If they can read our mail, what’s next?

I read in the paper about one more missing freedom (“Bush claims mail rights,” Friday). The way I see it, someone can now read my mail, record my telephone, keep me from eating what I want when I go out, keep me from smoking in my favorite pub where I used to go to watch the weekly games (the last two whether the owner wants to or not).

If I live in a condo, the other people who live there can keep me from smoking in my home, and I am sure new orders will be coming soon. I am not sure why we wanted to fight Iraq to give them freedom, when I bet they could do all those things under Saddam. Please take notice of the things I can hazily see in our future. Do not weigh too much, a notice will come telling you how much you can eat, and/or weigh. Chocolate, candies, ice cream, meat and other goodies will be behind a section of the grocery store where you have to prove you can have them in the amount requested and sign for them, as you do now for over-the-counter medicines that have ingredients in them the government does not want you messing with. And last but not least, they will probably have to approve of your choice of partner and your choice to have a kid. Lots of luck in the future. Russia does look better than we were led to believe. We can catch up.

Margaret Ford

Lynnwood