Here is a perfect example of “the Problem with Blogs”! And thank the stars! 😉
Thanks to TP!
Inconvenient Facts That The Chamber Hasn’t Refuted
VIDEO: Asked About The Chamber’s Foreign Funding And Ad Campaign, Roy Blunt Cuts And Runs
So, as well as US Corp’s buying US Politicians and lobyists, you also have International Corp’s doing so blatantly now. 🙂 And of course, nobody will do Jack about it. Sad…
]]>And yeah, I agree with you RE: this Admin. The only accomplishments they have are the minor ones the GOP/Corp’s allow. None of the major things have happened and will never happen (under this Admin.). That’s the way it looks *out here* anyway.
]]>The Executive branch thinks that terrorism magically endowed them with the powers of Joseph Stalin to muck about in people’s lives. Just another reason not to use M$ software.
There is no representation for the left at the national level. They must have finally realized it because the Dem Senate campaign just had Bernie Sanders, an Independent/Socialist send out an e-mail asking for money. They figured out that the base doesn’t believe them anymore.
It’s a shame, but the only way you can get what you paid for anymore is through the courts. Corporations just don’t care.
Fallenmonk, I’m not sure that the whole “bi-partisan out-reach” wasn’t just an excuse to do what he wanted to do from the beginning. As we all know, the GOP doesn’t “do” bi-partisan.
Yeah, Steve, there was a lot of “wait her turn” and outright misogyny on the left. My misgivings about Clinton were in the foreign policy area, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to see her appointed Secretary of State. Her record indicates that she was to the left of Obama on domestic issues, according to her voting record. Obama voted just like LIEberman.
Ame, no one here is saying that they haven’t done anything, it’s just that they haven’t done anything important for the majority of people in this country, and they haven’t eliminated the odious practices begun by the Bush administration. Our civil rights are under constant attack, and that is just not acceptable.
]]>I did, in fact, support Clinton before the primaries, and I still believe she would have been a (marginally) better president. And I had few delusions about Obama, and had to talk myself into voting for him. It won’t happen again. In my defense, Obama is one of the most effective liars I’ve ever encountered. He talks a good game.
FWIW, an observation: when America relinquished the white male property-owning vote, they gave the vote to non-property-owners, former slaves and women… in that order, and the order says something. Clinton never had a chance at being president; she has the wrong plumbing.
]]>Obama-FBI-Microsoft collusion: warrantless snooping on the Internet
(With thanks to Lou Gallo at the Examiner, Houston).
Be careful of what you say or write, how you do business and what you record in your bank account. Big Brother and Sister—and anyone else—may be watching!
Internet privacy no longer exists.
Microsoft, Obama, the FBI and Homeland Security want less secure, free hand Internet monitoring. This is an old story with a new chapter. The big push for Internet monitoring is alive and well in Washington, and Microsoft is a cohort for different reasons.
Obama and the FBI are trying to amend the intelligence authorization bill to allow indiscriminate snooping on the Internet.
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Back in 2008, Microsoft provided the U.S. government a technical “backdoor” to its browser, which serves the majority of users (over 60%). Backdoor access is undetectable by security software—it bypasses normal authentication (passwords, etc.), firewalls and other computer security devices. In other terms, the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, the FBI and other security agencies can already eavesdrop on anyone using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.In its infinite greed and fierce competitiveness, Microsoft opts for advertising dollars over providing customers easy access to privacy tools–a de facto, covert compromise of our constitutional rights. Although the computer giant has an effective tool (“InPrivate Filtering”), you have to know about it and then turn it on every time you start up the Explorer browser.
More info is also available at the Techrights blog:
Federal Motors and Federal Microsoft (Microsoft Dependent Government Operations)
It’s no surprise to me of course. 😉
OT: I’m still having technical problems, just had our phone line replaced. Apparently, they no longer bother with rodent proof conduit. I made damned sure the (annoyed, and I could care less) tech used the proper conduit and sealant. He even called his super about it, and I got on and simply said “I’ll happily sue your company and you personally as the legal company representative charged with carrying out this work, for breach of telco and safety regulation. And I will take photo’s. I will also contact the Telcom Ombudsman, ACCC, and any or all currant Affair programs and news media who love this kind of story, and will ensure your name and the name of your superior, are correctly spelled. And yes, I absolutely can and will do all that! Trust me!” They hate me (again, I could care less!) The tech who was standing right next to me was actually trying not to smile, and I noticed a new found respect! He even installed another phone/ADSL point in my room with a built in splitter for free. 😀 Amazing what service one can get when one knows one’s rights and the law. (and, that ‘Command Voice’ we were taught in OCS really comes in handy!) 😉 😛 The picked the wrong day. On top of everything else, I have a head cold, and was very happy to make someone else miserable! 😆
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