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- principle, on 01/14/2008, -2/+131The President and his staff took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. There can be no justification for what they are doing. Even a suggestion that they are considering a plan that violates the Constitution is treason!
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -7/+106Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, published research on fascism in which he examined the fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each fascist State:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarceration of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists; terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military are glamorized.
5. Rampant sexism - The government of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are intertwined - Government in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation are often the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated, or are severely restricted.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassinations of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Benito Mussolini - who knew something about fascism - had a more straightforward definition: “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.”
Abraham Lincoln stated, “I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me, and causes me to tremble for the safety of our country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people, until wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the republic is destroyed.” - MDKAOD, on 01/14/2008, -1/+64After reading my email they're going to think 5 things:
1) I have a chronically small penis.
2) I need a lower mortgage rate.
3) I'm trading on insider information.
4) I sign up for lots of free gift cards.
5) I'm approved for all kinds of *****, doesn't matter what it is, but I'm approved! - entrophize, on 01/14/2008, -2/+65All of you who supported the Patriot Act - what do you think of the little precedent you've set?
- dynacrylic, on 01/14/2008, -5/+61I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
Welcome to the United Soviet States of America. - UtahApocalyse, on 01/14/2008, -4/+47They can't even keep track of their own e-mails, how will they track ours?
- Norochj, on 01/14/2008, -0/+31People thought the same thing about the Patriot Act...
- alsahir, on 01/14/2008, -7/+38The President and Congress already violated the Constitution (1st Amendment no less) when they passed and then signed the McCain-Feingold bill.
- spyd3rweb, on 01/14/2008, -1/+30Its time to get out in the streets with ***** signs and bullhorns and pitchforks. And yes I have gotten my ass off my couch and done this, minus the pitchforks.
- kronzdigg, on 01/14/2008, -2/+31Dear US Citizen, Playing with Thermite is now considered a terrorist act. Please go to the nearest government retraining camp immediately or else we will unleash the RIAA on you.
-a concerned gov employee LOL - drgooch, on 01/25/2008, -2/+301 Word
Encryption
This will never pass. - smegthelight, on 01/14/2008, -0/+28How about a trade ?
We get to see all THEIR email, and then they get to see all ours. - JasonCox, on 01/14/2008, -2/+29Dear US Government:
If I ever see you trying to access my server I'm going to drop a Thermite grenade in the box.
Signed,
-US Citizen with nothing to hide but who just wants to play with his grenades - an0nym0uz, on 01/14/2008, -2/+27don't be so sure... Bush did get elected... TWICE
- zombiedepot, on 01/14/2008, -1/+24The good news is they don't hate us for our freedom anymore.
- Phildo5000, on 01/14/2008, -1/+24Every email except the millions the Bush Administration conveniently "misplaced"
- Ellipsys, on 01/14/2008, -0/+22Patriot huh? Shooting people for protesting unfair circumstances of law. Sounds a lot like fascism to me. Real patriotic, kiddo.
- Norochj, on 01/14/2008, -1/+22And yet Congress is still too chickensh*t to boot him out of office.
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -2/+22What makes you guys think they haven't already been doing this for years?
- mikelieman, on 01/14/2008, -0/+19The fact that they're already copying every email and website visit transiting AT&T's and other ISP's backbones means --- ?
- Thedarklord187, on 01/14/2008, -1/+20more like neonazi america rather than russia
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -1/+20This ***** sucks.
- Norochj, on 01/14/2008, -1/+20Or that you are a genetic freak with many wrists that are in need of Rolex replicas.
- K31TH3R, on 01/14/2008, -1/+18For having such a patriotic name you sure have no idea what this country stands for. Or I guess... what it used to stand for.
""Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither." - Ben Franklin. - RockeN5, on 01/14/2008, -1/+17have you been reading my email?
- nizzy1115, on 01/14/2008, -18/+34Ron Paul would not allow this.
- secleinteer, on 01/14/2008, -1/+16None of the backasswards fascist neocons that supported the Patriot Act are going to be on the internet in general, much less Digg, to see your question.
- calon9, on 01/14/2008, -3/+18And then they might even start looking at your spam!
