"While this certainly is concerning, it isn't exactly new, as a passport is already required for circumstances covered under the proposal."
This is EXACTLY the type of mentality that takes the US further down the surveillance slide. our complacency allows the next draconian policy will be met with the same cavalier attitude.
"The passport already does something like that... the human check-out proposal doesn't sound too bad..." will eventually turn into "The human check-out system already does something like... the new proposal doesn't sound too bad..."
While some of these opinions and ideas certainly strike a chord with me, the main question that I have to ask is:
what can I do about this?
Action is louder than words. I would like to know what options the average American citizen has in taking back our civil liberties.
I hate to see our individual privacy being bled away by the greed of our government. The Constitution was drafted for a reason -- don't let it goto waste.
On this note, I have the following observation: the (overwhelmingly) #1 goal of politicians is to get re-elected. As such, I've checked out some of these online projects (such as the now defunct opengov) and many of these are tattered with confusing relationships. I am curious to know if there are any projects out there that simplify (or at least organized more smart/intuitively) the relationship between politicians/policies/funding/etc.
Lets get a meaningful discussion going on how we can present a more transparent view of the government to the general public and have them utilize this information to make a more informed choice.
To borrow from an age old adage, "hit 'em where it hurts." Except this time, replace pocket with political re-election.
While some of these opinions and ideas certainly strike a chord with me, the main question that I have to ask is:
what can I do about this?
Action is louder than words. I would like to know what options the average American citizen has in taking back our civil liberties.
I hate to see our individual privacy being bled away by the greed of our government. The Constitution was drafted for a reason -- don't let it goto waste.
On this note, I have the following observation: the (overwhelmingly) #1 goal of politicians is to get re-elected. As such, I've checked out some of these online projects (such as the now defunct opengov) and many of these are tattered with confusing relationships. I am curious to know if there are any projects out there that simplify (or at least organized more smart/intuitively) the relationship between politicians/policies/funding/etc.
Lets get a meaningful discussion going on how we can present a more transparent view of the government to the general public and have them utilize this information to make a more informed choice.
To borrow from an age old adage, "hit 'em where it hurts." Except this time, replace pocket with political re-election.
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Let me know when it's available for visible light so I can go watch Pamela Anderson have sex live.
"While this certainly is concerning, it isn't exactly new, as a passport is already required for circumstances covered under the proposal."
This is EXACTLY the type of mentality that takes the US further down the surveillance slide. our complacency allows the next draconian policy will be met with the same cavalier attitude.
"The passport already does something like that... the human check-out proposal doesn't sound too bad..." will eventually turn into "The human check-out system already does something like... the new proposal doesn't sound too bad..."
Where does it END?
While some of these opinions and ideas certainly strike a chord with me, the main question that I have to ask is:
what can I do about this?
Action is louder than words. I would like to know what options the average American citizen has in taking back our civil liberties.
I hate to see our individual privacy being bled away by the greed of our government. The Constitution was drafted for a reason -- don't let it goto waste.
On this note, I have the following observation: the (overwhelmingly) #1 goal of politicians is to get re-elected. As such, I've checked out some of these online projects (such as the now defunct opengov) and many of these are tattered with confusing relationships. I am curious to know if there are any projects out there that simplify (or at least organized more smart/intuitively) the relationship between politicians/policies/funding/etc.
Lets get a meaningful discussion going on how we can present a more transparent view of the government to the general public and have them utilize this information to make a more informed choice.
To borrow from an age old adage, "hit 'em where it hurts." Except this time, replace pocket with political re-election.
While some of these opinions and ideas certainly strike a chord with me, the main question that I have to ask is: what can I do about this? Action is louder than words. I would like to know what options the average American citizen has in taking back our civil liberties. I hate to see our individual privacy being bled away by the greed of our government. The Constitution was drafted for a reason -- don't let it goto waste. On this note, I have the following observation: the (overwhelmingly) #1 goal of politicians is to get re-elected. As such, I've checked out some of these online projects (such as the now defunct opengov) and many of these are tattered with confusing relationships. I am curious to know if there are any projects out there that simplify (or at least organized more smart/intuitively) the relationship between politicians/policies/funding/etc. Lets get a meaningful discussion going on how we can present a more transparent view of the government to the general public and have them utilize this information to make a more informed choice. To borrow from an age old adage, "hit 'em where it hurts." Except this time, replace pocket with political re-election.