Local officials defy the Patriot Act
When the Patriot Act passed into law I decided that I didn't want anything at all to do with America. The idea that a government agency can track any information about me is truly disturbing. Agents of the only superpower on earth could look up what books I've borrowed from a library, what I buy at the store (via credit cards), what I watch on television (via TiVo) and anything else.
Without telling me. And while preventing the banks, library, or credit card companies from telling me too.
Blech! Praise God, I'm a Canadian, eh.
I think I may visit this little town in California. Maybe I already have, on a road trip. Either way, I'm really very impressed. Maybe that's what I'll do in the summer.