WATCHING THE WATCHERS

Medical privacy might not be on the top of your personal watch list, but as more and more data is gathered, more and more data is shared and used. Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post will explain to us how health insurance companies are now looking at our prescription records and why that ain’t a good thing.

FROM THE CAMPAIGN

Barack Obama gave a "major" speech on energy yesterday. And John McCain is giving a speech to bikers at Sturgis. We’ll compare and contrast.

Kuby wants to ask you what you think of the comprehensive energy plan being proposed in Congress now. Would you be willing to support drilling if it meant more money for renewable energy? What kind of bargain are you willing to strike?

Also, do you think John McCain is really implying that Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ? Seriously! Watch this ad and decide. We’ll take your calls on that.

Our favorite new website of the day: www.mccainslobbyists.com The site shows you which fat cat lobbyists have donated to maverick reformer John McCain, and which are actually running his campaign. Interesting clicking. Have some fun, report what you find in the comments below or send us an email.

SOME GOOD NEWS – SORT OF

We should always herald the positive news cause so many of the headlines are disaster and smear. But sometimes it only looks good when you skim the headlines. The Pentagon is set to close a controversial domestic spying unit. The Defense Department said it had "disestablished" the Counterintelligence Field Activity office. 1) What exactly is "disestablished." 2) Who even knew THIS domestic spying office existed. And 3) What about all the other offices?

The duties of the "disestablished" office will be picked up by a new group: The Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center. So… .are we being spied on more or less now?

Plus, cloning your pets, an earthquake in china, suing the DMV for $16, being too fat to be executed and much much more …