[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Dumbrenter: Wow. Great post and you nailed it. It’s also cool that you can maintain your optimism, and that’s not said sarcastically. In a conversation with an Army buddy, he said it’s the first time in his life that he’s actually worried about the potential future of the US.
I’ll admit that the last 10+ years have been rough, especially when one considers how much our essential rights and liberties have eroded.
And, no, I don’t blame Obama. He’s a symptom of the overall disease. As Lord Acton put it, “Power corrupts; absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely.”
[/quote]
So do you want to end the state of perpetuatal war and come back to some normalcy? Or would you rather expand the security state ever more?
The war on terrorism is what allows the government to review every person’s movements for potential threats.
As dumbrenter says, technology allows the governemrnt to run routine data through vast databases looking for exceptions. With Interpol data and border entry and exit passport scans, governments can already easily track passenger movements.
Does our government have any business tracking where we go?[/quote]
My point is that the same technology allows you, the person who has put this government in place to avoid the same tracking methods. It allows you to organize with other folks with same opinion, make it hard for the government to do things they do and allows for coordinated action with others.
That is assuming you can read, are aware of your rights, and have stomach for a fight.
Unfortunately, it is amazing on how much the above qualities are lacking in people I interact with it. If the first two check out, the last does not.
