I guess the world is ending.  And, with things as they are, it’s probably not a big loss in the cosmic overview.

The NRA and the ACLU have teamed up to fight the NSA, the FBI, the DOJ, the DOD and a particularly militant branch of the AARP.  (Okay, I made up the AARP part but I couldn’t help myself so it doesn’t count.)

The NRA and ACLU want the rest of them to stop datamining.

Datamining is in the eye of the beholder.  The government already knows how much money I make, what my house is worth, how many people live here and through medicare, all my aches and pains.

But that’s not all —

Kroger knows everything I ate for the past six months, how much toilet paper I use, whether or not I have a dog, if I have an alcohol problem and my favorite shade of nail polish.

Google knows everything I have bought or thought about buying on the internet.  So does Facebook.

My city government knows when I water my yard and how much garbage I have.  My county government knows what books I have checked out of the library and they also have my birth certificate, any lawsuits I have been involved in, what political primary I vote in, how many registered voters there are in my house, and how to find me for jury duty.

My state government knows what kind of car I drive, if I speed, and what letters I have written to Rick Perry.

American Express knows me better than my Momma does.

Yeah, I don’t want the government listening in on my phone calls.  Damn straight.  But, I wondering why we’re just starting to complain now.

Thanks to Mike for the heads up.