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- Spectre74, on 12/22/2007, -2/+77WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP! Damn man. I feel like all the crap i was told to be scared of with Communism as a kid is happening in my own country now.
- SeethisPass, on 12/22/2007, -3/+68The government is far too big.
- inactive, on 12/22/2007, -3/+56American voters have themselves to blame, I still can't believe President Bush won two elections in the United States. He was my governor in Texas, I knew he was one of the biggest idiots alive. Somehow his idiocy got looked over by voters who were concerned with Bill Clinton and where he was dipping his presidential sausage...
If another neo-con makes it into office, it's all over. America is hardly recognizable anymore, we need to restore this country and get these ***** out of office. - Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -3/+53If this isn't fascism then what is? Our so called government proposes we become inmates of a police state and we're still debating the pros and cons. Let me tell you, there's nothing good about this. There are people so afraid that they fear their own shadows, and they would like nothing more than to see us all tagged, monitored and herded for the sake of their own peace of mind. This is tyranny.
Open your eyes and look at the signs. Prepare yourselves, and forget about convincing fools of the danger at hand.
-Spy satellites aimed at us.
-Biometric databases of people who've committed no crime.
-Private armies like Blackwater.
-A thought crimes commission.
-An Executive Office with the power to suspend the citizenship of any American and declare them an enemy combatant.
-Torture.
-Secret prisons.
-A government unresponsive to the will of its people.
It can happen in America, because we're humans, too. We're as vulnerable as anyone to the madness that's plagued our species for millennia.
It's your call whether or not you fight or submit. But I, for one, will take pride in seeing my name amongst those who opposed this tyranny. I want the future to know that whether I failed or succeeded, I did not my part to try and stop it. This is real. Ready yourselves to fight it. - forteller, on 12/22/2007, -5/+47"I still can't believe President Bush won two elections in the United States."
You don't have to believe it, because he didn't! He didn't win any of the elections, they where both rigged. - inactive, on 12/22/2007, -3/+41Stand firm against Big Brother! Get out in the street today, protest S.1959 the "Thought Crimes Act of 2007". Look up this monstrous piece of domestic repression. It's a hard rain's a gonna fall, people.
- inactive, on 12/22/2007, -2/+32Police State
- Darren07, on 12/22/2007, -3/+281984
- rkzda, on 12/22/2007, -2/+26That's the main reason why I support Ron Paul.
- Miami305Dade, on 12/22/2007, -2/+23When we sacrifice liberty for the sake of security, we lose both!
- inactive, on 12/22/2007, -2/+23boy this has like zero potential for abuse or inaccuracy, no sir. glad we didn't have anything better to do with a billion dollars. and I'm sure the whole system will work flawlessly, and not get scrapped within hours of turning it on because of backroom deals that overruled mobs of whistleblowers, nope that could never happen. who are they protecting us from again? people who want to take away our freedoms, right? who writes this *****, is there a writer's strike in the cosmic office or something? this intern-gagged noise is getting on my nerves.
- yogurtslinger, on 12/22/2007, -2/+22My government would never do this to their people.
OOPS, TOO LATE TO WAKE UP NOW YOU ***** - inactive, on 12/22/2007, -0/+20We know who you are, we know who you talk to, we know who you owe money to, we know what you write and what you read, we know what you purchase at the grocery store and at what time you do it, we know where you work, we know who you are married to, who you have divorced, we know what you do online, we know your medical history and have samples of your dna. That is good because we are your friends.
Soon with the national ID card we will be able to protect you even better because we will know everywhere you go and at what time. Everything you do will be in our data base and that is good bcause we are your friends.
Trust your government and fear the enemies of America because we are your friends. - Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -3/+21I see. Since there are worse places, he/she should put up with a thus far less tyrannical home government. Is that your implication, dumbass?
- MrCobaltBlue, on 12/22/2007, -3/+21It stops when Ron Paul gets elected President.
- Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -1/+17Every tyrant in history has had his or her supporters and strong advocates. We have to resign ourselves to that fact and stop trying to convince them of their folly. We have to fight them.
- Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -1/+16No one but fools like you is buying into your "submit and you'll be safe" *****. Nice try though.
- dinostabOMG, on 12/22/2007, -0/+13Regardless, there was still an embarrassing proportion of voters who supported him. Although that has dwindled to a much smaller number now (where were you idiots when we needed you) it really is an embarrassment that he is still tolerated by so many.
- Bahimiron, on 12/22/2007, -0/+12Now Disney will hand over their biometric collection to the FBI and the feds will have a comprehensive list of people who love the happiest place on Earth!
- storm72, on 12/22/2007, -0/+12Unfortunately, we're going down the same Orwellian path as the UK here in the US. Your feeling about the US is about the same as my feeling about the UK.
- Ajajadude, on 12/22/2007, -1/+13The good news is, I think the American people might have learned their lesson. I know a number of people I got into really heated debates with during the last election who were die hard Bush fans/supporters. Now, they've realized that they made a big ass mistake and are even embarrassed to admit they voted for him...twice.
- Skab, on 12/22/2007, -2/+14vote ron paul
- Albionshores, on 12/22/2007, -4/+15Why make a weapon designed to be pointed at American citizens?
