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John Wigneswaran, MD, vice president of market development and clinical strategy at Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) has participated in a new program since early 2012 that has been put together for hospitals to lower the increasing problem of patient readmission.
UFComplete (Ultrafiltration Complete) was developed and brought together cardiologists, nephrologists and hospitalists to work as a team to prevent patients from returning after being released from a hospital.
"The main problem is that congestive heart failure, which is the disease we are laser focused upon, is the number one reason for people being readmitted to the hospital," Wigneswaran said. "It's the largest Medicare expense at $32-50 billion yearly and hospitals and clinicians are being penalized for poor outcomes."
An average readmission rate across the U.S. is at about 25 percent.
"It's a very significant market that could be well served if you have a therapy that may help reduce readmissions and optimize coordinated care with heart failure providers —this could be very beneficial," Wigneswaran said.
Physicians get indirectly penalized through the hospital. The Value Based Purchasing Program makes hospitals lose money if there is no improvement in outcomes seen.
So how and why would a nephrologist get involved in this with a cardiologist? About one-third of patients that cardiologists see are patients who are on diuretics, or water pills.
"Those are the patients that may require a medical device to remove fluid and the nephrologist is essentially providing that service to the cardiologist, hospitalist or whoever is responsible for seeing the heart failure patient," Wigneswaran said.
When a hospital chooses to participate in the UFComplete program, Fresenius trains nurses, the physicians of the patients, which usually tend to be cardiologists and hospitalists, in what patients should be involved, how the program works, and the benefits of it.
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Omega-3 claims look fishy
The claimed health benefits of taking omega-3 fatty acids are starting to unravel. An analysis of studies found little evidence that fish oil supplements cut the risk of heart problems, and even suggests that they could increase the risk of heart attack in men with angina. The study advises that omega-3 dietary guidelines be regularly reviewed.
Genetically better wine
Pinot noir grapes have bared their genetic secrets to researchers at Italy's Agricultural Institute of San Michele all'Adige in Trento, who have sequenced the grape's genome. Researchers at the institute hope to develop better-quality wines, and vines that are more tolerant of disease and climate change.
China bans organ trade
China's Ministry of Health explicitly banned the sale of human organs on Monday. According to the Xinhua news agency, temporary regulations will forbid any kind of organ dealing before the full ban comes into force in July. ...
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Let me tell you a little personal history about me and the snow called powder. I learned to ski in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. One time over spring break, I got snowed in at Snowshoe when something like 18 inches fell. Powder! I became mad for skiing, mad for snow. For my Jeep CJ-5, I got a personalized license plate that said POWDR.
Yeah, I know. When I was young and foolish, I was young and foolish.
Then I moved to Vermont. The next winter was epic. Powder at Mad River! Powder at Stowe! I started hiking for turns. All I wanted was soft snow and untracked.
The Jeep caught fire one night on the way to Stowe to write a story about the groomers. It burned on the side of 89 between Duxbury and Waterbury, but I saved the plate. Then I bought a pale blue Subaru station wagon.
Then I was offered a job as an editor at a magazine called…Powder.
I moved to California and went from a kid who'd never been on an airplane until age 16 to flying all over the world to ski. New Zealand. France. Italy. Powder powder powder!
Three years into the job, I was sent to Trout Lake, British Columbia, to cover a cat skiing operation. As I drove a rental car through the night, snowflakes scuttled across the windshield, and snow banks towered into the darkness aside the road. At the lodge, I found a note directing me to a dormer room. In the morning, there was bustle but no hustle, and when I stepped out of the cat at the top of the mountain, I sank into snow up to my waist. The guide scooped a palm of it and gave a puff; it swirled into the air like eiderdown and seemed to take forever to succumb to gravity's gentle pull.
It was there at Trout Lake that I finally, for the first time, skied powder.
The snow billowed at each turn, created contrails in our wakes, and hung in fine crystals in the air after our passing, sparkling in the sun anew. We launched ourselves down pillowed boulder fields and trusted that the effervescent surface would yield to progressively denser but still gentle layers of cushion; we choked and gasped on face shots.
