Something that will make you laugh
I was unaware that this has happened but, a a London-based activist organization Privacy International gave out awards this week.

The "Worst Government Official" award went to Ashcroft. Privacy International said the top U.S. law enforcement officer is responsible for a massive increase in wiretapping of phones and other electronics and for the imprisonment without charge of as many as 1,200 people in the United States after the Sept. 11 attacks on America.

The "Worst Corporate Invader" honor went to Ellison of Oracle, the leading maker of database software, for his advocacy of a centralized, Oracle-run government database that could be used as a national identification system.

Thank god George Orwell still inspires some of us.