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US security agency collecting Verizon phone records

And it has been going on for decades... at least this time they got a warrant.
 
I'd be willing to bet it's not just verizon either.

Big Brother.....
 
And it has been going on for decades... at least this time they got a warrant.

Maybe so, but warrants don't automatic make things right, only legal.
 
Maybe so, but warrants don't automatic make things right, only legal.

LOL there are a lot of things that are legal but not right... deal with it... the rest of the world has known about this crap for decades... /wave Echelon.
 
So it's to protect us right? Who will protect us from the government that has shown it can abuse its powers?
 
Here is the bottom line: Nothing is going to change. No one in government is going to get into major trouble over it. No one at Verizon is going to lose any sleep over it. Citizen can demand that Washington repeal the Patriot Acts. Citizen won't demand it. Washington knows this. Washington will do as it bloody well likes; they'll make a few statements and excuses; the opposition will rattle sabers but in essence will do nothing about it. The majority of voters will continue to remain partisans and they will vote the incumbents back in office. Washington knows this. Nothing will change. Nothing will change. Nothing will change.
 
Here is the bottom line: Nothing is going to change. No one in government is going to get into major trouble over it. No one at Verizon is going to lose any sleep over it. Citizen can demand that Washington repeal the Patriot Acts. Citizen won't demand it. Washington knows this. Washington will do as it bloody well likes; they'll make a few statements and excuses; the opposition will rattle sabers but in essence will do nothing about it. The majority of voters will continue to remain partisans and they will vote the incumbents back in office. Washington knows this. Nothing will change. Nothing will change. Nothing will change.

I really, really hope you're wrong and that, after all, there is hope and that it "lies in the proles."

Sigh.
 
I hope they're all dying of boredom reading my texts and whatnot.

Although I might have to make a few comments soon about work being a "pressure cooker" these days, and how heavy my backpack is, .....
 
I really, really hope you're wrong and that, after all, there is hope and that it "lies in the proles."

Sigh.

I really, really hope I am wrong as well.



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cyn·ic \ˈsi-nik\
noun

1. someone with enough experience to know the difference between hope and bull****
 
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