Not all fresh snow is created equal. Not all fresh snow is powder. Fresh is fantastic, untracked is wonderful, but there is a line separating the merely good snow from the transcendant snow. It's a line drawn by moisture content and humidity and temperature and wind speed and slope aspect. It's a line that redraws the trajectory of your life.
Beginning today and running every weekday between now and the end of January, Adventure Journal will bring you the Daily Pow, a photograph and some words about the finest form of skiing there is, the kind of skiing that Dolores LaChapelle, dear friend and powder savant, called "ecstatic," where "obeying the earth results in perfect freedom." We'll primarily be sharing the work of five of the world's best deep snow photographers — Lee Cohen, Mattias Fredriksson, Garrett Grove, Jordan Manley, and Christian Pondella — along with a smattering of others. I hope you take the kind of time I do with each image, to imagine the scene, the sounds, the snow itself. I hope you enjoy.
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Carl Grapentine is the host of the Morning Program on WFMT/ 98.7 FM, Chicago's Classical Fine Arts Station, weekdays from 6-10 a.m. Carl first joined WFMT in 1986 after thirteen years as the morning host of the classical music station in Detroit.
Carl presents pre-concert lectures for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Music of the Baroque, and several other groups. He also performs as narrator with the Chicago Pro Musica and hosts concerts for numerous community orchestras and bands. He has been the host for the nationally-syndicated broadcast concerts of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra on the WFMT Fine Arts Network, and he hosts the National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis each spring.
An alumnus of the University of Michigan School of Music, Carl has been the "stadium voice" of the University of Michigan Marching Band for 42 seasons--his voice being heard on national telecasts of sixteen Rose Bowl games and numerous other bowl games. In 2006 he assumed additional duties as the game announcer at Michigan Stadium.
An accomplished conductor and singer, Carl has twenty-five years of experience as a church music director. Currently he sings in the choir of Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest, IL. He has also sung the national anthem for professional and collegiate sporting events at Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Tiger Stadium, the Pontiac Silverdome, and the University of Michigan's Crisler Arena.
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Modern philosophy is construed as beginning sometime in the Renaissance. A philosophy that seeks new foundations for knowledge was offered as an alternative to that provided by the ancient philosophers. Modern philosophy was presented as starting afresh from new beginnings—turning to nature directly (Francis Bacon), turning to the mind directly (René Descartes), turning to experience directly (Thomas Hobbes). The "quarrel between the ancients and the moderns" resulted from this basic disagreement as to the sources of philosophical knowledge.
Modern philosophy turned away from the past and toward the future, toward the advancement of knowledge, toward human understanding, and toward progress through method or through experience. With the break between the Continental rationalists (Descartes, Nicolas Malebranche, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Benedict de Spinoza) and the British empiricists (Hobbes, John Locke, and David Hume) at the end of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, a...
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2001 Subaru Outback Q&A
2001 Subaru Outback Question: finding campaignWWP-99for the Cooling System Conditioner
Had headgasget replaced within the warrantee period. Then again this year. Subaru said my Outback was affected by campaign WWP-99 for the Cooling System Conditioner. This was not a recall? How would I find a copy of this campaign? - MzPat
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I have the info, but unfortunately it includes some picture format, which won't be displayed here. If you post an e-mail I can send you the whole thing. Campaign - Engine Cylinder Head Coolant Leaks NUMBER: WWP-99 DATE: 02/2004 APPLICABILITY: 2000-2002MY Subaru Legacy and Outback; 1999-2002MY Impreza; 1999-2002MY Forester SUBJECT: Engine Cooling System Conditioner INTRODUCTION Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) has determined that over time, affected vehicles may develop small external coolant leaks at engine cylinder head gaskets. This is the result of normal expansion and contraction of engine components caused by the heating and cooling of these parts. To prevent cylinder head gasket leaks from developing or to correct existing leaks, a special Subaru Cooling System Conditioner should be added to affected vehicle cooling systems. This Service Program will involve adding one bottle of Genuine Subaru Cooling System Conditioner to the engine cooling system. AFFECTED VEHICLES 2000-2002 MY Subaru Legacy and Outback with 2.5L engine. 