I barely use my phone at all (which is why it only costs me $5 a month), but I am concerned about the future if I ever decide to get an internet-capable phone. I don't want police spying on me without a warning that the encryption had been turned off.
The left-wing democrat blogs are saying the same thing (that wikileaks committed a crime & should be censored). Try to be less biased in your reporting. R or D - both dicks
>>>The posting of the classified info via Wikileaks was a crime.
So is a War of Terrorism against Afghan people that results in innocent cameramen and children (inside the van) getting killed. And even though it's not a crime, it's pretty cold-hearted for the US Soldiers to say, "Hahahahaha. The children deserved it. Shouldn't have driven in front of my sights."
We wouldn't even know about that crime against humanity if wikileaks had not revealed it. And the people, the ultimate holder of all legitimate authority, deserve to know.
>>>Unless it's a friendly interrogation (hey did you ever see that guy in Dorm A who went missing last month?)
If you had bothered to watch the youtube video, the Law Professor describes a story about a guy getting jailed for answering such "friendly" questions. How? He said he has no idea who the criminal was, was nowhere near the crime, but had no alibis to prove it, so the cops locked him up. Then they found some woman to testify that they saw that guy at the crime scene, and he was found guilty in court.
You should also watch the recent Penn & Teller episode about Criminal Justice. A black man was imprisoned for 35 years for a crime he never committed. He too had made the mistake of cooperating with police, and they rewarded him by taking away half his life. He was released when DNA evidence showed that the "criminal's blood" on the knife did not match his blood.
Don't Talk To Cops. Ever. You'll just framed, even if you're innocent. "You have the right to remain silent..." - US Supreme Court
>>>It's crazy...If you come to the EU you just land
Maybe you too would have tight security if the EU has some major buildings, like the Paris Eiffel Tower and Ministry of Defence, blown to the ground by terrorists. As happened to us on 9/11.
I can easily imagine the MEPs standing in Parliament, having a fit, and then passing something similar to the Uniting Europe by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (EU PATRIOT) Act. After all, you Europeans have done it in the past with strong border controls and fingerprinting.
There's nothing to be gain from talking to ANY officer. Name, drivers license, and that's it. (And if you're driving, you don't even need to show an drivers license. "My name is ____," will comply with the law. When I was pulled over by the Homeland Gestapo while traveling across the country, they tried to get me to talk but I refused.
"Why won't you let us search your trunk?" "You said you don't have a search warrant." "What do you got in there?" "....." "Where are you headed?" "....." "Where did you come from?" "....."
They then made me stand in the hot afternoon sun for an hour, but I refused to comply. Eventually they let me go when they realized they had no other option.
>>>What law says that law enforcement officers can't ask questions?
They can. But you don't have to answer per the following Supreme Laws: "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." ----- "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." ----- "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." (Such as the right to travel freely without impediment.)
Now one could argue that because it's an international border, they can detain you forever, but I don't buy that argument especially when it involves Documented US citizens. Rights are inalienable and you have them even if the government is a Tyrant that does not recognize those rights. Indefinite detainment is a human rights abuse, and makes the US no better than the USSR or China or Cuba or Iraq.
And just for the record: The only reason Ma Bell had a monopoly, like comcast today, is because state & local Governments GAVE it to them. Else there would have been competition. ----- I remember when I got my first modem, Bell sent me a notice that I'm supposed to inform them of the fact and there may be an extra surcharge to use it over their phonelines.
I threw the notice in the trash without ever complying. Fuck them, fuck corporations, and fuck monopolies (including government ones).
>>>A UK citizen...threatened with exportation & 20 years imprisonment by the current administration.
Also this is a clear indication of a double standard and Inequality under the law. If a government or corporation leaves the password as 'password1' and a citizen enters that computer, then the citizen will be severely punished. BUT in the opposite case of government/corporation entering a citizen's private computer or router?
>>>Maybe they were able to access your router because the password was still password1 ?
