This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Showing posts with label NSA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NSA. Show all posts
Monday, June 17, 2013
I cared then, I cared now.
I'm not sure who pieced this together, but I, for one, bitched about the Patriot Act when it was first passed, I've bitched about it for years, and I'm still bitching about it. It is simply not right to do this without oversight by an impartial court and a jury of private citizens.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Private information
I am a believer in strong government. There is much it can do to protect us and care for the weakest among us. I am willing to pay taxes for government to provide shared services. I am a liberal - a progressive.
What I am NOT in favor of having government do is spy on us, gather information on us and pursue us as if we were criminals or terrorists without justification. There are so many things that can go wrong here that it is impossible to build a list that includes all of them. Below is just one that has already happened - the failure of the spies to keep their information secret from the rest of the world.
What I am NOT in favor of having government do is spy on us, gather information on us and pursue us as if we were criminals or terrorists without justification. There are so many things that can go wrong here that it is impossible to build a list that includes all of them. Below is just one that has already happened - the failure of the spies to keep their information secret from the rest of the world.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
So you trust the President? The Congress? Really?
From Crooks and Liars
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Obama Says No One Is Listening To Your Phone Calls. 'Trust Me!'
The real problem continues to be that secret programs leave the American public out of the conversation, and many of us would gladly trade a little less security for a little less intrusion. But how would we know? In a speech today, Obama defended the latest surveillance news:
SAN JOSE, Calif. - President Obama strongly defended the government's secret surveillance of people's phone records and Internet activities, saying there are "a whole bunch of safeguards involved" and that Congress has repeatedly authorized the programs.
"You could complain about big brother and how this is a potential program run amok," Obama said, "but when you actually look at the details, I think we strike the right balance."
[He thinks we trust contribution-addicted members of Congress? Really?]
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Obama Says No One Is Listening To Your Phone Calls. 'Trust Me!'
The real problem continues to be that secret programs leave the American public out of the conversation, and many of us would gladly trade a little less security for a little less intrusion. But how would we know? In a speech today, Obama defended the latest surveillance news:
SAN JOSE, Calif. - President Obama strongly defended the government's secret surveillance of people's phone records and Internet activities, saying there are "a whole bunch of safeguards involved" and that Congress has repeatedly authorized the programs.
"You could complain about big brother and how this is a potential program run amok," Obama said, "but when you actually look at the details, I think we strike the right balance."
[He thinks we trust contribution-addicted members of Congress? Really?]
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Andy Borowitz is trying to help out.
From The New Yorker
Useful Phrases for the Surveillance State
Posted by Andy Borowitz
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In the event that the U.S. government is monitoring your conversations, here are some useful phrases to insert into your phone calls, texts, or e-mails:
Useful Phrases for the Surveillance State
Posted by Andy Borowitz
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In the event that the U.S. government is monitoring your conversations, here are some useful phrases to insert into your phone calls, texts, or e-mails:
- I think the N.S.A. is awesome.
- I just reread “Nineteen Eighty-Four”—it actually has a lot of good ideas in it!
- There’s no such thing as a “bad” drone.
- Sure am glad that I never talk to any foreigners.
- I wouldn’t know the first thing about making ricin.
- The Fourth Amendment is overrated.
- If you ask me, Guantánamo is full of nothing but complainers.
- Just changed my Facebook status from “Single” to “In a Relationship with America.”
- I’m pretty sure my neighbor is cheating on his taxes.
Our national priorities are all screwed up.
We live in a country filled with people who love their money, instead of people who love their freedom.
Friday, June 07, 2013
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Government Out of Control
The Bush Administration is out of control - they think that they are more important than our freedoms and our rights and they are leading us down the path to totalitarianism. If our next President does not put things back into perspective, this nation is bound to become something we will never recognize. From Rocky Mountain News - click the link to read more...
The National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying program, documents released Wednesday suggest.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Wiretapping Cases Under Fire
The New York Times has published an article on the Bush administration's attempts to rewrite the U.S. Constittuion and some judges are fighting back. Please note - the NYT requires free registration to read their articles online. Below is a brief clip - the entire article is much more detailed.
By ADAM LIPTAK
The Bush administration has employed extraordinary secrecy in defending the National Security Agency’s highly classified domestic surveillance program from civil lawsuits. Plaintiffs and judges’ clerks cannot see its secret filings. Judges have to make appointments to review them and are not allowed to keep copies.
Judges have even been instructed to use computers provided by the Justice Department to compose their decisions.
But now the procedures have started to meet resistance. At a private meeting with the lawyers in one of the cases this month, the judges who will hear the first appeal next week expressed uneasiness about the procedures, said a lawyer who attended, Ann Beeson of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Lawyers suing the government and some legal scholars say the procedures threaten the separation of powers, the adversary system and the lawyer-client privilege.
Secrecy Is at Issue in Suits Opposing Spy Program
By ADAM LIPTAK
The Bush administration has employed extraordinary secrecy in defending the National Security Agency’s highly classified domestic surveillance program from civil lawsuits. Plaintiffs and judges’ clerks cannot see its secret filings. Judges have to make appointments to review them and are not allowed to keep copies.
Judges have even been instructed to use computers provided by the Justice Department to compose their decisions.
But now the procedures have started to meet resistance. At a private meeting with the lawyers in one of the cases this month, the judges who will hear the first appeal next week expressed uneasiness about the procedures, said a lawyer who attended, Ann Beeson of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Lawyers suing the government and some legal scholars say the procedures threaten the separation of powers, the adversary system and the lawyer-client privilege.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Poster - NSA Wiretapping
The problem is - I don't want Uncle Sam listening in on my conversations even though I'm no threat to anyone. My conversations belong to me. We need to restore the constitutional requirement that wiretaps take place ONLY if there is court approval!
Friday, October 27, 2006
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