that the government is far more concerned with protecting businesses than individuals. The government is no longer a democracy, it is a plutocracy. Constitutional/Bill of Rights doesn't really matter to the government; they do what they damn well please.
That homeland security is NOT about protecting the citizens of the United States, it's about doing whatever the big businesses tell them to do.
They are probably far more concerned about seizing domain names than keeping people from being killed in terrorist attacks. After all, citizens are criminals anyway, so why care what happens to them?
It's much safer and easier for Homeland Security to investigate file sharing than it would be for them to investigate terrorists planning a nerve gas attack against a U.S. city.
just allow people to show up at the security checkpoints naked in the first place? Think of how much fun it would be for the security people to have to grope you when you are totally naked.
Or maybe someone has figured out a way to stuff a bunch of explosives up your..
That will also be the day a flock of pigs flies down the street and there is peace in the Middle East and Afghanistan. No cop will stop another cop from beating a citizen or violating the citizen's civil rights.
People have been prosecuted for videotaping the police.
The police say on one hand we want you to help us, but on the other hand they will prosecute you if they feel like it. Rodney King's beating would have been covered up in Boston since none of the evidence would have been legally obtained since there was no court order authorizing the videos.
I would trust the police to protect in my town within limits, but once I leave my town line, I'm more worried about the police than muggers. At least if a mugger grabs you and tries to take your wallet you can fight back, but if a cop pulls you over and beats the s**t out of you for not "cooperating" you are out of luck. Give a mugger your money or watch and they will leave you alone, but annoy a cop and you can get several years in a nasty prison.
they've prosecuted people for videotaping the police, citing wiretap laws. And at the same time, they wonder why no one wants to help the police. So you record something that shows someone being mugged and there's a police officer approaching to stop it. Now you have a choice; if you give the recording to the police, are they going to use it to prosecute YOU as well as the mugger? When the police see the citizens as their enemies, why do they expect people to help them?
Rodney King's beaters would have loved these laws; they wouldn't have been prosecuted cause the videos would have been illegal evidence, recorded without a court order.
that the TSA doesn't really train their people nor do they give a rats tushie about hurting people. Probably the only reason they called to apologize is that the news people got ahold of the story, otherwise nothing would have happened.
Next thing you know they will do something even more stupid to someone with a medical appliance and the person will die. I could picture them removing an oxygen tank from someone who needs it and the person expiring.
I'm just avoiding air travel right now; it is way too much a hassle to deal with being groped by strangers.
If more people would simply choose not to fly if they don't have to the airlines would really complain to the government.
worry about what happens to citizens. The one and only time Congress cares about voters is when it's election season. They know that voters are stupid and don't remember what happened last week.
Do Congressmen ever even ride on commercial aircraft anyway? I thought they all had private planes provided by their sponsors.
if the TSA is really just trying to stop people from flying at all? How many terrorists has the TSA actually caught? Sure they've caught grandmothers with tiny scissors they use for embroidery,but how many people have they really caught with guns or bombs?
once the Republicans take over in the house, this guy will be out the door so fast since the lobbyists will tell the congresspeople "We gave you multiple millions for your campaign, get rid of this turkey or else."
Why would anyone be surprised that anyone connected to law enforcement or government agencies would use his official powers for private purposes? It's illegal? when did the law stop government employees from doing illegal things? I think I am only surprised the cop didn't manage to have the blogger arrested or perhaps put on the department shit list of people to follow and give tickets to every time they sneeze.
are being paid good money to support ACTA. They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them. ACTA is simply something dreamed up by content industries that feel they need government protection. They pay money to the government to get it passed plain and simple.
Haha... The so-called copyright czar is really in the pay of the content industries. She has to at least seem to be paying lip service to consumers, but in reality she only cares about the content people.
don't give a rats tushie about any such silly things as civil rights or the law. The guy who found the tracking device on his car is very very very lucky he didn't get blown away by several automatic weapons or sent on a one way vacation to gitmo. The Gestapo is alive and well in the u.s. and Himmler would be proud. I am far more afraid of the spooks and police in my own country than of the Taliban.
The White House and members of Congress need to give back something to the entertainment industry groups that "contributed" to the election campaigns. It's simple: you contribute perhaps 20 million (indirectly, of course, and in cash under the counter) to the election campaigns and you d*** well expect something in return. It's the worst government money can buy and a sure sign of a plutocracy.
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Just goes to show
They are probably far more concerned about seizing domain names than keeping people from being killed in terrorist attacks. After all, citizens are criminals anyway, so why care what happens to them?
It's much safer and easier for Homeland Security to investigate file sharing than it would be for them to investigate terrorists planning a nerve gas attack against a U.S. city.
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Why not...
Or maybe someone has figured out a way to stuff a bunch of explosives up your..
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Re: No such thing as a "good cop."
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Also in Massachusetts...
The police say on one hand we want you to help us, but on the other hand they will prosecute you if they feel like it. Rodney King's beating would have been covered up in Boston since none of the evidence would have been legally obtained since there was no court order authorizing the videos.
I would trust the police to protect in my town within limits, but once I leave my town line, I'm more worried about the police than muggers. At least if a mugger grabs you and tries to take your wallet you can fight back, but if a cop pulls you over and beats the s**t out of you for not "cooperating" you are out of luck. Give a mugger your money or watch and they will leave you alone, but annoy a cop and you can get several years in a nasty prison.
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Also in Massachusetts
Rodney King's beaters would have loved these laws; they wouldn't have been prosecuted cause the videos would have been illegal evidence, recorded without a court order.
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Just goes to show..
Next thing you know they will do something even more stupid to someone with a medical appliance and the person will die. I could picture them removing an oxygen tank from someone who needs it and the person expiring.
I'm just avoiding air travel right now; it is way too much a hassle to deal with being groped by strangers.
If more people would simply choose not to fly if they don't have to the airlines would really complain to the government.
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Congressmen never...
Do Congressmen ever even ride on commercial aircraft anyway? I thought they all had private planes provided by their sponsors.
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Job Opportunity..
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Re: police force vs army
However the whole thing is certainly a good way to get tourists to go elsewhere. How many tourists want to go to a country where war is brewing?
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Just wondering..
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Moe about money..
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Why a surprise?
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Obama and the government..
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how about..
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They will probably..
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Funny..
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The spooks..
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Payback..
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