tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post93347983575342166..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: Big Brother is WatchingThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-77574403651516750222007-03-19T08:28:00.000-04:002007-03-19T08:28:00.000-04:00The world has sure chnaged in the last 30 or so ye...The world has sure chnaged in the last 30 or so years, hasn't it?The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-79546073004268220972007-03-17T15:51:00.000-04:002007-03-17T15:51:00.000-04:00All this is hidden behind countless stupid pieces ...All this is hidden behind countless stupid pieces of paper sent to you via snail-mail from everyone assuring you "We care about your privacy".<BR/>Right now, a bill is making its way through Congress dedicated to taking away every gun from American citizens that is not "sports-related".<BR/>One of these days, the paper facade is coming down, not too far after we are stripped of the right to defend ourselves, I suspect.<BR/>Sure BB you can have my gun, I say. Just wait till I'm done "unloading" it first.TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-45553198562138666792007-03-09T11:36:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:36:00.000-05:00I google-earthed my place.. I could see the swing ...I google-earthed my place.. I could see the swing out my front door. Wow.SuperP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830641369098524799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-25390252855587848432007-03-07T14:30:00.000-05:002007-03-07T14:30:00.000-05:00Thanks, Chani. That would make sense, wouldn't it...Thanks, Chani. That would make sense, wouldn't it? If all of the money that is pissed away in the mid-east in political interference, wars, foreign aid, etc., were spent on exploration at home, we wouldn't need oil from the mid-east or anywhere else.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-90487625860270406552007-03-07T13:23:00.000-05:002007-03-07T13:23:00.000-05:00Atavist, the book is by Zbigniew Brzezinki. The pr...Atavist, the book is by Zbigniew Brzezinki. The premise is that the focus of US foreign policy on the Middle East is related to the fact that Eurasia is the hub of energy source production. <BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chthailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-47836338426545743292007-03-07T13:13:00.000-05:002007-03-07T13:13:00.000-05:00I read so much business and investment stuff these...I read so much business and investment stuff these days that I rarely get to more recreational reading these days, Jen. Is that a Chomsky book? I googled it briefly but couldn't find anything on it in the few seconds I had.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-10260120668556237372007-03-06T23:18:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:18:00.000-05:00the fact that every page you browse can be tracked...the fact that every page you browse can be tracked - i try to ignore it but damn if it isn't freaky.<BR/><BR/>all of it. lulled into complacency.<BR/><BR/>have you read The Grand Chessgame?<BR/><BR/>it's all in there, At.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-26876684227437754312007-03-06T22:05:00.000-05:002007-03-06T22:05:00.000-05:00Oh, yes.. very true! You can only imagine what the...Oh, yes.. very true! You can only imagine what the national security establishment has in place. Most of the stuff we see, stuff that's been made public, is outdated software.thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-71357171450060099522007-03-06T19:53:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:53:00.000-05:00And then there are the cameras, everywhere. Priva...And then there are the cameras, everywhere. Private security cameras, traffic cameras, even cameras in 'high risk' areas, just in case. And cameras in space, on satellites, that can 'see' incredible detail down here on earth. Have any of you played with Google Earth and zoomed down to see the street on which you live? It's fun, but scary too because you know that Big Brother has much more sophisticated equipment and enhancing software available to them.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-11216760876041079692007-03-06T19:31:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:31:00.000-05:00I agree. I don't like the way we are heading. I ...I agree. I don't like the way we are heading. I work in a US government office and they track every keystroke we make when we are online. <BR/><BR/>I had to submit to a very extensive background check in order to gain access to the network and it frightens me that all of my financial and personal information is in their hands.dmmgmfmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872482306885344135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-6301256922070040762007-03-06T19:17:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:17:00.000-05:00This is one trend that makes me quite grateful tha...This is one trend that makes me quite grateful that I'm getting to an age where I will be long since dead before it reaches its logical conclusion. Since I will be in Thailand, it will take even longer to get there. <BR/><BR/>It's not too difficult to imagine all the tracking possibilities available, all under the guise of "protecting" us. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-11031627550548397142007-03-06T18:47:00.000-05:002007-03-06T18:47:00.000-05:00I agree that it is scary, the whole big brother th...I agree that it is scary, the whole big brother thing.<BR/><BR/>I think micro-chipping your kids and finding them via your pc via a satelitte and looking them up on the street-cam, once you've located them is a gross indecency. The parents who are going to be doing this better be up for giving their bosses their chip info, because essentially what they are saying is, 'if you are supposed to be somewhere, the person who has the authority over you at that moment has a right to witness just exactly where you are and what you are doing'. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, if microchipping Ophelia was ever an option, I would do it, yes I would.<BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>Because I never want a child molestor to steal my child and have myself thinking, 'if only I'd chipped her, we'd know where she is right now'. <BR/><BR/>Hard call.<BR/><BR/>I also, enjoy people with whom I have little in common, at times.<BR/><BR/>And, like your wife, I always answer the 'I-saw-such-n-such-today' with 'oh really? Is he seeing anyone? How is his mother? Where is he living now? What are his plans for his immediate future? School? Work? Girl? Health? How does he <I>seem</I>/feel? Still having a problem with that person/addiction/depression?" And, TDOW and those before him answered invariably, "I don't know." Which was anticlimactic and frustrating for me. <BR/><BR/>lol!SuperP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830641369098524799noreply@blogger.com