Against my own better judgement, I signed up for Facebook a while ago.  It took my wife, several family members, and a plethora of friends to convince me that I needed to “connect” with everyone.  To be honest, it’s been a good place to exchange pictures of the kids and exchange pithy but non-consequential comments.  I’ve refrained from using it to play games and annoy people, but I’m aware of the many applications available.

I’ve also restricted the amount of information I give Facebook, because a wise man once told me that if I’m not paying to use a service, then I’m not the customer, I’m the product.

But you do have to give a few things, like name and location.  I gave those so that family would be able to find me on the service, but now I’m starting to regret not doing a bit of fibbing.

You see, in their infinite wisdom, Facebook is allowing a company to mine the information on Facebook so that the Democratic Party can figure out who they can bother looking for donations.  The way it works appears to be that people can allow the company to download their list of ‘friends’ and their locations, compare that list to the list of people already donating to the party, then hit the ones with more sense than to give money to the Democrats up for a donation.

So, let me say this:  Don’t any of you individuals with a sick sense of humor even consider it.  I swear, if I get a single phone call from a Democratic operative looking for me to open my wallet, I will find out who clued them to my existence, and I will find you.  You’ll be lucky if I just get you drunk and leave you naked and penniless in Tegucigalpa.  If I’m feeling charitable, I might not write “Your mother’s a whore” in Spanish on your forehead before I leave you in that drainage ditch.

What would induce someone to give their list of friends to a political spammer?  Just when I think I can’t be surprised anymore, this kind of thing climbs out of the sewer of slime to kick me in the butt.