That is really scary... Although, when I think of it, it might be the result of the law that where political parties get their money from must be public (I think there's a law like that, although I'm not sure, maybe I'm getting my countries confused again <g>). In which case it seems like pretty annoying misuse of initially reasonable information.
Weronika On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:57:05PM -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: > Got this from DS, and am forwarding to the chat-at-large (rather than > through the "subterrenean" route), because, while "somewhat political", > it's unbiased, just reporting facts. And, I suspect, it's also > fascinating (if I could only learn how to navigate it properly and > "milk" it for all the info it contains <g>). > > It is also an interesting addendum to the -- periodically resurfacing > on chat -- issue of privacy (and how much of it we have. Or not. As the > case seems to be <g>). Having your lace postings "bandied" on Google > may be unpleasant and, personally, I'm not overfond of the yearly Visa > "summary" of my spending, but this is "something else". To people who > still have illusions of being able to "keep themselves to themselves", > it's *beyond* "a bit scary"... I had no idea that a track of the > *checks* I write is a matter of public record; just as well I never > could afford (or justify <g>) big political donations :) > > >From: D.D. > > >Dunno if you've seen this site: > > > > http://www.fundrace.org/ > > > >The money maps are pretty cool [...] > >The site also lets you look up what people have contributed, by address > >or by name. See who's contributed how much to whom in your > >neighborhood > >and bake them a cake / toilet paper their yard! > > > >(Yes, it's a bit scary.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
