sparaig wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>>In a message dated 8/20/06 9:56:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> >>>The problem is that the FISA issue is too complicated for the average >>>American and most of those polled probably really didn't understand the >>>issue. That 65% might have a different opinion if brought up to speed >>>on FISA. The Bushists did the same thing playing up the Social >>>Security issue knowing that it could be easily obfuscated because of its >>>complexity and they might be able to snow the average American. They >>>weren't successful. >>> >>> >>> >>>And don't you think the Democratic party would have tweaked that poll by >>>the >>>Washington Post by emphasizing warrantless wiretaps in another poll after >>>May 11, if they thought they could have moved those numbers against Bush? >>>Of >>>course they would! They haven't touched it yet because they are afraid to >>>or >>>if they have they have kept it secret. And why would they keep it a secret >>>unless it didn't move the numbers the way they wanted them. The fact is the >>>people feel safer with the program just as it is and if it ain't broke, >>>don't fix >>>it. Everybody in that poll knew exactly what was meant in that poll because >>>the topic had been hotly debated for so long and as I said if there was any >>>confusion the DNC would have modified the questions later to include >>>warrantless wiretaps of incoming calls from Al Qaeda suspects just in order >>>to have >>>the last word in public opinion. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Americans like McDonalds food to but that doesn't mean it is good for >>them. Neither is warrantless wiretapping. Or maybe you want the >>government to install video cameras in your home so they can watch >>everything you ala 1984? >> >> >> > >Actually, that would be two-way vid-screens. ANd, if you're using a webcam >that doesn'[t >have a physical securty feature to physically block the camera, you already >have one of >those. > I don't think it was two-way in 1984. At least it isn't portrayed that way in the 1950's BBC version and I don't remember what the 1980's version had (which I also want to ad to my DVD collection).
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