WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS! - AT 4:55 P.M. ET:  From Fox News:

This isn't a cookie-cutter administration.

The Office of Management and Budget is considering reversing a nine-year ban on using "cookies" to track users' preferences and interests on federal Web sites.

The shift in policy is being billed as a way for government to enter the 21st century and for federal agencies to use the same technology utilized on news sites, retail sites and social media networks. Online retailers, for example, use cookies to suggest items of interest based on previous purchases. If you recently bought a New York Yankees jersey, a Web site might recommend buying a book about Alex Rodriguez the next time you visit.

But some privacy advocates say changing the policy for federal Web sites is troubling. If you check out the FBI's Most Wanted List, they say, the government would know. If you want information from the CDC about pregnancy or AIDS, the government would know. Big Brother could quite literally be watching you.

COMMENT:  And these people complained about Bush's surveillance policies.  Of course, Bush was peeking in at terrorists, truly a moral outrage in the Obama universe.  These new people just want to know about the rebellious mobs out there...formerly called citizens.

August 12, 2009