A UK citizen who used a similar backdoor (typed the default password) to get into a US computer is now being raked-over-the-coals and threatened with exportation & 20 years imprisonment by the current administration. If it wasn't okay for him to enter a privately-owned computer, why it is okay for Verizon to enter a privately-owned router?
Answer: It isn't. Sue them.
Oh and this behavior is typical considering Verizon used to be part of the Bell Monopoly. They used to consider any and all devices attached to their phonelines as their property - apparently they have not changed that way of thinking, even though it's no longer true.
If I encounter docx (which I haven't so far), I'd first consider whether or not I need to see that file (probably not), and if the answer is yes then go off and acquire the Viewing program I need.
We've been involved in the Mideast since World War 1. It had nothing to do with oil, but as part of the anti-Germany campaign. Then we withdrew and returned again during WW2, and we never bothered to withdraw. Instead we decided to become Israel's ally and protector.
And now we're "stuck" there. Even if we discovered our way to run our cars on hydrogen, we'd still be involved in the Mideast because we stupidly stick our noses (and bases) where they don't belong (Mideast, EU, Russia, Japan, China).
Well that is logical. It makes more sense to drain countries like Venezuela and Arabia and Iran dry of oil, while you leave your own reserves untouched. Then circa 2050 you can sell your North American oil for big bucks.
>>>Commodore is consistently anti-government... I think he's absolutely delusional,
No more delusional than Thomas Jefferson, who was also a libertarian (although the label back then was simply "liberal"), and with whose views I agree 99% of the time.
Stores don't know how many customers they will get in a year either, but they still manage to survive and make profit. I'd rather have a couple accountant in the public schools sweating over figures, than have to FORCE a child to attend a school that's falling apart and the teachers/administration doesn't care.
Give these students the Pro-Choice option to quit that school and go to a different school with better standards. Basically: Break the monopoly.
>>>You've been lucky, and you aren't thinking about the possibilities, you're really not. My father
Was old. When I reach an advanced age, say 60, I will buy myself insurance to cover the cost of my failing machine (my body). But to buy insurance when you're in your teens, 20s, or 30s, and still perfectly healthy is insane. It's as stupid as buying a new iPod and wasting money on a $50 extended warranty.
The iPod's new. It won't break when it's still young. Neither will the human body.
>>>I seem to recall you collecting unemployment benefits,
And I paid $20,000-25,000 a year in taxes since 1997. I'm merely taking back a small portion (capped at 20,000) what I already paid into the Unemployment program. And when I retire, I will also be taking back what I paid-in to Social Security.
But stealing from my neighbors' to buy myself a new car, or new computer, or a new pacemaker is not acceptable. Those expenses should come directly from my own pocket. I have no right to treat my neighbors like my personal slaves, working to buy me new stuff.
Ya know, even if you put a hospital on every block, people will still die. You are trying to cure an incurable disease (mortality), and I think it's foolish.
Even if you spend 10,000 trillion a year out of the US Government's bank account, people would still terminate. You are trying to achieve a goal that is impossible to reach
Follow the Supreme Law as written, and where there is confusion refer to James Madison's opinion, since he authored the thing. Also look to original intent (as Thomas Jefferson recommended) of the men who ratified it in 1786-89.
And if there is still confusion, then amend the Constitution to clarify it. For example: You say private citizens should not have nukes. Fine. Amend the Constitution to strike "arms" and replace with "guns" so that it is specific what they can or can not own.
>>>I do not understand the hoopla of conservatives of screaming gold. The price is very volatile and I do not like that.
When the Roman Empire collapsed, the money became worthless but the gold and silver still held value. That's why people recommend gold - to protect their wealth when the dollar loses value.
>>>Except that without the bailout you'd probably be out of the job without unemployment benefits
(1) The bailout bill was for BANKERS not the workers. It was Welfare for the Rich, and the Democrats voted unanimously for it. Think about that. The Democrats are the party for the rich. (2) I would still have unemployment benefits. I would be getting $50 less per weak (part of Obama's Feb 2009 Stimulus) but I'll still be getting unemployment benefits from the State government. .