1999-2002 MY Impreza with 2.5L engine. 1999-2002 MY Forester with 2.5L engine. Affected vehicles are identified in the VIN range chart below. Only vehicles with a 2.5L engine are affected. NOTE :Prior to performing repairs, confirm coverage for potentially affected vehicles by using the Vehicle Coverage Inquiry in the Dealer Communication System (DCS). Vehicles identified in the preceding chart may include VINs that were not distributed in the U.S. market. Dealers will be provided a list of VINs that include the owner name and address. This information will enable dealers follow-up with owners of potentially affected vehicles. These listings contain owners names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any other purpose is unlawful. Accordingly dealers are urged to limit the use of this listing only for the purpose of completion of this service program. OWNER NOTIFICATION SOA prepare and mail an Owner Notification Letter to owners of the affected vehicles. Because of the number of vehicles affected and parts availability, owner notification will occur on or about the dates listed in the following four stages. 1999 MY - February 16, 2004 2000 MY - March 1, 2004 2001 MY - April 1, 2004 2002 MY - May 3, 2004 A copy of the owner notification letter is included at the end of this bulletin. OWNER REIMBURSEMENT FOR PREVIOUS REPAIRS Owners are being advised in the owner notification letter, found at the end of this bulletin, that if they have previously paid an authorized Subaru dealer for repairs related to this Service Program, they may be entitled to reimbursement. The owners are further advised, to qualify for any reimbursement they must submit the original repair invoice to Subaru of America, Inc. Please review the owner notification letter, which explains this procedure so that you are familiar with it, and can assist owners with any questions. FUTURE MAINTENANCE In the future, it will be necessary to add Genuine Subaru Coding System Conditioner to the coding system of affected vehicles whenever the engine coolant is replaced. As a reminder, owners will be sent update pages with their notification letter that instructs them to add the pages to their Owner's Manual and Warranty and Maintenance Booklet Except for the initial application associated with this campaign, the cost of adding the conditioner is the owner's responsibility. CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WARRANTY EXTENSION For owners of affected vehicles that have this Service Program performed promptly, SOA is extending coverage under the Subaru Limited Warranty for cylinder head gasket external coolant leaks to a period of 8 years or 100,000 miles, whichever occurs first Warranty coverage begins on the date the vehicle was delivered to the first retail purchaser. If the vehicle was used as a demonstrator or company vehicle before being sold at retail, warranty coverage begins on the date the vehicle was first placed in such service. As a further condition for this extended warranty coverage to apply, the owner must properly maintain the vehicle's cooling system in accordance with the recommended maintenance schedule and Genuine Subaru Cooling System Conditioner must be added each time the engine coolant is replaced. Resulting damage caused by a lack of maintenance or low coolant level will not be covered. Replacement of the Cooling System Conditioner during inspection and maintenance services is not covered under warranty. DEALER PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITY Dealers are to promptly service vehicles subject to this Service Program at no charge to the vehicle owner regardless of mileage, age of the vehicle, or ownership. For affected vehicles sold after the date on the dealer's computer list, dealers are to contact those owners and provide them with a copy of the owner notification letter. They should also arrange to make the required correction according to the instructions in the service procedure section of this bulletin. Vehicles in Dealer Inventory Dealers are also to promptly perform the applicable service procedures defined in this bulletin to correct affected vehicles in their inventory (new, used, demo). Additionally, whenever a vehicle subject to this Service Program is taken into dealer new or used inventory, or is in the dealership for service, necessary steps should be taken to ensure the Service Program correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle. New or used vehicles listed in a recall/campaign that are in dealer stock must be: ^ Immediately identified. ^ Tagged or otherwise marked to prevent their delivery or use prior to inspection and/or repair. ^ Inspected and/or repaired in accordance with instructions outlined in the Product Campaign Bulletin. Any Authorized Subaru Dealer failing to perform the applicable service procedures defined in this bulletin to correct affected vehicles in their inventory (new, used, demo) prior to