What follows is a small segment of a longer article that I strongly urge you to read completely. From Giordano Bruno @ Nethercorp Press:
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What follows is a small segment of a longer article that I strongly urge you to read completely. From Giordano Bruno @ Nethercorp Press:
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9-11. Patriot Act. Body scanners. Frisking 8 year old cub scouts. No, I’m not kidding. From the New York Times:
0 CommentsThe Transportation Security Administration, under scrutiny after last month’s bombing attempt, has on its Web site a “mythbuster” that tries to reassure the public.
Myth: The No-Fly list includes an 8-year-old boy.
Buster: No 8-year-old is on a T.S.A. watch list.
“Meet Mikey Hicks,” said Najlah Feanny Hicks, introducing her 8-year-old son, a New Jersey Cub Scout and frequent traveler who has seldom boarded a plane without a hassle because he shares the name of a suspicious person. “It’s not a myth.”
There is a proliferation of articles around the Blogosphere now, discussing the pros and cons of these new body scanners that the U.S. Federal Government and many foreign governments are installing in hundreds of international airports. People are worried about issues ranging from invasion of privacy to radiation. Of course, the “educated class” is going to tell us that this is all for our own good.
How many times must we be scammed into giving up our rights?
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This is just so insane, I had to post it. You won’t ever look at Google’s search engine the same way again:
5 CommentsA CNBC interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggests the search giant Google shouldn’t get off easy, and users should be wary of what Google knows about them — and with whom they can share that information.
CNBC’s Mario Bartiromo asked CEO Schmidt in her December 3, 2009 interview: “People are treating Google like their most trusted friend. Should they?”