Almost 150 years ago, President Lincoln found it necessary to hire private investigator Alan Pinkerton for protection.

That was the beginning of the Secret Service. Since that time, the federal police authority has grown to a large number of multi-letter agencies: The FBI, CIA, INS, IRS, DEA, BATF, etc. Now we have the "Federal Air Transportation Airport Security Service."

Can't you see them now, these highly trained men and women in their black outfits with their initials in large white letters across their backs: "FATASS"

I feel safer already........

Does the recent loss of so much of our privacy to Bush's Orwellian Foolios make you feel safer too? Now instead of worrying about foreign terrorists, we can worry about Federal terrorists. Just like the old days when J. Edgar Hoover was in charge! SWELL!:stupid: