In a rose garden ceremony President Bush signed a bill that grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases. And it overhauls rules about government eavesdropping.

I will agree, this is landmark legislation. It makes me wonder if the already unpopular lame-duck president will now go down in some history books as the mother-hen president that opened the doors to limiting free speech and stripping the U.S. of one of its more precious rights. Who in their right mind will now, speak, email, surf, chat, or text anything derogatory about our beloved U.S.?

Will we now have specialized sniffer applications within the telecom industry that searches every transmission? Will there now be a sleeper telecom company that steps up to the plate and offers non-tapping communication? Will high-powered personal communication devices hit the market? Watch out U.S.! This could get interesting.