Tuesday, 09 February, 2010

1. By Curtis the Plotter. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @08:05am:

   I see blood and guts and veins in my teeth. Store that forever.
2. By wally the duck. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @08:11am:

   Let them track me; it will be a full time job for somebody - if they can stay awake.
3. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @08:15am:

   we have less than 500 on the web and about 50% are on restricted access and we can't log more than a few weeks without going bonkers
4. By Inti. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @08:17am:

   Countdown until someone blames Obama's commie dictatorship. But under Bush, this was a patriotic move in the war against evil terrorists.
   
   To me, this is outrageous no matter who's in charge.
5. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @08:22am:

   But let's trust the government to handle health care.
6. By skip. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @08:58am:

   But let's trust the government to handle health care.

   
   
   If the Feds can track all this crap competently I think that's pretty good evidence they can administrate health insurance.
7. By L.. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @09:00am:

   Well, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about ...
   
   
   (someone had to say it, no matter how false, and better me than some nutter)
8. By Tony. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @09:06am:

   I confess, I visited the J-Walk Blog
9. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @09:34am:

   If the Feds can track all this crap competently I think that's pretty good evidence they can administrate health insurance.

   
   
   The more likely problem is them being unable to tell the difference between idle perusing and genuine interest. What if I would like to know how terrorists make bombs? Knowing that information helps me protect my family. I might visit a bomb-making site out of my own curiosity. My internet habits would look exactly the same as one who really wanted to make a bomb.
   
   It's all for nothing anyway. If Palin starts a revolution from her white-haired ignorant base, the energetic and uncontrollable youngsters will attempt to shut them down and soon we'll be ungovernable. Time to buy a ranch in Montana.
10. By Shel-tone. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @09:35am:

    This program will last until half of the FBI staff gets into trouble...
    
    Or politicians start going to jail.
11. By kashmarek. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @10:24am:

    Shel-tone: of the 300 million in this country that "might" be able to use the internet, about 1/3 are probably exempt from such monitoring and data colletion, including all members of Congress, the Administration, and Justice Department. That probably means all lobbyists, and state (& local) governments plus all law enforcement, military, and everybody outside of the country that can't be prosecuted (including all spammers and porno pushers/users). Of couse, the big business spenders, now that they can legally buy off government and law enforcement, are also exempt. Who is left but the middle class and some below the middle class that can find access to the internet.
    
    However, like all government agencies, once they get all that data, they have no idea what to do with it since any decisions they want to make will all be politically motivated (don't bother me with the facts, I am making a decision here).
12. By HumanMage80. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @12:17pm:

    Funny that this topic should appear today, since my husband and I were just talking about something similar. What if you ARE merely curious about something, or curious but with a totally legitimate reason? Here's my example - while watching the State of the Union address a couple of weeks ago, it occurred to me to wonder... what would happen if, somehow - natural disaster, bomb, gas - but somehow, that whole room full of senators, congressmen, everyone, was wiped out? What would happen - domestically, globally? To society, I mean? Hubby said "look it up on the internet," but I wouldn't feel safe doing a search like that, not in these paranoid days. But seriously.. what would happen, if our whole federal government was gone in an instant? Would the military step in? Would there be a battle for the role of leader? Would the stock market immediately crash? I'm just curious. It might even make a good book, but how to research it?
13. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @12:20pm:

    HumanMage80 You're Under Arrest!
14. By Evil Klown. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @01:04pm:

    This is nothing to worry about. Bush and Cheney are behind this. Obama & the Democrat congress will put a screeching halt to it. Whew.
15. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @01:44pm:

    Some of the commenters on here seem to filter EVERYTHING through the lens of Republicans vs. Democrats or conservatives vs. liberals. Jesus--give it a rest!
16. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @01:48pm:

    HumanMage80 - They've thought about it. Search, "designated survivor." I'd drop the info here, but that would spoil the fun.
    
    Personally, I agree with WallyTD -- and good luck to whoever draws my number. I hope they have to look at all my spreadsheets, too.
17. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @02:23pm:

    One Nation... Under Surveillance
18. By HumanMage80. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @02:39pm:

    sfsue - thank you! I had no idea such a policy existed, but I guess when I think about it, our leaders would have to have been incredibly short-sighted not to have put something like that in place.
    another larry - thanks for the chuckle. And Former Lurker - Yes, I couldn't agree more!!! It seems to me that we are indeed in an us vs them situation, but the "us" is the general population of the country and the "them" is the government. Its not R vs D or liberal vs conservative. I don't see how we are ever going to get anywhere with righting what is wrong with this country, until we accept that reality.
19. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @02:45pm:

    Arrrr courtesy Fire Sign Theater Waiting for the Electrician or someone like him
20. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @03:24pm:

    HumanMage80, are you sure you weren't just having a happy daydream about politicians en masse disappearing in a puff of smoke?
    
    I'd like to pop them all into another reality somewhere - preferably one where they'd have to work for a living - and pull people in off the street to replace them.
    
