Some people have unreasonable expectations re: their privacy as a reader of DailyKos. Let me explain to you how easy it is for the government --and in fact more or less anyone-- to learn that you are a reader of this site:
So you want to spy on the DailyKos readership, eh? You naughty boy! Do the following:
Post a diary or a message and in the body of the message add a tiny image, either white or even better as an invisible "transparent gif". Serve this image from your favorite web server that has it's logging facility enabled. You now have your own personal DailyKos "web bug"!
Sit back and enjoy as the IP addresses of DailyKos' readership rolls in! You're well on your way to data mining for strategic individuals to disappear, harass, kidnap, arrest, detain or whatever else your little fascist heart desires. Should DailyKos address this problem? Yes. Force all embedded images to conspicuously announce themselves.
Prove me wrong, or address the problem and I'll update/delete this diary immediately as appropriate