the vehicle being placed in service may be in breach of the Subaru Dealer Agreement. PARTS INFORMATION Subaru Cooling System Conditioner Note :Subaru Cooling System Conditioner is packaged in cases that contain 12 bottles. Each affected vehicle requires one (1) bottle. Each case contains enough material to treat 12 vehicles. Prior to the release of this Service Program, each dealer will automatically be shipped a quantity of Subaru Cooling System Conditioner equivalent to 40% of their vehicle sales, or up to a maximum of 20 cases. Additional quantities of the Cooling System Conditioner will be available through normal parts channels after 2/15/04. In order to maintain an adequate part supply, SOA requests that Dealers only order quantities necessary to satisfy anticipated demand. REPAIR PROCEDURES The repair procedure involves adding Subaru Cooling System Conditioner to the cooling system. Follow the recommended procedure that applies to either a "Cold" or "Hot" engine. Caution :The engine cooling system is under pressure and may he extremely hot. To prevent personal injury or vehicle damage he sure to take appropriate precautions while performing this procedure. 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Jo Sang-gyeong poses at a hanbok couture house in Cheongdam-dong in southern Seoul, where she works when not designing memorable costumes for movies. Jo, 39, who has worked on more than 40 local films, developed an interest in hanbok during "The Concubine". Jo says, "Hanbok requires distinct camera angles according to how they are worn". By Choi Jeong-dong
There are many reasons for the success of "The Concubine", which topped 2.5 million in ticket sales in June. But particularly eye-catching for the audience are the unique and elegant classical costumes that are the work of 39-year-old designer Jo Sang-gyeong.
Jo graduated from Korea National University of Arts majoring in stage art and has worked on nearly 40 films since her 2002 debut in "No Blood No Tears". Her major works include the polka-dot dress of Geum-ja in "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005), the purple sweat suit of archer Nam-joo in "The Host" (2006), Madame Chung's bold and sexy dress in "The War Of Flower" (2006) and Anna's forlorn trench coat in "Late Autumn - 2010" (2010).
She has been creating hanbok, or traditional Korean attire, even after filming the movie, in the shop where she designed some of the costumes for "The Concubine".
This would seem to be a task similar to designing for the film, but she views it another way.
"It is an entirely different process because it aims at different goals", Jo says.
"When designing movie costumes, the focus can't be concentrated only on the clothes itself. In a sense, designing movie costumes started from my affection for movies rather than for clothes".
Jo-designed costumes, from left: Madame Chung (Kim Hye-soo) in "The War Of Flower"; Queen Mother (Park Ji-yeong) and the concubine (Jo Yeo-jeong) from the "The Concubine" in 2011; Nan-shil (Kim Hye-soo) and Hae-myung (Park Hae-il) in the 2008 drama "Modern Boy"; and Geum-ja (Lee Young-ae) in the 2005 thriller "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance". [JoongAng Sunday]
Q. "The Concubine" was your first historical drama. How was that different from other films you have worked in?
A. Hanbok requires distinct camera angles according to how they are worn.
Sometimes, clothes that require full shots were filmed in tight shots, and once the director filmed from a bird's-eye view. I don't go to studios or sets very often, but this time I had to be there for the angles.
We couldn't figure out the precise age or dynasty settings of the film from the costumes.
Originally, the backgrounds weren't stated in the scenario I received. I asked for the age setting from Kim Dae-seung, the director, because I needed a footing to stand on. I went through the Joseon Dynasty's history of attire and proposed using 14th to 16th century silhouettes for "The Concubine".
They were not similar to hanboks in existing historical dramas, either, were they?
After taking on design for "The Concubine", I downloaded every TV historical drama and watched them all. Overall, costumes in the dramas of the '90s were much better than the recent ones. People got so used to the dresses from the latter part of Joseon Dynasty, it seemed that nobody questioned it when a king from the 15th century wore clothes from the 19th century. I could easily find these kind of errors - characters putting on clothes that didn't even exist in their times.
Audiences find costumes in "The Concubine" slightly unfamiliar.
Director Kim told me I didn't have to reach up to the late Joseon Dynasty attires and I wanted the costumes to look more plausible. I designed the costumes with a lot of confidence after referring to historical records like pictures and artifacts. Even professionals in that field complimented the costumes, so I wasn't concerned about the historical validity at all until the movie was released and critical voices started coming out.
