Is the Government Reading Your E-mail?

The title above is the title of the most recent issue of the Philly Trumpet where contributing editor Robert Morley is trying to speak authoritatively on the issue of surveillance by the US. What has failed their attention is that Echelon is old news. In fact, two journalists [Bo Elkjær and Kenan Seeberg] wrote a book entitled "Gåden om Echelon (in Danish, obviously) over a decade ago, in 2002.

Don't misunderstand. It is, certainly, a serious issue. But indeed a loser's game. What about focusing on all the prisoners in Quantanamo? They were specifically promised by then Senator Barack Obama that they could come in front of a judge and jury once he was elected.

THAT was a lie - it never happened, and that is a much more obvious lie in front of the public...

The government can register anything they want. I never write things I can't face once again, so I am not in the least bit worried. Even though numerous movies have also played on this subject.

It was long ago that history taught me people would be willing to compromise their freedoms for anything. The moment they feel threatened by an external factor [such as 'terrorism'?], they will compromise anyway.

Even if you had a political party that was started in an effort to restore decency, it would not survive. People are unwilling to face the music and put their vote where their mouth is. The sooner you face it, the sooner you will also understand why some people are still caught up in cults...

That was, of course, a lesson Gerrys minions won't tell you... :-)

Funny Coincidence...

As many former members of Armstrongism will remember, there was a tradition of unleavening your homes leading up to Easter (or Passover). A tradition many were proud of, and in the antisemitic attitude they often belittled Jews for 'selling' their leavened products instead of physically removing them from their homes.

This year, I had a new kitchen installed in my flat, and funnily enough, dust was EVERYWHERE. So I actually had to do some spring cleaning - this time solely for the purpose of actually getting rid of dust from drilling holes in the walls... :-)

The reason I thought this was a bit funny was that spring cleaning IS good, but this time it actually coincided with the actual season.

Have a nice mini-vacation everyone. I hope you will enjoy the weather, and some family fun now that you don't have to spend countless hours listing to the same cacaphony of noise you have heard at nauseum.