NSA Phone tapping- is this really a new problem?

I was watching the View yesterday and Elizabeth was on a rant about her civil liberties being violated by the Obama administration and she hit a nerve.  First of all-  I believe the whole checking telephone records and emails started after 911 with a little something passed by Congress called the Patriot act. 

I have never been a fan of the Patriot act.  That law did remove our civil liberties.  Elizabeth that law was passed and acted upon first during your man Bush's administration.  Why was everything fine then, but when the Obama administration carries on the same exact policy- in order to "check on terrorist activity"- all of a sudden now you are worried about your civil liberties.

I have never been a fan of the Patriot Act.  In fact I worried because I had to look up the spelling of the chemical called ricin for my last blog and I didn't leave up the web page I viewed too long so as not to be identified as a possible "terrorist". 

I know that Elizabeth believes that she is the greatest Patriot on the view.  Elizabeth- this country was founded on freedom and I really believe that our forefathers would be very unhappy with the Patriot Act.  I think that President Obama has extended way too many of the bad Bush policies such as this in order to maintain the status quo.  But seriously- when you vacillate 360 degrees between the Bush and the Obama administration on the same point, the only difference left is the party behind the president and his race.

Misunderstood- "GOT"

I am one of the people that are on the fringe of the Game of Thrones phenomenon. I love to watch it, but I have very little idea how everyone is related and connected to each other.  One of my students watches it and has read all the books and he told me that last night's episode would be when "all Hell breaks loose" and he was right. I was completely stunned at what happened. The Red Wedding was quite a spectacle!  It goes to show that no one is off limits for assassination.

Again- I haven't read the books and I am clueless, but my hope is that the girls become the leaders.  I hope that the Terrell girl kills Joffrey- her new husband.  Then she will become THE Queen instead of a queen.  I hope Deanerys  joins forces with the Stark children and wipes out the white walkers with vision, mind control and Dragon power.

Gatsby is Great!

I just wanted to take a minute to endorse  "The Great Gatsby".  I read the book in high school (over 30 years ago), and I was afraid that I wouldn't remember any of the story.  I was mesmerized by the visual aspects of the movie and I did remember the story.  I think that Leonardo was a captivating Gatsby. I had heard all the negatives about the soundtrack not matching the era-I completely disagree.  The movie was perfect. I loved the music, costumes and all the lavish scenery.  The contrast of the wealth in Long Island to the poor, coal laden slums on the outskirts of new York city is just perfect.  Go see this movie!