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Bush Admin. Appoints Civil-Liberties Officer
Zephyros writes "The WSJ reports that the Bush administration has appointed a Civil Liberties Protection Officer in order to assuage the public's privacy concerns. From the article: 'As the son of a U.S. aid worker stationed in Guatemala during the 1970s civil war, Alex Joel recalls being unable to tell the good guys from the bad as both armed soldiers and civilians alike would order his family out of their car to search it. Those first-hand brushes with totalitarianism, says Mr. [Alex] Joel, have led him to take the rights of individuals very seriously.' It remains to be seen how effective he will be, but at least they're recognizing the concern."
I feel so much better now.
That's a good analogy...uh...BadAnalogyGuy...
*wanders off muttering to himself*
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
That's a good analogy...uh...BadAnalogyGuy...
Yeah... They can't all be losers.
Donald Rumsfeld moved to head new "Department of Peace".
I really thought they would nominate Helen Keller for this position. A perfect example of "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
Now thats not quite accurate, its not as if we live in a society where the government tapes public and private areas looking for wrongdoing... wait, let me start over.
Now thats not quite accurate, its not as if we went to war for the sake of going to war... well, we went to war to make the rich richer, so let me start over.
Now thats not quite accurate, its not as if terrorist attacks are being perpetrated against ourselves by ourselves to trump up support for the war... wait, yes we are...
Well crap, I've got no real response here. 1984 is a good book, and scarilly relevant in this current administration. Anyone have a rebuttal?
Well, I, for one, welcome our new sub-Intelligence Civil Liberties Overl ....
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no, wait
So the fox appoints a cat to protect the hens from the fox...
"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
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With appologies to Tom Cruise. *wretch*
- Sometimes you're the pidgeon, sometimes you're the statue.
Microsoft joins the OpenDocument alliance.
"Dick, they're getting upset." ..." ... wouldn't that kinda hurt us?"
"Why?"
"Well, 'cause we pretty much snoop at them."
"So?"
"Well, ya know, the things 'bout land of free and
"We already eliminated home of the brave, and they kinda liked it. So?"
"Well, it ain't good, ok? They might finally find out that we're not really working in their favor."
"Hmm. I know. We'll appoint someone to take care of civil liberties and observe it all."
"But
"How so?"
"Well, if he's constantly telling us what we can't do?"
"Never said anything 'bout telling us what to do, did I? I said OBSERVE."
"And then?"
"No then. File a nice li'l report to be put into the big round storage under your desk."
"And what should that do?"
"Make them think that someone's taking care of liberty. While we take care of what's left of it."
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
"Any bests?"
Yesssss. The flithy bloggerssss gives uss the dirts. Filthy, fats bloggerssss....
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
Don't you mean "Donald Rumsfeld moved to head new ' Ministry of Peace'?" That's rather double double minus bad of you for misspelling the name of the ministry.
ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI!?
People can't judge themselves objectively.
Nonsense. I know I'm the most humble person ever.
Bushh is the "Decider" President now. Haven't you heard? He's decided to delegate his duties out to appointees, until his only remaining duty is Commander of Watch This Swing.
Oh You POS
Meanwhile, in the far-off land of Fableia...
"Fox Appoints Chicken To Guard Henhouse Against Self"
From the Henhouse-Safe-At-Last department.
Chicken Little writes "The Aesop Journal-Times reports that the Fox has appointed a Henhouse Guardian in order to assuage the hens' fear of their new canid management. From the article: 'As the hatchling of a Rhode Island Red in Ohio during the Wolf Scare, Henrietta recalls being unable to tell the good guys from the bad as both sheep and wolves in sheep clothing would order the chickens out of the henhouse to search it. Those first-hand brushes with predators, says Ms. Henrietta Hen, have led her to take the safety of chickens very seriously.' It remains to be seen how effective she will be at guarding the henhouse from her boss, but at least the fox is recognising the concern."
"This may be presumptuous..." "That's my favorite kind of 'This'."
Comarades!
I have grown up in a communist country, and let me tell you!
All problems can be solved by appointing executives with shiny titles to fix them! All of them!
Remember, and repeat after me:
All animals are equal!
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
No no. You had it right the first time according to the George W. Bush Theory of Fascist Government.
After all, if you weren't doing anything wrong why would you have a problem with armed men stopping and searching your car without probable cause? If you think that's wrong it's only because at some point you are PLANNING on doing something wrong.
How do you live with yourself? Planning to do evil things. You are an Evil Doer and an Enemy of the State! By thinking the government could ever possibly do anything wrong you have given up your rights. Hope you like Cuba...
Coding with assembly is like playing with Legos. Coding an application in assembly is like building a car with Legos.
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.