to that data. It's on the web now.

The "private" citizen of today simply cannot maintain true privacy, and at the same time demand that the good guys catch the bad guys. Everyone comes under scrutiny. The best suggestion for such people is to simply keep your nose clean, and think before you act -- or, as the case may be, before you speak -- particularly when you are away from your home ground.

One day, life may become fair -- but it won't be today,
Dan