--- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > authfriend wrote: > > > > > > >The [X] administration wants government to be able to read > > > >international computer communications financial transactions, > > > >personal e-mail and proprietary information sent abroad all in > the > > > >name of national security . . . . > > > > > > > >Granted, the Internet could be used to commit crimes, and > advanced > > > >encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not > provide > > > >the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited > > > >wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian > > > >capability to listen at will and in real time to our > communications > > > >across the Web? > > > > > > > >The protections of the Fourth Amendment are clear. The right to > > > >protection from unlawful searches is an indivisible American > > > >value. . . . > > > > > > > >Every medium by which people communicate can be exploited by > those > > > >with illegal or immoral intentions. Nevertheless, this is no > reason > > > >to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open > our > > > >ATM records or translate our international communications. > > > > > > > John Ashcroft in 1997 about the Clinton Administration. > > > > > > > But 9/11 changed everything... BTW, the NEW Bush Administration > people may be more > > rabid than the old ones... Compare Condaleeza Rice vs Colin Powell, > for instance. > > > > Colin Powell, what a sad part he played; knowing all the time, he > could have been the one person to stop the speeding Bush train to > Hell... > Condi, she's so sexually frustrated, and so in love with Georgie; > She's just a mouth piece for him; don't ya thunk? > More dangerous? in a way, but in a way not. > Because Colin also, became a mouth peice for El Presidente... >
Powell has always been a political player. He didn't become the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by being a nice guy. However, he paid his dues over many years of public service in the military whereas Condi Rice is a relative newcomer to that level of influence, and it shows in her rhetoric and style compared to his. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
