No, I'm not worried about a boogeyman. I am worried about my country being at a disadvantage in a war. Cause, you know, they happen.
You can be an advocate for strong national defense (in both conventional weaponry, and intelligence and information systems weaponry) while also demanding very rigorous oversight of those weapons and the depts and individuals that use them. And the rigor and rigidity of the oversight should be proportional to the power wielded.
Sadly, the CIA (and NSA) have expanded the power of their "weapons" without anywhere near a proportional increase in oversight and scrutiny, as demonstrated by their brushing off of the attempted scrutiny by the Senate Intelligence Committee. More noise should be made by us, so that our congress critters actually push through the intelligence community's threats and manipulations, and establish oversight that can actually be effective in preventing abuses of power.
So you're saying that the US founding fathers - all well-educated and almost all well-heeled, many slave owners - in establishing laws that were significantly preferential to land-owners, were all the time rebelling against a thin layer of rich aristocracy with poor peasants underneath" ?!?
When you said "US founding fathers" did you actually mean "USSR founding fathers"?
Yeah, just like that - except you don't have to spend 10+ minutes in travel time just to skim the pages of a single book your interested in. And Amazon is open before 11am and after 5pm. But besides that, yeah, just like a local independent bookshop.
Just sent you an invite. Actually, that idea of a less public group, more active group of slashdotters is attractive to me. I think we'd all be a little less snarky and a little more constructive if you took away the public forum dynamic. Cheers!
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No, I'm not worried about a boogeyman. I am worried about my country being at a disadvantage in a war. Cause, you know, they happen.
You can be an advocate for strong national defense (in both conventional weaponry, and intelligence and information systems weaponry) while also demanding very rigorous oversight of those weapons and the depts and individuals that use them. And the rigor and rigidity of the oversight should be proportional to the power wielded.
Sadly, the CIA (and NSA) have expanded the power of their "weapons" without anywhere near a proportional increase in oversight and scrutiny, as demonstrated by their brushing off of the attempted scrutiny by the Senate Intelligence Committee. More noise should be made by us, so that our congress critters actually push through the intelligence community's threats and manipulations, and establish oversight that can actually be effective in preventing abuses of power.
So you're saying that the US founding fathers - all well-educated and almost all well-heeled, many slave owners - in establishing laws that were significantly preferential to land-owners, were all the time rebelling against a thin layer of rich aristocracy with poor peasants underneath" ?!?
When you said "US founding fathers" did you actually mean "USSR founding fathers"?
Yeah, just like that - except you don't have to spend 10+ minutes in travel time just to skim the pages of a single book your interested in. And Amazon is open before 11am and after 5pm. But besides that, yeah, just like a local independent bookshop.
As Rainier Wolfcastle would say: "That's the joke."
Curses, how can I +1 your post without any mod points?!! Stupid slashdot... :-P
Very happy to have sent an invite to a 3-digit /. UID.
Cheers!
Sent, the invite has been. Enjoy this, I hope you do... Cheers!
Invite has been sent, Tim. Cheers!
Invite is sent, Dan. Cheers!
Invite is on its way... Cheers!
Sent you one, Guppy, Cheers!
Just sent you one. Cheers!
Just sent you one. Enjoy!
Invited you have been. Cheers!
You got invited, Travis. Second Travis (that I've invited) from this thread, in fact. Cheers!
You've done been invited. Cheers!
If your angry about not being able to get in to G+, just let me know your email address, and I'll invite you. No need to go all nerd-rage on us...
Just sent you one, Travis. Cheers!
Got you covered, Adam. Cheers!
Awesome! I love it when techies come together! For Great Justice!
Just sent the invite. Cheers!
Invite is on its way. Cheers!
Just sent. Cheers!
Just sent Stuart an invite. Cheers!
Just sent you an invite. Actually, that idea of a less public group, more active group of slashdotters is attractive to me. I think we'd all be a little less snarky and a little more constructive if you took away the public forum dynamic.
Cheers!