Taken aback, I ran to the theater and looked at the costumes more objectively. I could see that the arrangement of the colors could have contributed to such criticisms. For example, red is arranged with yellow in China, white in Japan.
Hanbok generally arranges blue next to red and such arrangements are critical in determining the overall impression of the clothes. I guess the controversy over the Queen Mother's clothing was also due to the arrangement of black on the collar.
We assumed the costumes would be fictional as well.
Fabric was one thing I couldn't reproduce perfectly and that's where I played some tricks. Eunuchs used to wear chul-rik, a traditional overcoat, and since it was a work cloth for them I tried denim for it. In that manner, I made some compromises on the material, but abided by the intrinsic form and character of the clothes.
Can you describe your work process?
I have to look at the scenario; it contains a lot of important information. When directors write scenarios they picture the scene in their heads, hinting at the colors or forms of the clothes they want.
In "Old Boy"(2003), director Park Chan-wook repeatedly used the phrase "cross stripes" in the scenario. In the process of trying to visualize the text, such directions help a lot. In combining those with discussions with the director and references to the cast, the design is inferred.
Are clothes sometimes specifically stated in the scenario?
Sometimes the director designates the color. In "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005), polka-dots were mentioned in the scenario. I asked the director why and he told me that it didn't necessarily have to be polka-dots, Keum-Ja just needed to appear dowdy. I read such things throughout the scenario.
Do you think clothes should fit not only the character but also the mood of the film?
I start working from the posters. Posters are the part of a movie that is first presented to the audience and thus potently form the film's first impression. In that sense, "Late Autumn"(2010) was quite memorable for me. Other posters I worked on are not things I'd like to hang on my wall. They looked too fierce. But the poster of "Late Autumn" featured a good-looking man and woman, so I worked on creating such images.
Could actors be another variable to costume design?
Sometimes they change the whole concept of designs. There are situations when it has to be this actor, but he or she doesn't go with the scenario at all and I'm asked to do something about that.
Your filmography broadly spans costumes from early 20th century attire in "Modern Boy"(2008) to military uniforms in "The Front Line"(2011).
So they often lack depth. In the case of "The Front Line", I had never seen a military film before. I studied the Korean War, researched about warfare and interviewed people. I listened to war veterans' memories, looked through memoirs, photos, newspapers and anything related. So, I basically started from a position of ignorance and built up from there.
What about everyday dress?
I thought it would be easier to design, but it wasn't. Characters in "The Host", they're just so ordinary, nothing to research or study about. Designing out of nowhere, that is much more difficult".
What happens to the costumes when the filming is over?
Thrown out, sent to Africa, kept by the actors as mementoes, put up for auction. Sometimes I keep them, but those I keep are usually the ones that are left out. People seem to sense some frustration when I say that.
Do you ever feel possessive?
The clothes remain in the film and that is where they are meant to be. When we put them up for auction, the winner takes commemorative photos in them and they never look harmonious. The clothes are designed for the actor, for the character and for the film. They are meaningless away from the screen. So I don't usually feel special attachments to them. For me, that is the attractive part. It's the same with theater costumes. The costumes are designed for stage illumination so they shine, but they ought to disappear when the curtain is closed and the actors take off their makeup.
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WEIGHT gain bugging you? Evidence is mounting for the central role that bacteria play in causing obesity.
Liping Zhao and his team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China put a morbidly obese man on a diet of whole grains, traditional Chinese medicines, probiotics and non-digestible carbohydrates for 23 weeks. The diet was designed to inhibit the bacteria thought to be associated with weight gain by increasing the pH in the colon.
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To see if the bacteria present also changed, the team looked at what species were prevalent in the volunteer's gut before and after the diet. Before the regime, Enterobacter - a toxin-producing pathogen - was most abundant, accounting for 35 per cent of the gut bacteria. After the diet, it was reduced to undetectable levels.
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Ravens: Want to see how smart these big birds are? Check out this video.
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Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 7:29 am in Ravens.
Rhonna Marsden of Fremont sent me this NationalGeographic video from YouTube showing us how smart ravens are. I'd say they're pretty smart! /Gary
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It's Saturday and that's when I usually share what I've been reading and loving this week, via my fetish for lists.
