Originally Posted by The An-Jel

Did you smoke pot, listen to Steppenwolf and Sabbath, and worship Satan Debs? That's the only thing I got out of that.
I never worshipped satan
Kidding

Yeah it is a lot worse then than it is now but the government wants the good old days back and that brings a problem in mentality rather than in technology if you can see what I mean there. Plus the weapons of war are much more sophisticated and that includes the bugs... Microsoft is being subsidized to work with the government to spy through peoples computers by building backdoors. Anyone remembering Windows 2000 and the bugs with that can be empathetic there. Who really needs that old mentality back? It isn't going to save us from radical Islam. Hell they are already talking about putting cameras on every corner of the street in New York like they are doing in London.
We already have them here in our city. Our downtown area is covered with them and no one cares. In our high crime area with gangs they have them every where .... no one minds except the criminals. If you have nothing to hide what's the big deal ... they aren't in your bedroom unless you set the camera up yourself.

They already track your consumption of goods when you go to the grocery store and use your rewards cards to get the lower advertised prices. They use the data in numerous ways. I don't care if they know the kinds of foods we eat by tracking them ... all it does is make them improve on the foods I don't buy .... I'm sure I'll hear about the evils of big brother for my thoughts but if you have nothing to hide why care? They'll get bored with my life and move on to someone worth while. I have the freedom to say what ever I want and don't care if big brother reads what I say .... as long as I still have the freedom to express myself verbally .... I realize my thoughts are not what many embrace but that's okay. If by giving up a little freedom for the big picture and keeping our country safe from radical terrorists ... I'm willing to give them access to my stuff. I have little hide.

It's a crying shame what happened to the Vietnam Vetrans. I don't forgive the ex-hippies for that or what they are doing to this country and the children now.
Many of the veterans came back and became hippies .... so don't blame the hippies for that fiasco ... it has relevance today still in the non-hippie generation. Do you know how long it takes to get seen at a VA clinic? Do you know how much substandard care they get? The VA hospital are crumbling around them. I worked at our VA hospital for a while (I'm a gypsy when it comes to jobs) and the docs were mostly residents coming thru a rotation. My Dad used VA hospitals and it wasn't a pleasant experience for him either.


It seems the present Administration wants to execute the Hoover ways from the White House and 911 is there excuse to do it.

I am not agreeing or disagreeing on this one but I can see why they want to do it. If things weren't so crazy right now in the world why would big brother care to watch our ordinary life? If it was peaceful and no one was trying to kill each other it wouldn't matter, they'd get bored and do something else. I've seen all the futuristic movie with the results of a big brother intervention but don't buy into it. Besides I'll be dead by then ....