Hooray for Barney Google!

With those goo-goo-googley eyes...

Google defies White House over disclosing users' searches

Google is defying a request by the US government to hand over data revealing what its users are searching for online. The Bush administration wants a list of requests entered into Google's online search engine in an unspecified single week. It also wants 1m randomly selected web addresses from Google's databases.

More fishing by the Bush administration in the name of some Mom-and-Apple-Pie cause du jour, in this case, Internet porn. It's all a political smoke screen to hide their real purpose: to hunt down and destroy (metaphorically, at least) their opponents.

Remember--just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.