[quote=pri_dk][quote=flu]…And yet people have no qualms sharing every intimate and personal details about their life on facebook, myspace, linkedin, twitter, etc,etc,etc..[/quote]
But BG keeps asking me about my “immediate family” – what should I do? – should I post up my wife’s life-story or my dad’s income?
Seriously folks, instead of ranting on a blog, why not actually DO SOMETHING:
– First, quit focusing on Obama and take note of the hundreds of our elected officials who actually did approve of this legislation. Is your congressman on the list? (mine is) Write a letter, make a call, or at least do an online petition.
– Second, try to remember some junior-high civics and understand that this will be battled in the courts and that court battles cost money. So give some money to the organizations that actually are fighting this thing and have a shot at overturning it. The ACLU and EFF are good places to start.
Or you could put your tin-foil hats on and whine about the “PTB” …[/quote]
The powers who are pushing this stuff are not in Congress — politicians are simply their puppets and do their bidding for them. This has been moving forward for a long, long time (as Allan mentioned, above), and it is totally unrelated to political parties or individual politicians.
You have to address the **root** of the problem. Who are these entities? What do they have to gain (vast amounts of money/power)? How can they — and anyone who steps up behind them — be stopped for good?