    Every single day I read about another one of our congressional representatives who disgraces the country with their behavior; I'm sick to death of all of of them -
    
    especially this one: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/05/cbsnews_investigates/main6178817.shtml
    
    How is it we have people like this in positions of power in this country?
21. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @03:38pm:

    I've about decided to vote for Palin for President next time. I think it was a mistake to vote Obama in and hope he could do something to save the country because the people simply don't deserve it. It may be time to let the country collapse completely - I mean, completely fold in upon itself - and the government simply dissolve from its own greed and corruption. After the rioting ends, maybe, like the phoenix, the country can rise from its ashes to a fresh start.
    
    There is no way Obama or anyone else can be expected to accomplish anything with the organized obstruction he faces, some from his own party, many of whom are jumping ship like the rats they are. The Republicans care nothing about the country, only about strengthening their party position and securing their own financial interests.
    
    Yes, I think it's time to dump the whole mess down the garbage disposal and clean the sink. Hope I live long enough to watch this mess gurgle away.
22. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @04:45pm:

    And Former Lurker - Yes, I couldn't agree more!!! It seems to me that we are indeed in an us vs them situation, but the "us" is the general population of the country and the "them" is the government. Its not R vs D or liberal vs conservative. I don't see how we are ever going to get anywhere with righting what is wrong with this country, until we accept that reality.

    
    
    Agreed. Enthusiastically.
23. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @04:47pm:

    I've about decided to vote for Palin for President next time. I think it was a mistake to vote Obama in and hope he could do something to save the country because the people simply don't deserve it. It may be time to let the country collapse completely - I mean, completely fold in upon itself - and the government simply dissolve from its own greed and corruption. After the rioting ends, maybe, like the phoenix, the country can rise from its ashes to a fresh start.

    
    
    I have considered that, too, Mary. The recent Supreme Court decision has probably accelerated the process. Might be a good thing in the long run...but a heck of a mess in the meantime.
24. By HumanMage80. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @04:52pm:

    Spokane Mary - You may be right. I wonder how many men in that room really have the best interests of the country, and their constituents, at heart. I hope that there may still be a few in Washington who are trying to do what they were elected to do, but I think it's a small number.
    As to Sarah Palin.. my husband likes her, because he says she doesn't know enough about politics to be a crook. If that's the best thing one of her fans can say about her, well... talk about damning with faint praise.
    What got me about her was that she didn't KNOW how much she didn't know. She thought she was right on top of everything, when she so clearly wasn't. That kind of arrogant stupidity just isn't fixable. We definitely need some new brooms in Washington, but they need to have all their bristles.
25. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @05:00pm:

    I don't care what you think I think I know what I'm thinking. I think.
26. By Travis Bickle. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @05:04pm:

    Yes, I think it's time to dump the whole mess down the garbage disposal and clean the sink. Hope I live long enough to watch this mess gurgle away.

    
    (applauds)
27. By John Mallory. Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @05:07pm:

    Might be a good thing in the long run...but a heck of a mess in the meantime.

    
    Duck, you sucker.
28. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @09:33pm:

    I wonder how many men in that room really have the best interests of the country, and their constituents, at heart. I hope that there may still be a few in Washington who are trying to do what they were elected to do, but I think it's a small number./i]
    
    You may call me nuts, but I have come to the conclusion that hours before elected officials in Washington are to take their oaths of office, they are taken into a secret room by members of some sinister organization (the CIA?) and explicitly told how things on Capitol Hill really work. They are then forced to pledge their allegiance to that organization.
    
    I know it seems far fetched, but this would certainly explain some of the things that have happened there in the last four years.
29. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @10:17pm:

    funny,the last time i knew a girl with a name like "spokane mary",she smoked crack and rode around in boxcars.
30. By . Comment posted 09-Feb-2010 @11:21pm:

    Well, fair's fair: The last Joe I knew was a slumlord whose name is well known all over this town. The Fire Dept shut down one of his apartment buildings for code violations and made everyone vacate the premises one afternoon; he had been warned repeatedly that the place was a hazard, but he did nothing. The local paper carred a few pictures of the place and it was unbelievable.
    
    I was managing a wonderful old building here - 23 units - until the owner died and the family put it up for sale. Joe bought it. I left about six months later because I couldn't stand it anymore.
    
    One thing about Joe, though: If you were a crackhead or a meth-head, he could always be counted on to have a place for you to stay - all he wanted was cash up front and he didn't care about anything else. He bought, trashed, and lost one building after another. I don't know where he went, but apparently he's left town; I'd like to think he's in prison where he belongs, but that's not likely.
31. By Neil. Comment posted 10-Feb-2010 @04:40am:

    LOL what a waste of time..
    If you have unlimited bandwidth, which I think most in the U.S. do now, then just set up a PC to go to random sites 24hrs a day.. and then your real surfing will be impossible to extracte from that.
    ;-)
    Where I worked once they wanted to check on what sites that had logins that staff visited. I simply searched for the word "login" and then set up a program called "badboy" to keep visiting every site in the list.. After about one hour I was rung by them pleading me to stop, because their log files filled up.
32. By . Comment posted 11-Feb-2010 @09:33am:

    Well, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about ...

    
    
    I'm not doing anything wrong when I urinate, have sex, or evacuate my bowels, but it doesn't mean I want anyone watching me.

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