1. 940 Saturdays, that's how many Saturdays we spend with our cuties from birth to age 18. What a great way to document it! // on Lisa Congdon's blog
2. The next super fruit. Note: It's pink and hairy and has calcium // Rambutan
3. The best of Trader Joe's according to Mom's Kitchen Handbook // the Handbook
4. Have you tried Jennifer Aniston's favorite smoothie? // PopSugar
5. By far my fave Instagram this week > My Life With Bradley Cooper // on Instagram
My little family is on vacation this week so that means, so am I! The blog will be quiet for a week or so and when I return we'll be moving to the new site. Whoop whoop!
I'll be checking in occasionally on Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram: @sandi_louwho
Hope you're catching some poolside time this week too!
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'Must read' article on the underestimated power of story to transcend and transform lives. (Includes 'soundcloud' of Neil Gaiman's lecture, with transcript highlights).
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Good article. It is possible to have management actions delivered to last?
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Amie Mills: "When we're talking about transmedia, we're starting to use terms like story world, where you have many stories told using multiple media forms, across many different channels and platforms … and how that content lives and breathes is uniquely tailored to the platform you're viewing it on." via Ben Fahy of StopPress
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Some nice apps that can definitely help with creative thinking! In seminars, apps like these could be used in place of a turn-and-talk or other technique to get conversation going again.
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Learning to approach a topic from different directions/mindsets can produce new and different results.
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"We need to know what our government is doing in its activities that spy upon Americans," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat. "The Republican-controlled Congress has failed in its oversight responsibilities to the American people."
Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, vowed to force executives from AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth to show up at a hearing and answer questions about what data they quietly handed over to the NSA without court approval. USA Today reported on Thursday that those three companies had voluntarily opened their databases to the NSA, while Qwest refused.
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During a hastily arranged press conference at the White House this morning, Bush defended the data-mining as perfectly legal and necessary to thwart terrorism. "We're not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans," Bush said. "Our efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda and their known affiliates. So far we've been very successful in preventing another attack on our soil."
It wasn't immediately clear how many other GOP members would break ranks and support more hearings. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, warned his colleagues not to rush to judgment on the latest revelations, which said that the three phone companies had divulged records of the calling histories of hundreds of millions of Americans--but not the actual content of the conversations.
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- Only the Republicans....
- .....could have taken themselves out of the upcoming elections so easily and completely.
This smacks of Watergate - except that they are spying on us all.
It's time for a change. And, no, I don't mean Democrats.
We need more fundamental changes. Like 2 term limits on ALL elected officials. If it's good enough for the President, its good enough for all.
This would reduce the ability to create "good ol' boy" networks (no matter which side of the aisle they are built on). And, it would make the lawmakers simplify laws and lawmaking.
But, the lawmakers would have to vote on this, and who really thinks they'll vote themselves out of thier cushy jobs and self-approved raises in the midst of economic recessions?
Aren't you tired of politics as usual? Don't you see what more government gets us? It's less freedom and less money in our own pockets. And wars based on suspicion and hype - not facts and evidence.
They tax the working people to death and use that tax money to spy on the workers. Just how sick is that?
I'm an independent voter....but I'd have to say I lean more towwards the Libertarian camp.
What have we got to lose by going Libertarian? The Republicans and Democrats are just two sides of the same coin.
I, for one, am tired of flipping this coin.
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- Echelon? Carnivore?
- Who invented high tech spying on individuals with those two programs? The Clinton Administration.
Know your history before you sanctimoniously pout "only the [insert political party you hate here]..."
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- Forget two terms
- Make it one six year term and save the two years or so they waste running for re-election.
Just think, no more Byrd's, Kennedy's Thurman's.
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- Its Not About the Parties
- Its about WHO is in the parties. The truth is there should be a fundamental requirements for officials being able to be voted into certain positions of office.
Currently, there a lot more un-qualified, under-educated, un-ethical public officials in office. I can't speak as to it being worse than ever, but definitely more than ever if you consider the positions people hold. This situation certainly isn't party specific.
