| Not suprising at all The US under the fascist bush regime, HAS become a surveillance society, much like nazi germany. Your rights under the constitution have been shredded, because quite simply, most Americans are morons. The ODDS of you being killed by a terrorist are minuscule in comparison to the odds of you dying in a car accident, yet the stupid american public has willingly voted away their rights, for the false sense of security. We reap what we sow. As long as we keep electing politicians who are owned by the megacorps, things like this and other insane laws will continue to thrive. The solution, of course, is quite simple. BAN any political contributions of ANY kind by ANY company to ANY political system (PAC, etc). Then, vote out all the corrupt politicians and bring the law back to reality. Example, bring copyrights BACK to 14 years. That's what 'limited time' means, not infinity minus one day.
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to karlmarx
Re: Not suprising at all said by karlmarx:The US under the fascist bush regime ... Bush is still president? Wow!
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | reply to karlmarx
Oh no! the moonbat libtards now have a new issue to beat their hairless chests about 
With the speed of modern communications just how many APRS location packets would be transmitted during a 911 transaction, or somebody looking for a good place to eat. In both cases the system has to know where you are before telling you, or emergency services where to go. 
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| Umm, the article CLEARLY STATES that it's LAW ENFORCEMENT that is requesting the GPS data, NOT the person. There's a BIG DIFFERENCE between someone getting your location without a warrant vs. you requesting the information. Ever heard of the 4th Ammendment? Gee, guess what, the government is SUPPOSED to get a WARRANT, IF and only if, they have enough probable cause to get a judge to agree with them. I'm guessing that sprint never asks for a warrant, so sprint is not only breaking the law, they are breaking their own TOS.
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 NOVA_GuyObamaCare Kills AmericansPremium
join:2002-03-05 | reply to karlmarx
News flash: the government was doing this before Bush was elected into office-- just not nearly to the extent that it has exploded into now. (Plus I think that privacy has gotten quite a lot of attention-- significantly more-- in the last 8 years.) This is not to say that I'm a fan of the DHS in any way, shape, or form (the agency is a huge waste of taxpayer money, and for the 6th straight year now has failed its independent audit).
Unfortunately none of the invasive policies appear to be changing under the Obama regime either. If anything, much of the legislation currently under consideration will take away more privacy and independence. (There are clauses in cap & trade that require home energy audits of some sort, and the potential for forcing certain lifestyle changes in diet and exercise on people is certainly there in the socialized medicine proposals.)
I agree with a few of your points-- the only contributions to politicians should come from individuals like you and I, and these should be capped at very low amounts (let's say $100/person). This would prevent political organizations and the wealthy from having significantly more influence than others.
I would go one step further though-- we also need to do something to prevent political action committees and organizations from skirting this by running "issue ads" in support of one candidate or another during elections. Since I don't like limiting free specch much, perhaps the best way to put a cap on this would be to count such ads run by organizations as contributions to a candidate's campaign, thus limiting the amount that could be run.
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