I’m at least as thrilled as you are that Team Chimpy now wants to see everything we’ve ever searched for online. Maybe there’s a way we can have a bit of fun while protesting at the same time.

Since I’m constantly researching stuff I’m writing about, I’ve had Google set as the default page in my browser for years now. (And since I used to write for “CSI,” I don’t even want to think about how many horrific ways to, say, mutilate a body are somewhere in my search records. I’m pretty sure “how to boil a skull” is in there somewhere. Seriously. And to answer your next question, I was eventually advised by a guy at the FBI that adding a dash of Biz to the water is a big help. Yes, that specific brand. No, he didn’t know why.)

So that will all be superfun if Team Chimpy gets their next spying wish.

But today, I entered the complete text of the Fourth Amendment –

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

– into the Google search window, generating this resulting URL.

And I have set this page in my browser’s preferences as my new default window.

So I still have a Google search page every time I open a window. But now I’m also adding a fun little protest directly into the data. This is oddly satisfying, every time.

Just thought maybe others might want to do the same.

UPDATE: You want creepy? Emailer Craig points out that the Microsoft search engine simply doesn’t recognize the Fourth Amendment at all.

We couldn’t find any results containing Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized..

No wonder they won’t fight the Chimp.

UPDATE part deux: Two different emailers have now written in to share the exact chemistry of why Biz is singularly good at getting tissue off bone, leaving your old skulls fresh-smelling and whiter than white. The Great Collective Mind is truly amazing. I cannot believe that Biz has wasted the chance for perhaps the greatest marketing campaign in history.

Just a shame no one can write in with a simple way to stop humankind from generating quite so many skulls in the first place.