Warning for International Travelers: Big Brother is scoping for your electronic goodz
Okay.
I know its pretty cliche to go on about how Orwellian our government is turning (no matter how true it is) but this newly released policy of The Department of Homeland Security is really just taking it too far. And the fact that they can disseminate this information to whomever they wish, whenever, for whatever reason is so absurd on it’s face that it’s hard to even believe.
We’ve already passed from cartoony villain (you know the place where things get so stupid that its hard to do anything but laugh) and we seem to be passing through the numb/dumb down stage. What happens next? Along with the near silent passage of the little-observed addendum to the Housing Bill passed last week that dictates that all credit card transactions (this includes Debit Cards) made in the US be funneled and tracked in IRS databases, the Bush Administration seems like its going for the Hail Mary pass in this game of Fabric of Democracy vs Unmittigated Evil (Or just plain evil for the sake of special interests).
I’m still pretty unsure as to what the hell to do. Feels like trying to rescue a couple hundred million cows from a burning barn using sign language and telepathy.
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JO
3 Aug, 2008
My daughter and her friend (a US citizen) are in eastern europe visiting his parents. They left me copies of their passports and an emergency number to the US Embassy in case they encountered any problems over there…..never dreamed there might be problems coming home. This is all just so sad, so Orwellian. Ben Franklin warned about just this kind of loss of freedom.