We're absolutely insane in America.
Completely bonkers.
And I'll prove it.
For the last couple of weeks, we've been freaking out over the idea that the Federal government is examining phone records with no personal information attached in an attempt to isolate calling patterns that might indicate terrorist operations. We're upset that the government would even think of invading our privacy that way and we want someone's head on a platter.
But it's okay that I have to show a State ID card, sign a log book, and provide my name, address and Social Security number if I want to buy some cold medicine.
It's called perspective and I think we need to get some.
PS: For the record, I don't like either invasion of privacy. It just seems to me that getting the phone logs is much less invasive than the whole cold medicine thing and has a much greater justification.