I received an email forward tonight. I'm in Nebraska, and the email doesn't have tons of indents and multiple lists of forwarding addresses...the original sender was a fella in Deshler, NE, farm country. He may have cleaned up some layers of indents, or maybe he just spends a little too much time at Redstate and decided to take it upon his own nutty self to send this out to all his backwards-ass chums. Don't ask how it made it to me. :)

Below the fold I'm just going to paste the entire message, and the only thing that was different in the original was that it included a picture of Barack Obama himself, apparently speaking at a podium. Read on.

As discussed yesterday in This largely ignored diary, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed legal briefs and evidence Wednesday seeking a preliminary injunction in its class-action lawsuit against telecom giant AT&T.

"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston.

Slightly more below:

OK, the headline is a little cold. I guess I'm just inspired by what the AP wants me to think.

The article is encouraging in that it would appear the Democrats are making some kind of move to win this goddamned election:

In the position paper to be announced Wednesday, Democrats say they will double the number of special forces and add more spies, which they suggest will increase the chances of finding al-Qaida's elusive leader. They do not set a deadline for when all of the 132,000 American troops now in Iraq should be withdrawn.

But lines like this certainly make one wonder whose side the AP is on (like we don't know already):

The latest in a series of party policy statements for 2006, the Democrats' national security platform comes seven months before voters decide who will control the House and Senate and as Democrats seek to cut into the public perception that the Republicans are stronger on national security.

Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News has posted this great article regarding a solution to Jon Corzine's first problem after his swearing in: Who to pick for his old Senate seat.

This choice is utterly crucial, as the 2006 election will bring formidable competition in the form of Republican state Senator Tom Kean Jr.