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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 11:51 AM
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11. This...
Someone posted this yesterday...
This is great!! Sorry I didnt bookmark the thread.

You consider yourself a good American. You consider yourself a patriot.
You support the president* , and believe he is helping to keep you and your family safe by fighting the terrorists.
The president* says he needs to tap your phone and gather your personal information to fight the war on terror.
You think you have have nothing to hide.

*You go to the Right church,

*You never criticize the government

*You pay your taxes

*You always vote The Right Way

*You "Support the Troops"

*You NEVER talk to terrorists on the phone

*You believe that the President is above the Law

All-in-All, you consider yourself to be "A Good American". You have nothing to hide, and the government is welcome to read your mail, listen to your phone conversations, and keep a secret file on you.


Have you ever wondered how things get in your secret file?
The government now has an incredible capacity for collecting and cross indexing vast amounts of data on individuals. Most of this data is unverified and simply gets put in the file.
You will NEVER see the file.
You will NEVER have the opportunity to correct the file.
You will NEVER know what is in the file.


You may be in control of your life, but what about the things you can't control?

*What about your wacky uncle who attends protests? He has the same last name as you!
Simply having the same last name got people removed from the voting rolls in Florida in 2000.

*You have a bad sheep kid who got in trouble in school? Nothing serious, boys will be boys?
How will that be written up in YOUR file?

*What about your niece who had an abortion? You didn't even know about it.
YOU vote Pro-Life, but your niece's abortion can turn up in YOUR file.

*Remember that time you accidentally got stopped for speeding , and you were a little sharp with the officer?
That's going to look good in YOUR file.

*You know that "Fringe Hippie Liberal" that lives down the block?
Do you know that he filed a report on you that states that you have a Che poster in your garage, and that you secretly collect money to fund Leftist groups in South America.
Sure its not true, but it DOES go in YOUR file.

and YOU won't be able to do a thing about it....in fact, you won't even know about it!
ALL you will know is that LIFE will be harder for YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!

*Your son or daughter didn't get that scholarship?

*Your son or daughter wasn't admitted to that school?

*You are denied that research grant?

*You were refused a zoning permit?

*Your company was refused a government contract?

*You were repeatedly audited by the IRS?

*You were passed over for that promotion?

* You were refused the loan for the new house in that exclusive neighborhood?

*The HardDrive from your computer disappears one afternoon?

*You LOST a lawsuit that was a sure win?

*You are denied travel on an airline?

*You are denied accommodations when traveling?

*You were temporarily arrested for walking too close to a Security Zone.

These things AND MORE can happen when a Political Party controls the governmental database!!!!



A centralized governmental database will be ETERNALLY HUNGRY. It will GROW automatically. Those whose lives are about feeding the monster will AUTOMATICALLY find MORE to feed it. Your Party affiliation, your campaign contributions, your religious preference, your favorite TV shows, your medical records, the mistakes other people make, the lies other people tell,....AND MORE WILL find its way into this database....AND a ONE PARTY government WILL USE IT to make sure that only the right kind of people do well in America!!!


Are you a GOOD American?
Do you REALLY have no problem with the government spying on you?
Do you REALLY think secret government files on citizens is a GOOD idea?





You think the above won't ever happen here???
You are wrong.
People are already being pulled out of line,
and refused seat on airlines after checking a central database!!!
people are being refused admission to Security Zones based on the secret database!!!
AND it is getting worse.


but you have nothing to hide!!!

I may be filing a secret anonymous report on YOU this afternoon.
It will be filled with LIES,
but YOU won't EVER KNOW!



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