>>>in the middle of The Greatest Depression Ever
We *are* in the middle of the Greatest Depression Ever (second only to the depression of 1920). You think the crash is finished? We're only halfway through and another plummet is coming soon, but this time it will be a Currency Crisis - something the US has never experienced.
Spending a ton of money in a Bailout didn't solve the core problem: Too much debt. All it did was make it worse. We're floating on a bubble right now, propped-up by borrowing from China. When that bubble pops you'll see a crash like you've never seen before..... well, except in 1920s Germany (where it took a wheelbarrow of marks to buy bread). Maybe it won't be that bad, but it sure as hell won't be pleasant.
>>>>>national debt of $200,000/home by the end of Obama's eighth year. >> >>and presumably reduced to $1 per household if a Tea Partier is elected in 2012.
You can't pay off the debt that fast but if I were president, I'd end the war immediately, and submit a budget to Congress that cuts all spending by 75% across the board. They'd probably go nuts, debate and argue, and then give me a 25% cut instead, which would give the government about 1500 billion annual surplus. So then do the math:
16 trillion (end of 2012) -1.5 trillion surplus +0.3 trillion interest ========= 14.8 at end of 2013 . 13.6 at end of 2014 . 12.4 at end of 2015 . 11.2 at end of 2016 . and so on. I or another budget-conscious president could have the debt down to ~$60,000 per US home by 2020. And almost no debt by 2025.
No what's "wrong" is that I am being forced to pay a $950 Fine because I exercised my Pro-Choice right not to buy hospital insurance; that's wrong.
And that's what the tea parties are protesting against, in addition to Bush's idiotic 700 billion banker bailout, and the foolishness of carrying $130,000 per US home worth of debt.
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I barely use my phone at all (which is why it only costs me $5 a month), but I am concerned about the future if I ever decide to get an internet-capable phone. I don't want police spying on me without a warning that the encryption had been turned off.
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(And if you're [not] driving, you don't even need to show a drivers license.)
>>>Stop reading right-wing neoconservative blogs
The left-wing democrat blogs are saying the same thing (that wikileaks committed a crime & should be censored).
Try to be less biased in your reporting.
R or D - both dicks
>>>The posting of the classified info via Wikileaks was a crime.
So is a War of Terrorism against Afghan people that results in innocent cameramen and children (inside the van) getting killed. And even though it's not a crime, it's pretty cold-hearted for the US Soldiers to say, "Hahahahaha. The children deserved it. Shouldn't have driven in front of my sights."
We wouldn't even know about that crime against humanity if wikileaks had not revealed it. And the people, the ultimate holder of all legitimate authority, deserve to know.
>>>Unless it's a friendly interrogation (hey did you ever see that guy in Dorm A who went missing last month?)
If you had bothered to watch the youtube video, the Law Professor describes a story about a guy getting jailed for answering such "friendly" questions. How? He said he has no idea who the criminal was, was nowhere near the crime, but had no alibis to prove it, so the cops locked him up. Then they found some woman to testify that they saw that guy at the crime scene, and he was found guilty in court.
You should also watch the recent Penn & Teller episode about Criminal Justice. A black man was imprisoned for 35 years for a crime he never committed. He too had made the mistake of cooperating with police, and they rewarded him by taking away half his life. He was released when DNA evidence showed that the "criminal's blood" on the knife did not match his blood.
Don't Talk To Cops. Ever.
You'll just framed, even if you're innocent.
"You have the right to remain silent..." - US Supreme Court
>>>It's crazy...If you come to the EU you just land
Maybe you too would have tight security if the EU has some major buildings, like the Paris Eiffel Tower and Ministry of Defence, blown to the ground by terrorists. As happened to us on 9/11.
