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US Policy Would Allow Government Access to Any Email
An anonymous reader writes "National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is currently helping to draft a new Cyber-Security Policy that could make the debate over warrantless wiretaps seem like a petty squabble. The new policy would allow the government to access to the content of any email, file transfer, or web search."
I mean really, it's a DOD project right?
MightyMartian, I typically agree with 100% of your posts (Your sig makes it easy to spot ya), but I'm going to have to stand up for candidate Paul on this one. I've been most unusually apathetic this election cycle, something I'm typically not. Each side, Reps and Dems, has 3 mouthpiece clones spouting the standard crap over the airwaves and at rallies.
I wanted to look for a candidate that I could at least agree with on more than a tiny handful of issues, but I didn't know where to start. I took the candidate selector test at a website I found (selectsmart.com, I think) and the results told me I might like Ron Paul. I at first thought, "What? That whack job???" but then I researched his position on the current issues and his stance on foreign and domestic policy.
I like what he has to say. A lot. I like how he promotes personal liberty and personal responsibility at the same time. I like the fact that his foreign policies involve non-intervention, and returning the Defense Department to its title: national defense. (Not two preemptive undeclared wars) I've advocated that the US should not be the World Police for a long time. I've made many of the same arguments regarding his economic beliefs towards a balanced budget. Why should government of, for, and by the people be permitted to run a deficit and devalue the currency by just printing more when you run short year after year? The people can't do it. The govt shouldn't be permitted to do so, either. Outside of the death penalty, I like his stance on every issue. I've been so motivated by his intense, unwavering beliefs and his solid voting record that last night, I made my first ever campaign contribution.
Am I a retarded cultist for supporting the person that best fits my political beliefs after investigating each candidate's platform? I don't think so. I'm not trying to turn this into a policy debate, and I don't necessarily agree with some of the tactics that some Ron Paul grassroots supporters are trying to take, either. At least the AC/GP's post was topical to the discussion at hand, even if it was a thinly veiled political Slashvertisement. Making ad hominem attacks against those who have found a lesser-known candidate to be to their liking is a low blow to the process of "democracy", or what passes for democracy in the US today. Coming from one of my favorite Slashdot posters, your parent post disappoints me.
khasim (12/9/06): In a blind taste test, more people preferred Coke over the Pepsi that I had previously pissed in.
A clown? Gee, that hurts. I mean, you could at least call me an ass-munch, cockwad, or something. But...a clown? That really really hurts.
See, I'm trying to be nice. But here you are, going after my nuts again.
I gotta pro-tip for ya. Call 1-800-GET-HELP. Dude, you need it. Your phycologically in shambles. Every month, you're posts are filled with more venom and hate. Truely, you're a great "subject" to study. I'm truely facinated how you Daily Kosers react on blogs. It's as though you suffer some intellectual form of spongiform encephalopathy (brain rott).
A mind is such a terrible thing to waste. Please, call that number. I'm sure they can help.
Life is not for the lazy.