At the risk of getting too political, I've been seeing shades of Palpatine — expanded, unprecedented executive powers to keep us "safe" — for years now.
On Oct 9, 9:51 pm, twilitezoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this setting up Obama as the one who will bring balance ala > Anakin? > > On Oct 9, 10:04 am, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, there are already stories of political protesters ending up on the NSA > > "terrorist watch list" for airline travellers. The Dark Side is subtle... > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Michael Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > It's ok, I'm sure that the administration will give up their powers as > > > soon as this crisis is averted. > > > > But if one of the guys in charge says that this is very unexpected I will > > > smell a rat. > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:04 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Obviously the financial crisis the world is facing is very serious > > >> business. However, the geek side of my brain keeps yelling at me > > >> everytime > > >> I read an article on the bailout. > > > >> For example, here is an article about the White House considering taking > > >> ownership of banks. > > >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_paulson > > > >> Here is a snippet of text... > > >> "This official said all the new powers granted in the legislation were > > >> being considered as the administration seeks to deal with a serious > > >> credit > > >> crisis ...." > > > >> Is it just me, or doesn't that sound a lot like the way Palpatine came to > > >> power? I'm just saying... > > > >> The Irredeemable Shag > > >>http://onceuponageek.com > > > >> Hey, I have a comic book blog. > > > >>http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com > > > >> Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek > > > >>http://www.theuniquegeek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
