nineteen eighty-four turns sixty-four saturday
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AND RIGHT ON CUE WE LEARN THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SNOOPING ON MILLIONS OF VERIZON TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS COLLECTING PHONE RECORDS
Let's see ...
We who have been warning about this have been mocked and called hysterical, paranoid, and fear-mongers.
This spying on Americans is not some conspiracy theory - it is today's news (if you don't depend on the "Ministry of Truth" types out there).
People who ranted and raved when the previous administration intercepted TERRORIST phone calls originating overseas and all but demanded George Bush's arrest and imprisonment for "spying on Americans".
Remember?
Come on ... this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Massive government data bases are being set up to store information on innocent Americans to document (in many cases):
What you believe and think.
Who you talk to.
Your political leaning.
What you buy.
Where you live and where you go.
What you read.
The content of your prayers.
Your income and assets.
Your social media an internet records.
Your contributions and associations.
Your health (physical and mental) records.
Your Party affiliation.
Your gun ownership.
Your criticism of the government.
Everything about you - and soon we will all be tracked by devices on our cars, drones in the air, cameras on the streets and energy-monitoring devices in our homes.
And that's just a start. Soon they will have samples of all our DNA and imagine the possibilities of that in the hands of unscrupulous people - you know, like those "rogues" at the IRS who have been harassing and threatening people because they criticise the government or disagree with its policies or, God forbid, believe in the Constitution, the Bible, the sanctity of life and- yes - freedom.
George Orwell would be impressed.
Happy 64th!
Oh, I understand that no on dares comment on things like that ... except MAYBE to say, like Obama told those college graduates, Don't believe them when they tell you what's happening! You have no need to fear "the government". This is all much ado about nothing. After all - the media (which adore Obama) have been alarmed and outraged at being spied on by the government but they are already stepping back because, even the big, bloated government they adore CAN, after all, make their lives miserable.
You too are too scared to speak honestly ... and you have good reason to be.
I am not.
AND RIGHT ON CUE WE LEARN THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SNOOPING ON MILLIONS OF VERIZON TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS COLLECTING PHONE RECORDS
Let's see ...
We who have been warning about this have been mocked and called hysterical, paranoid, and fear-mongers.
This spying on Americans is not some conspiracy theory - it is today's news (if you don't depend on the "Ministry of Truth" types out there).
People who ranted and raved when the previous administration intercepted TERRORIST phone calls originating overseas and all but demanded George Bush's arrest and imprisonment for "spying on Americans".
Remember?
Come on ... this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Massive government data bases are being set up to store information on innocent Americans to document (in many cases):
What you believe and think.
Who you talk to.
Your political leaning.
What you buy.
Where you live and where you go.
What you read.
The content of your prayers.
Your income and assets.
Your social media an internet records.
Your contributions and associations.
Your health (physical and mental) records.
Your Party affiliation.
Your gun ownership.
Your criticism of the government.
Everything about you - and soon we will all be tracked by devices on our cars, drones in the air, cameras on the streets and energy-monitoring devices in our homes.
And that's just a start. Soon they will have samples of all our DNA and imagine the possibilities of that in the hands of unscrupulous people - you know, like those "rogues" at the IRS who have been harassing and threatening people because they criticise the government or disagree with its policies or, God forbid, believe in the Constitution, the Bible, the sanctity of life and- yes - freedom.
George Orwell would be impressed.
Happy 64th!
Oh, I understand that no on dares comment on things like that ... except MAYBE to say, like Obama told those college graduates, Don't believe them when they tell you what's happening! You have no need to fear "the government". This is all much ado about nothing. After all - the media (which adore Obama) have been alarmed and outraged at being spied on by the government but they are already stepping back because, even the big, bloated government they adore CAN, after all, make their lives miserable.
You too are too scared to speak honestly ... and you have good reason to be.
I am not.