- DokGonzo, on 12/22/2007, -0/+10To hell with governments! People are waking up to the fact that the best government is the one that governs least. Unfortunately, so are the people in power, so they will try and control more and more, making sure the clueless public stays clueless. Their only hope is to convince the population that nothing can change, that giving up liberties is unavoidable, that this is the "natural order of things"... But they lie. They have always lied. And they'll continue lying because that's essentially all they do. Luckily, they never predicted what the Internet will do for the cause of Liberty. They are scared to death of it. So they will try to control it as well. But it's futile. THEY are the minority. And just as the great revolutions shaked the foundations of monarchies around the world some 200+ years ago, new revolutions will do the same, because LIBERTY is the "natural order of things"! Live free or die!
- arplayer2k, on 12/23/2007, -0/+10Why do we need an extra $1b spent on our already big and incompetent intelligence agencies? Do you think this will help them do anything right.... I mean so far we have invested a lot, and they are not able to do anything right, let alone provide good intelligence.
- appleseed1234, on 12/22/2007, -1/+10Strange how they do all this stuff to make the world a better place but life only seems to get more difficult.
- redDC143C, on 12/22/2007, -0/+9If you were paying attention, America is part of the "entire world"
- Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -3/+12There are no good possibilities with this. We should always keep in mind that all power we grant our government -- and this power to make databases on all of us isn't one of them -- can someday fall into the wrong hands.
Our Rights are being stripped from us and shredded and we're not even being consulted about it. This cannot be tolerated. - Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -0/+9@Ker No. He's fighting a distrust based on the historical fact that each and every government that's ever existed, that's had more power than its people, has inevitibly used it to repress and oppress them.
- motters, on 12/22/2007, -0/+9This sounds very much like the proposed UK system. Anyone who believes that biometrics are foolproof and that this will only affect criminals should bear in mind that you leave fingerprints everywhere and that its trivially easy to lift fingerprints from a coffee cup. There are videos out there on the internet which show how this can be used to fool fingerprint scanners. In this way criminals will use the identities of innocent people, and once your biometrics are on a national database you can't change them like changing a password.
- jjmckay, on 12/22/2007, -2/+11Not sure when it will stop. I can't predict the future. We can speed up the process by electing Ron Paul in 2008 to the office of President of the United States.
- SeethisPass, on 12/22/2007, -0/+8 How the hell do we do that? They're too big to influence.and they don't want us to be able to.
- jquipp, on 12/22/2007, -4/+12Lots of possibilities here ... both good and bad. As always, the information is just the weapon ... someone still has to pull the trigger.
- TheLD, on 12/22/2007, -2/+10Ok I am not going to the USA then. They already take all of this information from people who are British, but if they are going to be storing this information about me Eff it
- jjmckay, on 12/22/2007, -3/+11Well said. Maybe people's fears are also based on an instinctual perception that something is wrong and that this FBI database story is one more link in the chain that will bind us. Ya know, tyranny has happened many times before so its a reasonable concern.
- jjmckay, on 12/22/2007, -0/+8"...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,..."
---Declaration of Independence - Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -0/+8What personal information? My false profile? You don't know a damn thing about me. All you know is you need to be a good party hack and government lackey.
- Frnnkdlxx, on 12/23/2007, -0/+7*throws you out of a window*
(((((((PAVEMENT ALERT))))))) - Frnnkdlxx, on 12/22/2007, -0/+7I just can't picture the Founding Fathers wearing tin foil hats like you want people to believe by marginalizing napoleone...
- Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -2/+9Scratch that "not" that was meant to preceed "cower" before a new thought entered my mind.
I will not stay still or silent in the face of tyranny. I have but one life to my name, and I will live it boldly. - dondara, on 12/22/2007, -0/+7I wish I could share your optimism. But with the lessons of history laid out before us, I just don't anything good coming of this. Things haven't really gotten any worse, the evil overlords have just quit hiding what they are doing. They have conditioned the people to stay drunk, watch TV and not question authority. Well, in 10 years when 90% of us are locked up in security centers or whatever ***** name the thugs give them, maybe China will take all the money that walmart gave them and come rescue us so we can make tainted toys for the EU.
- JusticeAK, on 12/22/2007, -1/+8Biometrics? It's going to stop crime Right? I feel the prison doors starting to shut.
- JusticeAK, on 12/22/2007, -2/+9Terrorists live at 1600 Pennsylvania.
- brent0n, on 12/22/2007, -1/+8wow. every single law-abiding citizen of the US should be up in arms about this.
- Napoleone, on 12/22/2007, -0/+7Only affects convicted criminals, right? A simple modernization of a pre-existing system, and nothing more?
FTA: "The FBI will also retain, upon request by employers, the fingerprints of employees who have undergone criminal background checks so the employers can be notified if employees have brushes with the law."
In other words, the FBI will have innocent people on file. That is not currently the case. And it is not at all acceptable that it become the case. - alexandramw, on 12/22/2007, -0/+7Very Orwellian....kinda speechless about this. Watch--this too will be overlooked on the TV news channels. Instead, we will have reports of Jamie whats-her-name Spears. always a diversion somewhere...
- Schneckehaus, on 12/22/2007, -0/+7A tiny bit of paranoia is what keeps us safe.
- jjmckay, on 12/22/2007, -0/+6"...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,..."
---Declaration of Independence - URnotheonly1, on 12/22/2007, -1/+730 years ago it was a fine
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