Oh, and to you people that ask why they wouldn't declassify it to begin with? What better way to keep attention off the weapons of mass destruction or secret stealth fighter your developing than to draw attention to aliens being the cause. As has been proven time and again, sensationalism is the best way to cover up. *cough*CLINTON*cough* Just throw a few vague statements at the press and let the media whores take over. Instant misdirection as they start speculating.
Ok, Let's make a few points here...
(1)Aliens can definitely exist. BUT... That doesnt mean they have to fly in saucers,look humanoid, have interest in us, even develop sentience or technology. A microbe that is extraterrestrial is an "alien".You cant prove the ground under your feet isnt alive just because it hasnt proved itself to you that it is.
And considering the bizaare circumstances that created life on earth was astrnomically rare (no pun intended:P)only created one sentient lifeform here that we know of the chance of meeting intelligent life in this universe is near null.
(2) Id like to point out the trends of UFO sightings in past happen to coincide with alpha technology of the respective periods (ie. cigar shaped = jet/ boomerang = flying wing/ saucer previously mentioned)And due to angles and atmospheric conditions, man made sattellites that can be seen with the human eye from the ground tend to look distorted and move in odd directions. Notice that most modern footage is taken at dusk or dawn? Thats from sattellites being so far up they still are reflecting the sun and our atmosphere either squashes and/or stretches or even reflects it multiple times. This phenomenon is well documented and can be easily verified. Im not saying that all phenomena can be explained away so easily, but until we have proof (alien artifact/body/public first contact)I'll remain anchored to what logic seems to point too. That we are indeed alone as far as intelligent life and people are still desperately trying to find something to believe in.
Unfortunately I agree, too much of this stuff seems to be leading to eventually being barcoded at birth. I know its an extreme from butt sensors to barcoding but its a sign of a trend. Already we have face recognition programs running off cameras in public places and each and every day other things get added to sort through the unwashed masses. I'd like to think that id be able to walk down the street with a measure of anonymity or sit on a seat without someone knowing whether or not I got the beef or bean burritos. I know this was supposed to be a light topic and this post might seem alarmist but I really think we are giving up to much freedom to ensure freedom.
Dont you think it's a greater violation of rights having spyware and adware on your system than just recieving unsolicited e-mail? I think spam is just a nuisance while spy/adware actually affects performance of your hardware, not to mention the fact that its broadcasting your private information to the world allowing you to recieve a large portion of spam (mmm...large portion of spam).It's like me parking my car on your lawn then setting up cameras looking into each of your windows. Unfortnately everyone that recieves spam is aware of it, unlike spy/adware. And hence, public is clamoring for spam to stop. Dont get me wrong I love charging the chumps that install i-mesh/kazaa/realplayer/etc. money for removing the crap that makes there brand new Dell run like a 486, but if your talking rights violations that takes the cake. I say that all of you not already using a spy/ad bot removal program should run one...youd be surpised what youll find.
PS. Dont forget the growing number of spam coming through windows own messenger service.
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Oh, and to you people that ask why they wouldn't declassify it to begin with? What better way to keep attention off the weapons of mass destruction or secret stealth fighter your developing than to draw attention to aliens being the cause. As has been proven time and again, sensationalism is the best way to cover up. *cough*CLINTON*cough* Just throw a few vague statements at the press and let the media whores take over. Instant misdirection as they start speculating.
Ok, Let's make a few points here... (1)Aliens can definitely exist. BUT... That doesnt mean they have to fly in saucers ,look humanoid, have interest in us, even develop sentience or technology. A microbe that is extraterrestrial is an "alien".You cant prove the ground under your feet isnt alive just because it hasnt proved itself to you that it is.
And considering the bizaare circumstances that created life on earth was astrnomically rare (no pun intended :P)only created one sentient lifeform here that we know of the chance of meeting intelligent life in this universe is near null.
(2) Id like to point out the trends of UFO sightings in past happen to coincide with alpha technology of the respective periods (ie. cigar shaped = jet/ boomerang = flying wing/ saucer previously mentioned)And due to angles and atmospheric conditions, man made sattellites that can be seen with the human eye from the ground tend to look distorted and move in odd directions. Notice that most modern footage is taken at dusk or dawn? Thats from sattellites being so far up they still are reflecting the sun and our atmosphere either squashes and/or stretches or even reflects it multiple times. This phenomenon is well documented and can be easily verified. Im not saying that all phenomena can be explained away so easily, but until we have proof (alien artifact/body/public first contact)I'll remain anchored to what logic seems to point too. That we are indeed alone as far as intelligent life and people are still desperately trying to find something to believe in.
Unfortunately I agree, too much of this stuff seems to be leading to eventually being barcoded at birth. I know its an extreme from butt sensors to barcoding but its a sign of a trend. Already we have face recognition programs running off cameras in public places and each and every day other things get added to sort through the unwashed masses. I'd like to think that id be able to walk down the street with a measure of anonymity or sit on a seat without someone knowing whether or not I got the beef or bean burritos. I know this was supposed to be a light topic and this post might seem alarmist but I really think we are giving up to much freedom to ensure freedom.
Dont you think it's a greater violation of rights having spyware and adware on your system than just recieving unsolicited e-mail? I think spam is just a nuisance while spy/adware actually affects performance of your hardware, not to mention the fact that its broadcasting your private information to the world allowing you to recieve a large portion of spam (mmm...large portion of spam).It's like me parking my car on your lawn then setting up cameras looking into each of your windows. Unfortnately everyone that recieves spam is aware of it, unlike spy/adware. And hence, public is clamoring for spam to stop. Dont get me wrong I love charging the chumps that install i-mesh/kazaa/realplayer/etc. money for removing the crap that makes there brand new Dell run like a 486, but if your talking rights violations that takes the cake. I say that all of you not already using a spy/ad bot removal program should run one ...youd be surpised what youll find.
PS. Dont forget the growing number of spam coming through windows own messenger service.