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Government Information Awareness

Posted by michael on from the sauce-for-the-gander dept.

gbjbaanb writes "Wired News is reporting about the GIA, software inspired by the TIA program. 'Researchers at the MIT Media Lab unveiled the Government Information Awareness, or GIA, website Friday. Using applications developed at the Media Lab, GIA collects and collates information about government programs, plans and politicians from the general public and numerous online sources. Currently the database contains information on more than 3,000 public figures. The premise of GIA is that if the government has a right to know personal details about citizens, then citizens have a right to similar information about the government.'"

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  1. The government by xombo · · Score: 3, Troll

    I think that the government has done way too much for the sake of secrecy against its own citezens. Perhaps they should reconsider much of their classified data, especially that which is not-vital or threatening to the American nation as a whole.
    However, personal information should be kept secret. Displaying the data of as many government officials as possible just as "proper compensation" for the data they collect about us is not only unfair to the politicians but unfair to us (how dare them think we would be so stupid). Thousands of politicians vs. millions of people with their data harvested. It's arrogance on the government's part to think such a thing.

  2. He's not Dumbya, and he's not dumb. by MickLinux · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you want to call him Dubija, you can. "Dubija" is a texas-slang "W", which is how he can be identified from his father. But it also carries the connotation of "dubious".

    But he isn't dumb, and it's inappropriate to call him Dumbya. If you want a different title, I suggest you use his actual title, based upon the succession:

    George III.

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    1. Re:He's not Dumbya, and he's not dumb. by MickLinux · · Score: 0, Troll

      Can't? Or chooses not to?

      There's about 30 or 40 major languages [dialects of English, if you will] in America, and some of them [including the good ol' boy wes'rn vajenya accent, and therefore probably the directly related Texas accent] pronounce nuclear nu-cue-lar [that's a, not e in "lar"] as a matter of choice.

      I rather suspect that George is trying to show that he's just one of the boys when he says nu-cue-lar. In my opinion, not dumb at all, not any dumber than Clinton. He probably also takes an occasion pinch of chaw every now and then, too.

      All this was referenced in the commic strip Kudzu [the one with Reverand Will B. Dunn] back in the George II-Clinton election and "The Attack of the Faux Bubbas".

      I still say he isn't dumb. Not inspired (well, definitely), but also definitely not dumb. He knows pretty well what he's doing at every stage in the game.

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  3. Re:Excellent. by Art+Tatum · · Score: 0, Troll
    I also am free to consider that sort of speech to be hateful and I will hold someone who does it in contempt.

    No, no, no. That's an inhibition of free speech! You have to agree with everything Michael Moore says, or you're "oppressing" him. Don't you know anything? :-)