Why is it that many of the same people that are so against the NSA wiretapping because they don't trust the government to maintain their privacy are also gung ho about having socialist (government controlled) health care? Isn't there an inconsistency there? You won't trust the government to listen in on phone calls with known or suspected terrorists, but you'll trust them with all your medical information? The potential for abuse is just as bad, is it not?

Of course one could say the same for me. I'm ok with the wiretapping to an extent, but against socialist health care. The difference is that one is essential to fighting terror in our midst, and the other is essential to nothing except pandering to poor people. And from that we realize that some Americans are against the government knowing their private business, but only when that might help catch terrorists. Medical information won't help catch terrorists, so it's ok for the government to know that stuff.

Now I'm not saying that these people actively favor terrorists, that's just one result of the "wiretapping bad, medical info good" mode of thought.