What the US Gov’t is learning from this is not the big worry-Doubtlessly China and other major powers are also hacking into this data-base to learn who their citizens are talking to!
Many, many years ago, the political spectrum ran from Anarchy to Totalitarianism. The average man on the street did no better under Stalin than he did under Hitler. On the other end, neither does the average Somalian, I suspect.
All the 1984 talk coming around again reminds me of the real 1984 and Reagan’s use of “Newspeak”, like in calling the MX (missile expensive) missile the “Peacekeeper”. Then there was Iran-Contra, the lies, the convictions, and other minor criminality in the reign of “The Acting President”, which is a very good book on the subject BTW.
^^Gore Bane: Jesus only preached for two years, and that’s also ancient history that still greatly affects folks today. Reagan/ Bush 41/Bush 43 preached their message for 20 years, and that history isn’t ancient, but will continue to plague us for decades yet to come, with debt, war costs (human and economic) and environmental damage caused by the pursuit of profit for the “corporate sector”, where spying on us is MUCH more active due to laws they passed, and regulations they wrote. (And yes, I know some Democrats can share the blame for opening the door to electronic spying and data mining from the internet, and other sources.)
Over 50 countries are now building and expanding their use of drones, which give “real time” data that can actually in large part be derived from satellite imagery. Intelligence gathering is indeed what police, and smaller units of government want to use drones for. Our citizenry accepting this intrusion on our rights should ask the question: “Is our population the REAL problem; of BEING drones?”
tuslog64 almost 11 years ago
What the US Gov’t is learning from this is not the big worry-Doubtlessly China and other major powers are also hacking into this data-base to learn who their citizens are talking to!
Lamberger almost 11 years ago
Many, many years ago, the political spectrum ran from Anarchy to Totalitarianism. The average man on the street did no better under Stalin than he did under Hitler. On the other end, neither does the average Somalian, I suspect.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
All the 1984 talk coming around again reminds me of the real 1984 and Reagan’s use of “Newspeak”, like in calling the MX (missile expensive) missile the “Peacekeeper”. Then there was Iran-Contra, the lies, the convictions, and other minor criminality in the reign of “The Acting President”, which is a very good book on the subject BTW.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
^^Gore Bane: Jesus only preached for two years, and that’s also ancient history that still greatly affects folks today. Reagan/ Bush 41/Bush 43 preached their message for 20 years, and that history isn’t ancient, but will continue to plague us for decades yet to come, with debt, war costs (human and economic) and environmental damage caused by the pursuit of profit for the “corporate sector”, where spying on us is MUCH more active due to laws they passed, and regulations they wrote. (And yes, I know some Democrats can share the blame for opening the door to electronic spying and data mining from the internet, and other sources.)
Over 50 countries are now building and expanding their use of drones, which give “real time” data that can actually in large part be derived from satellite imagery. Intelligence gathering is indeed what police, and smaller units of government want to use drones for. Our citizenry accepting this intrusion on our rights should ask the question: “Is our population the REAL problem; of BEING drones?”