I can easily imagine the MEPs standing in Parliament, having a fit, and then passing something similar to the Uniting Europe by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (EU PATRIOT) Act. After all, you Europeans have done it in the past with strong border controls and fingerprinting.
There's nothing to be gain from talking to ANY officer. Name, drivers license, and that's it. (And if you're driving, you don't even need to show an drivers license. "My name is ____," will comply with the law. When I was pulled over by the Homeland Gestapo while traveling across the country, they tried to get me to talk but I refused.
"Why won't you let us search your trunk?"
"You said you don't have a search warrant."
"What do you got in there?"
"....."
"Where are you headed?"
"....."
"Where did you come from?"
"....."
They then made me stand in the hot afternoon sun for an hour, but I refused to comply. Eventually they let me go when they realized they had no other option.
>>>What law says that law enforcement officers can't ask questions?
They can. But you don't have to answer per the following Supreme Laws: "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." ----- "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." ----- "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." (Such as the right to travel freely without impediment.)
Now one could argue that because it's an international border, they can detain you forever, but I don't buy that argument especially when it involves Documented US citizens. Rights are inalienable and you have them even if the government is a Tyrant that does not recognize those rights. Indefinite detainment is a human rights abuse, and makes the US no better than the USSR or China or Cuba or Iraq.
And just for the record: The only reason Ma Bell had a monopoly, like comcast today, is because state & local Governments GAVE it to them. Else there would have been competition. ----- I remember when I got my first modem, Bell sent me a notice that I'm supposed to inform them of the fact and there may be an extra surcharge to use it over their phonelines.
I threw the notice in the trash without ever complying. Fuck them, fuck corporations, and fuck monopolies (including government ones).
>>>A UK citizen...threatened with exportation & 20 years imprisonment by the current administration.
Also this is a clear indication of a double standard and Inequality under the law. If a government or corporation leaves the password as 'password1' and a citizen enters that computer, then the citizen will be severely punished. BUT in the opposite case of government/corporation entering a citizen's private computer or router?
That's okay.
>>>Maybe they were able to access your router because the password was still password1 ?
A UK citizen who used a similar backdoor (typed the default password) to get into a US computer is now being raked-over-the-coals and threatened with exportation & 20 years imprisonment by the current administration. If it wasn't okay for him to enter a privately-owned computer, why it is okay for Verizon to enter a privately-owned router?
Answer: It isn't. Sue them.
Oh and this behavior is typical considering Verizon used to be part of the Bell Monopoly. They used to consider any and all devices attached to their phonelines as their property - apparently they have not changed that way of thinking, even though it's no longer true.
What's a SIM card? My phone doesn't appear to have one of those.
If I encounter docx (which I haven't so far), I'd first consider whether or not I need to see that file (probably not), and if the answer is yes then go off and acquire the Viewing program I need.
We've been involved in the Mideast since World War 1. It had nothing to do with oil, but as part of the anti-Germany campaign. Then we withdrew and returned again during WW2, and we never bothered to withdraw. Instead we decided to become Israel's ally and protector.
And now we're "stuck" there. Even if we discovered our way to run our cars on hydrogen, we'd still be involved in the Mideast because we stupidly stick our noses (and bases) where they don't belong (Mideast, EU, Russia, Japan, China).
Well that is logical. It makes more sense to drain countries like Venezuela and Arabia and Iran dry of oil, while you leave your own reserves untouched. Then circa 2050 you can sell your North American oil for big bucks.
>>>Commodore is consistently anti-government... I think he's absolutely delusional,
No more delusional than Thomas Jefferson, who was also a libertarian (although the label back then was simply "liberal"), and with whose views I agree 99% of the time.
Awwww.....
Stores don't know how many customers they will get in a year either, but they still manage to survive and make profit. I'd rather have a couple accountant in the public schools sweating over figures, than have to FORCE a child to attend a school that's falling apart and the teachers/administration doesn't care.
Give these students the Pro-Choice option to quit that school and go to a different school with better standards. Basically: Break the monopoly.
