I’ve actually been so outraged by the news that the President authorized the NSA to conduct warrantless wiretaps of Americans that I haven’t been able to blog about it at all.

Isn’t it bad enough that there’s a secret court that would normally be responsible for authorizing those warrants? Or that the standard for getting a warrant is that law enforcement says it’s related to a foreign intelligence investigation? They’ve turned down 5 of these requests — out of thousands — since 1978! And law enforcement don’t even need the warrant in advance — they can start the wiretap in "an emergency" as long as they ask for one within 3 days.

The President does not get to ignore the law. He’s the president of the GOVERNMENT for crying out loud! The legal structure!!! And it is insane and ridiculous and un-FSUKING-believable that he claims "Congress authorized me to use force in Afghanistan, therefore I could ignore the US CONSTITUTION and other legal civil liberties protections."

No.

Mr. President, Afghanistan and Al-Queda were how you convinced Congress to pass the Patriot Act. I may not think it’s a good law, but it IS a law. If you wanted warrantless wiretaps, you should have asked for them. At the time, you probably would have frigging gotten them!

But you didn’t. Now you’ve broken the law. And you’ve broken it in a massive and outrageous way.

In an IMPEACHABLE way.

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On the personal side, Smudge is bigger and so are most of his movements. They’re starting to feel extremely strange. And I’m working on a Top 10 Things I’m Looking Forward to Doing When I’m Not Pregnant list.

I’m also researching cool, high-tech cloth diapers. Fuzzi Bunz, Happy Heiny’s pocket diapers, Wonderalls, and StarBunz (for special occasions) seem to get the best reviews. Our intent is to use a mix of cloth & disposable, but the cloth will have to be pretty convenient and easy or we’ll wind up giving up on them.

Fruit & Veg Count, 12/18: 1 organic gala apple, 1 cup organic butternut squash. (Thinly sliced and sauteed so it caramelizes. YUM!!!)
12/19: 2/3 cup mixed veggies (beans, peas, summer squash, carrots).