What was it I said? Oh yeah, "The first culprit to come to everybody's mind is your beloved George W. Bush, followed closely by Bush poodle Tony Blair's England. Bush soulmate Vladimir Putin belongs in the same authoritarian rogue's gallery."
Admittedly I missed Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia on the list of the The World's Worst Surveillance Societies, so no doubt Tom thinks that makes me [counts on fingers] 5/8 wrong, but he's a glass half-empty kinda guy. Me, I figure I got three out of three predictions right, and I'll go with that.
Did you ever imagine that the US would share a spot with Russia on a list like that? How about the statistic that the US has more people behind bars than Russia--isn't that a pip? Has something gone badly wrong in the last few years, or what?
Current Events » in reply to "Your comments about surveillance societies and the attempt to blame them on Liberal values is a bit of a hoot"
Called that one, didn't I?
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- Microsoft "spy" software patent.
- Hook it up to a device that delivers an electric shock and you've got something. (n/t)
- I knew Microsoft was Evit! (n/t)
- Not the first, possibly not the worst
- Speaking of online project listings
- Sounds like the Feds in Snowcrash, only taken further.... (n/t)
- I blame it all on "Human Resources".
- re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
- re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
- re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
- The joys of synopticon living
- "Your comments about surveillance societies and the attempt to blame them on Liberal values is a bit of a hoot"
- re: synopticon living
- The joys of synopticon living
- re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
- re: Not the first, possibly not the worst
- Freekin BS
- Text of the application
- Big Brother wants to know if you are telling the truth! (n/t)
- There goes "fake it 'till yah make it".