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US Set to Use Spy Satellites on US Citizens
duerra writes "A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns. The plan is in the final stage of completion, according to a department official who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about it. While some internal agencies have had access to spy satellite imagery for purposes such as assisting after a natural disaster, this would be the first time law-enforcement would be able to obtain a warrant and request access to satellite imagery."
1. Make the Constitution mean nothing CHECK 2. Make it so big companies can ignore the law CHECK 3. Remove the right to due process CHECK 4. Spend billions on killing muslims with no end game accept losing CHECK 5. Illegally spy on your fellow Americans with phone taps and spy satellites. CHECK 6. Piss off every country on the surface of the planet and make the name USA a joke. CHECK 7. Print so much US currency that its worth next to nothing in reality. CHECK Bin Ladin "George why didn't I hire you sooner"
[I]n 1998, Obama stated that he would Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons ... I look around at the social networking sites, and see that no one seems to be mentioning this; this freaks me out to the core
Dude, it freaks me out, too. I already have eleventy million good reasons to vote for him without needing one more reason, however good. Not to worry, though; they won't let Canadians vote.
The difference is zilch, because in reality the 2nd amendment is only used as an excuse by men who have to compensate for something, or just have guns as toys. The 2nd amendment allows for shootings in schools, nothing else. No American is ever going to take up arms and remove $government from power. If any gunowner really thought about that 2nd amendment, they'd (or should) have taken up arms against $government al loooong time ago. It's just not going to happen, and it is only used as another way to keep (a part) of the populous satisfied and left with a sense of control (which they'll never wield for what it was intended for). And the shootings and high murderrates keep the rest of the population scared and threatened, for free! $government doesn't even have to do it itself.
So, what's the big deal? I can get a subscription to any number of private satellite services that offer the same information on my neighbors, or anyone else I care (or have the time) to surveil. And as for personal information, all I have to do is scan the wireless networks around me to find out anything else I want to know about my neighbors. At least government has to follow rules and get warrants, even for the jihadi freaks living on American soil that want to kill us in the name of the religion of peace.