Bloody nose

We now return to our regularly scheduled blog already in progress. Previously, I compared threats to our rights to being punched in the nose. To be honest, I think our collective nose is redder than Bozo the Clown's.

Here's why:

• The government believes (and we let them) that they can listen to our phone calls without a warrant.
• The Chief Executive has sole authority to declare someone an enemy combatant.
• Old energy plants have upgraded capacity without improving emissions in violation of the EPA's New Source Review requirements
• Mountain Top Removal mining waste is dumped into our rivers and streams.
• Financial reform regulation exempts used car loans from oversight.
• There is still nearly 4 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico
• Oil companies are not paying market value for their drilling royalties.
• Wall Street is using government loans to buy govenment bonds and pocketing the profits.
• Egg companies are selling salmonella contaminated eggs
• Phone companies are using our cell phone signals to tell police where we are.

This is just to name a few. If the flow from our noses were rain, Noah would be building a boat.