goodbye freedom ... hello mom

[lurch70]

did you guys read about this?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/11/nsa.phonerecords/index.html

this really wigs me out, last time I had to deal with this was in communist times back home ...

WTF !!!

 

[Mormagil]

heh, yeah, first it was "we're only doing this with international calls", now it's "well we're not technically listening to domestic calls", next it'll be "your son left you a message telling you he needs a ride home early today"

 

[Reign in Acai]

Doesn't bother me one bit. The government can listen to me tell telemarketers "No Thanks" all day long for all I care.

 

[lurch70]

oh yeah ... i have an IP line as well ... can they tap into those?

 

[lizard]

it doesn't really bother me either, but it's interesting as mormagil points out, they tried to mislead us about the scope of it, and now it's really the Republicans who are leading the charge against their own president!

 

[NAD]

I regularly curse officials of the US gov't in casual phone conversations in the hopes that someone hears me.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

the government can listen to my lameass phonecalls all they want.

 

[lizard]

the government will hear my drunken calls for strombolis

"we must overthrow the govt and bomb it if necessary to free the meatball subs from conservative tyranny!!! It doesn't take a weatherman to know which way the bbq rib smoke is blowing!"

 

[General Zod]

I regularly curse officials of the US gov't in casual phone conversations in the hopes that someone hears me.

Winner.

Zod

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

its a bunch of shit!

 

[cthulufhtagn]

i have nothing to hide....except the uh...um maybe i shouldn't say

 

[Demonspell]

I'm not too bothered by it beyond my objection to unlimited surveillance without notification, maybe I would be more enraged if I didn't have little use for conversing via phone.

 

[Krilons Resa]

It has ntohing to do with "something to hide." That's fucking BULLSHIT!!!!!

 

[Erik]

It has ntohing to do with "something to hide." That's fucking BULLSHIT!!!!!

ya

you're well on your way to INGSOC over there guys

 

[NAD]

Jesus fucking christ it's been so long since I've read 1984 that I had to look that up.

It's sad that I'm actually jaded to this kind of shit, because I'm sort of shrugging it off at this point. I think the next election will be my next THIS IS BULLSHIT freakout, depending on the outcome of course.

 

[grazim]

I really don't understand how this doesn't bother some of you... That's even more disturbing than the actual wiretapping.

 

[NAD]

Well, for starters I do believe I've been on The List for a few years now. My own mother regularly yells at me for spouting off terrible conspiracy theories over the phone, not because she disagrees, but rather that she thinks the suits will come and take me away one of these days.

In other words, I was mad about this sort of thing 4 years ago, when I already knew it existed. :Spin:

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I really don't understand how this doesn't bother some of you... That's even more disturbing than the actual wiretapping.

Because this is the government getting its peepee slapped for being too bold about it. They probably already did it, we just didn't know. And to be perfectly honest, I dont' give a rats ass what the do. If they get it in their head that they wanna do something, all our whining won't stop it really. So why fret about shit beyond your control, just accept it and give a big "FUCK IT" and keep living.

That's my theory anyway. That said, canada is too pussy to do this shit to people. have fun you jolly ol' yanks! I should call NAD and leave some "keywords" on his answering machine. "Allah, Bin Laden, Suicide Bombing, President, Assasinate, UFO, Conspiracy.... Hey NAD, i'm just being a fucktard, peace"

 

[grazim]

I know this isn't a new thing and I know that certain people have been scolded for it recently. That's not my point.

 

[lizard]

the scary part is you could just be bullshitting and next thing you know, you're sharing a cage in guantanamo with a pal named Muhammed.