Privacy? Confidentiality? Secrets? Fahgetaboutit.

[Cyrano]

Any politician (Dem or Thug) that thinks that such a thing as privacy or confidentiality still exists is an idiot. Never mind Eliot Spitzer. I'm talking about all of them.

In the film "Goodfellas," Pauly (Paul Sorvino) "got it." He never ever talked on the phone, ever, to anyone.

In the film "Casino," Joe Pesci's character "got it." He knew the FBI was using lip readers and would cover his mouth when talking in public.

There's a lesson here for all of us. We now have a government that has virtually absolute power to see, hear and know everything about us. Hell, they even have satellites that can tell if we just blew your nose.

With the disappearance of confidentiality and privacy, we might as well tear up the Bill of Rights. None of them mean anything if those in power have the ability to nullify them on a whim or an "executive order."

My point here is that technology has made the Bill of Rights obsolete. (And, for anyone who doesn't know what the Bill of Rights are, they are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.)

So here's my question. What do we do now?