tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5507984513736344301..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Is The Era of Authoritarianism Coming to a Close?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-919792470553391402009-01-23T09:52:00.000-08:002009-01-23T09:52:00.000-08:00I checked out the blog post Dan. Pretty interesti...I checked out the blog post Dan. Pretty interesting but I'm not sure what to make of it or how it impacts Obama's transparency pledge. It certainly deserves watching.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-32403893906208524412009-01-23T00:53:00.000-08:002009-01-23T00:53:00.000-08:00Wouldn't be so excited about Obama's commitment to...Wouldn't be so excited about Obama's commitment to transparency just yet.<BR/>http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/obama-sides-wit.html<BR/><BR/>Here's hoping that this isn't as bad as it seems, but I am not holding my breath.Scruffy Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576996151807188873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14195840298242078812009-01-22T18:23:00.000-08:002009-01-22T18:23:00.000-08:00I don't know if you saw Olbermann tonight but he h...I don't know if you saw Olbermann tonight but he had a former NSA analyst turned whistle blower who disclosed the tens of thousands of Americans with absolutely no links to nefarious types whose every shred of personal information was siphoned up by the supposedly non-existant Office of Total Information Awareness.<BR/><BR/>These people were snagged by some analogs designed to pick up "suspicious" words on scanned telephone calls or e-mails, etc. Once they were flagged, everything about them, down to their health records and credit card statements was garnered, analyzed and stored just waiting for the day someone finds a reason or even just the means to use it against them.<BR/><BR/>This is the world where the minds of people like Bush, Cheney and Harper play.<BR/><BR/>Pardon me for lapsing into classical greek - MOTHERFUCKERS!The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3670792195740053532009-01-22T16:09:00.000-08:002009-01-22T16:09:00.000-08:00Glad to know I'm not the only one thinking this .....Glad to know I'm not the only one thinking this ...<BR/><BR/>Hear, hear!Real_PHV_Mentarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128624329790456529noreply@blogger.com