- Shakermaker, on 01/14/2008, -1/+16I really have to laugh at this. American's hear this and say that "it's against the consitution", "It's illegal", "He must be stopped"...but there's no demonstrations....there's not rioting in the streets....there's no impeachment proceedings.
You get what you pay for. - Norochj, on 01/14/2008, -2/+16I realize people are tired of hearing RP posts, but people still ignore the fact that few other options in the next election would oppose these sorts of things. Few options actually believe in the Constitution rather than their political agendas.
- g30ph, on 01/14/2008, -1/+15There are about 35 Nigerian Princes trying to make me rich if I give them a $10,000 processing fee.
- greenlight2001, on 01/14/2008, -3/+16Pic or it didn't happen.
- Rikkochet, on 01/14/2008, -0/+13This quote was kind of depressing:
According to a 2007 conversation in the Oval Office, McConnell told President Bush, “If the 9/11 perpetrators had focused on a single US bank through cyber-attack and it had been successful, it would have an order of magnitude greater impact on the US economy.”
Ok, so IF they're done that, and then IF they'd been successful, they could have damaged the economy?
Well, they didn't, and they couldn't have gotten through anyways. But it makes for a delightful scare story so let's lock down the country a little more. - Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 01/14/2008, -0/+12It's not a matter of whether you have anything to hide. It the fact that we have created a "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" environment in which our protection against the government such as Habeas Corpus, Warrants, and Due Process are failing us.
"We learn from history that we never learn anything from history." - ryan83189, on 01/14/2008, -1/+13were almost there!
- fuzzmeister, on 01/14/2008, -1/+13Wait, the RIAA? Where the hell did that come from?
- OwdenBowden, on 01/14/2008, -1/+12If you already have a relationship with someone you email and want to keep is confidential then agree to some form of encryption and use it. There are so many programs that offer you super strength encryption that would rival the governments. And as for nsAT&T (and anyone else) - the first thing you need to do is BOYCOTT everything they own.
- Travelsonic, on 01/14/2008, -0/+11You mean a lousy excuse for a patriot, right?
Petriots don't shoot people jusyt for a disagreeable position, oh wait, threy must be terrorists. *rolls eyes*
The day people deserve to die for having a different belief in America is the day we all hail Hitler. - Norochj, on 01/14/2008, -0/+11The problem is that now they want to do it out in the open. They could do it before, but they couldn't necessarily use the info obtained in a courtroom.
- reparsed, on 01/14/2008, -0/+11Carnivore and Echelon have come home to roost. Encrypt everything.
- katorga, on 01/14/2008, -1/+11It will pass. It will pass under a Democrat President and congress. It will be similar to existing EU directives and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) in the UK. It will include language making it a felony to refuse to turn over encryption keys to the authorities. All of this is already in place in Europe.
- AlphaBronco, on 01/25/2009, -1/+11They're all part of the same blood money racket, what do you expect?
- olasonn, on 01/14/2008, -3/+13So true. When are the American people going to wake up.
Their rights are being taken away one at a time, and it's about time that the people says NO!
The best way would be to vote for the candidate who promotes liberty, and believes in the constitution. - JimXugle, on 01/14/2008, -1/+11Okay then... have fun trying to break my GPG keys.
- poidh, on 01/14/2008, -2/+12I wouldn't worry about it. All it means is that the Government employees will spend their entire day following links to 2girls1cup, meatspin, etc.
- ryan83189, on 01/14/2008, -0/+9Change in technology does not give them the right to trample the constitution. Constitutionally speaking how can one see a difference between an email and a letter? They have no right, and we have the duty (not privilege) to stop this ***** before they hide it in a bill that declares flag burning and kitten juggling illegal and gives senators a 400% pay increase.
- ryan83189, on 01/14/2008, -1/+10But if you didn't support it you weren't a patriot!
- Norochj, on 01/14/2008, -0/+9If you want to go that route, you could say that since we weren't attacked near the end of Clinton's presidency, it must be because of Bush getting into office that we were attacked in the first place.
- AlphaBronco, on 01/25/2009, -0/+9make that "encryption w/plausible deniability" As long as the goons can locate you and kidnap your body, they can always get your encryption keys by torturing you, or threatening to throw you into a government rape room (prisons/jails)
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