Crooks and Liars: "Bush at 29 % in new Harris poll." Limbo good, Limbo fine Everybody gets a chanceC'mon and move your body downDo the limbo dance....
Daily Kos: "...I was struck by just how assured they were that massive data mining of the telephone calls of all American citizens was a perfectly normal thing to expect..." Yeah - for the Soviet Union.
Michele Malkin: "WaPo poll out today reports: "Most Americans Support NSA's Efforts." Da, Comrade Malkin, stick to the line. If you wander one bit you might actually have a thought.
Huffington Post:
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry, 1775
I do not understand why most Americans see the Phone number database as a big issue. This has nothing to do with whether you are a Republican or Democrat, but rather your rights as an American citizen.
How is it possible for them to say they can figure out terrorist links just by looking at phone numbers? If you call a certain number 35 times do you go to a special database? And how do they know who you are and what is contained in that call? They would have to know your name and record your conversations, otherwise what is the point of collecting phone numbers?
Lastly, the arguement that we give up our credit information and bank information to what is happening today is the same thing is nuts. YOU choose to apply for a credit card, You CHOOSE to apply for a job, You Choose to apply for an apartment, a mortgage, etc. You are given a choice..but in this case there was no choice.
If people do not care, then lets have an opt in and opt out policy on the phone numbers. I would be interested to see who would opt in - so that the government can keep track of your phone number. I suspect that not many Americans would.
Posted by: Craig | May 12, 2006 9:42 AM | Permalink to Comment