Thoughts on the government....Part 1

I remember as a teenager signing a petition to our government asking for them to help women in Afghanistan and other countries where horrific things were happening to them. Beatings, murder, rapes, Female circumcision(the reason being the males wanted them to feel no pleasure during sex)....etc. I remember my dad and mom being a little worried that my name and address would somehow get into the hands of the bad guys. I guess you worry because, well, their terrorists. I never thought there would be a day you'd have to worry about our own government and what it is capable of. The newest news is that

"The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet."

Certainly I'm not comparing our government to those who treat their people cruelly. But the connection there is fear that the government will collect your comments and information and somehow use them against you.

I used to think people were paranoid of the government were just people with some screws loose. This past year with him in office has seen undeniable violations of some of our most basic rights. I'm not talking about just collecting our information and comments online, obviously they've done so much more.

We really need to pray for our country.

There just has to be a real change, a good change in the years to come. I almost hate to use that word because of what Obama has done to it! Change. Huh. Oh well, there's my two cents. I'm going to go post this on my blog. It started out just telling you my feelings ! lol. Now it's a blog post.