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Big Brother IS Watching

I've been reading a lot in the local newspaper lately about the supposed flag burning controversy. For those of you not in the know, apparently our house of representatives (yeah, those guys we elected because..well, were we ever sure of why we voted for them?) has passed a vote to change the first ammendmant, making it illegal to "desecrate the flag of the United States". If this was the only freedom of ours in danger that would be bad enough; unfortunately it is not. The FBI (yeah, the same guys that bungled the Timothy Mcveigh case) now has technology capable of recording every key you punch on the keyboard of your PC and sending that information back to them. The FBI can also intercept your E-Mail messages and they can recreate the images on your computer monitor. If this isn't enough to make you sweat, this should really grab you by the short and curlys...They can do all of this without your knowledge and armed with nothing more than a search warrant. That's right, a search warrant. But hey, don't take my word for it, just ask Nicodemo S. Scarfo Jr. The Feds won't say whether they were using a program or an electronic bug in his keyboard, but they were able to track his keystrokes and find out his encrypted password. After that it was easy enough for them to get into his E-Mail, get some alleged proof that he was doing something illegal and lock him up. And they did all of this with nothing more than a search warrant, nothing more. So much for your right to privacy, eh? So now that "our" government has taken away our rights to freedom of speach and privacy, what's next? Why not throw so many restrictions on our right to bear arms that they might as well abolish the second ammendmant as well? Oh, wait a minute...why is the name "Brady" running through my head?? Ah, what the hell, let's just sit back and watch the government destroy everything this country is supposed to stand for. Everything so many have died for. That is exactly what will happen unless we all stand up and proclaim in one loud voice that enough is enough. That we recognize this government isn't serving in the best interest of the people and that we will excercise our right to tear it down and build a new one. A Government that functions as it is supposed to, as a voice of the people. Not as a voice of the energy companies the tobacco companies or the logging industry but a voice of the people for the people. Unfortunately the citizens of this country will not do that, for who wants to risk being labeled a "traitor"? Nevermind that this very country was created by traitors of England such as George Washington, that's irrelevant now right? Fuck it, maybe I should move somewhere the government doesn't have quite so much control...I hear Cuba's nice this time of year.

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