>>>You've been lucky, and you aren't thinking about the possibilities, you're really not. My father
Was old. When I reach an advanced age, say 60, I will buy myself insurance to cover the cost of my failing machine (my body). But to buy insurance when you're in your teens, 20s, or 30s, and still perfectly healthy is insane. It's as stupid as buying a new iPod and wasting money on a $50 extended warranty.
The iPod's new. It won't break when it's still young. Neither will the human body.
>>>I seem to recall you collecting unemployment benefits,
And I paid $20,000-25,000 a year in taxes since 1997. I'm merely taking back a small portion (capped at 20,000) what I already paid into the Unemployment program. And when I retire, I will also be taking back what I paid-in to Social Security.
But stealing from my neighbors' to buy myself a new car, or new computer, or a new pacemaker is not acceptable. Those expenses should come directly from my own pocket. I have no right to treat my neighbors like my personal slaves, working to buy me new stuff.
Ya know, even if you put a hospital on every block, people will still die.
You are trying to cure an incurable disease (mortality), and I think it's foolish.
Even if you spend 10,000 trillion a year out of the US Government's bank account, people would still terminate. You are trying to achieve a goal that is impossible to reach
Simple:
Follow the Supreme Law as written, and where there is confusion refer to James Madison's opinion, since he authored the thing. Also look to original intent (as Thomas Jefferson recommended) of the men who ratified it in 1786-89.
And if there is still confusion, then amend the Constitution to clarify it. For example: You say private citizens should not have nukes. Fine. Amend the Constitution to strike "arms" and replace with "guns" so that it is specific what they can or can not own.
>>>I do not understand the hoopla of conservatives of screaming gold. The price is very volatile and I do not like that.
When the Roman Empire collapsed, the money became worthless but the gold and silver still held value. That's why people recommend gold - to protect their wealth when the dollar loses value.
>>>Except that without the bailout you'd probably be out of the job without unemployment benefits
(1) The bailout bill was for BANKERS not the workers. It was Welfare for the Rich, and the Democrats voted unanimously for it. Think about that. The Democrats are the party for the rich. (2) I would still have unemployment benefits. I would be getting $50 less per weak (part of Obama's Feb 2009 Stimulus) but I'll still be getting unemployment benefits from the State government.
.
>>>in the middle of The Greatest Depression Ever
We *are* in the middle of the Greatest Depression Ever (second only to the depression of 1920). You think the crash is finished? We're only halfway through and another plummet is coming soon, but this time it will be a Currency Crisis - something the US has never experienced.
Spending a ton of money in a Bailout didn't solve the core problem: Too much debt. All it did was make it worse. We're floating on a bubble right now, propped-up by borrowing from China. When that bubble pops you'll see a crash like you've never seen before..... well, except in 1920s Germany (where it took a wheelbarrow of marks to buy bread). Maybe it won't be that bad, but it sure as hell won't be pleasant.
>>>>>national debt of $200,000/home by the end of Obama's eighth year.
>>
>>and presumably reduced to $1 per household if a Tea Partier is elected in 2012.
You can't pay off the debt that fast but if I were president, I'd end the war immediately, and submit a budget to Congress that cuts all spending by 75% across the board. They'd probably go nuts, debate and argue, and then give me a 25% cut instead, which would give the government about 1500 billion annual surplus. So then do the math:
16 trillion (end of 2012)
-1.5 trillion surplus
+0.3 trillion interest
=========
14.8 at end of 2013
.
13.6 at end of 2014
.
12.4 at end of 2015
.
11.2 at end of 2016
.
and so on. I or another budget-conscious president could have the debt down to ~$60,000 per US home by 2020. And almost no debt by 2025.
No what's "wrong" is that I am being forced to pay a $950 Fine because I exercised my Pro-Choice right not to buy hospital insurance; that's wrong.
And that's what the tea parties are protesting against, in addition to Bush's idiotic 700 billion banker bailout, and the foolishness of carrying $130,000 per US home worth of debt.