Government officials have to be more than just "honorable". Being honorable, or true to a cause means nothing if your cause, or honor, is unjust, twisted, wrong, or greedy.
Of course, there is not a snowballs chance in Hades that I'd vote Republican now. I have never seen so much corruption before, in my life-time. No separation of church and state? The VPs ex-company receives no bid contracts? The speaker is tied directly to one of the biggest scam artists who relished in stealing millions from innocents? The White House leaks the identity of a CIA agent because the disagreed with the reports of her husband? Their "friends" are appointed into positions of national interests without any qualifications, or the capacity to do the job? They protect the oil industry, and attempt to justify their prices while gouging the public and making record revenues, and call it good business when their are no other alternatives? ... Let's not even get into the level of deceit involving the "war" ... They want to "re-invent" science and propose intelligent design? What was this crap about "ebonics" (its not a language, just a way to separate us further)? They don't believe in global-warming while GreenLand turns green for the first time in history? The list goes on, and on, and on.
But there are a few bright lights out there, its just that you have to be an astronomer to find them because the scumbags keep shining the light of bull-sh-t in our faces.
In truth, the number of right people, has always been in short supply, regardless of the party they are affiliated with. What we need is a means, a way, for us to be able to identify them, without all of the BS. The electoral college needs to be revamped. I know who I would like to vote for, but will they have a chance? Will they be allowed to run?
As far as the two party issue is concerned,that is a legitimate beef. I can't believe, during one election, an official implied that having more than one party was un-american. That statement could not have been further from the truth.
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- This may be it!
- Finally, a horrible mistake that may be enough to really turn public opinion against the Bush administration. Unfortunately, it appears that Republicans not at the end of a constitutionally-dictated 8-year maximum term, have already figured out that turning against the current administration is in their best interest.
The privacy issues here cannot be underestimated. If government agencies can tell who calls whom, how big a stretch is it for this information to be used to determine what a person's political leanings are. Imagine a person that keeps their political feelings close to their chest being denied a job in the government due to their friendships with more vocal individuals, exposed through phone records. This is the tip of the iceberg - financial records, Internet-access histories, travel records, etc.
I hope America still hasn't been so defeated by fear that it can't stand up against this.
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- Your kidding yourself.
- Nobody cares anymore. Not only do the vast
majority not care about being spied on, but I
bet if you asked people today if the government
could search their homes, they'd say "no
problem, just tidy up before you leave, please."
Despite Bush's approval ratings (29% yesterday),
the administration still isn't held accountable
for anything. The president has declared (in
writing, no less) that he's personally exempt
from about 400 laws and has the authority to
exempt other people from laws at his discretion
-- no SUBSTANTIAL challenge there. Domestic
spying is legal, certainly, because the laws
requiring judicial oversight don't apply to the
administration -- again, no challenge. Congress
asks questions, the executive branch tells them
to go home because security clearance won't be
granted to the legislative branch -- legislative
branch says, "OK, we tried".
I mean, really, Bush was once quoted saying "...
when will people stop getting on me about that.
The Constitution is just a G*d-damned piece of
paper!" I don't know if he actually said that,
but even when he's at Nixon-Watergate levels of
disapproval, the public still overwhelmingly
agrees with the general sentiment.
The phone records themselves are useless for the
purpose for which they were ostensibly
collected. Either: no data was collected and
it's a big ruse to hamper illicit communication,
or a lot of other data is being collected (we
know that they also collect credit transactions,
bank transactions, employment and school
enrollment data, travel itineraries and
manifests, e-mail traffic, and supermarket
purchases because non-terrorists have been
flagged/arrested/had accounts suspended because
of activity computers flagged as "unusual"), or
the data is being used for a another activity
entirely (there's precedent for that, J. Edgar
Hoover, Nixon, and most recently John Bolton
have all used similar intelligence to target
critics ["subversives"] and political foes).
Few people care. So long as they progress
slowly, people will accept whatever they get.
The trick is to move forward at a place where
people forget how things are supposed to work.
Temporary things can be made permanent,
intrusive things, status quo, etc.
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- No mistake
- No conversations among Americans was monitored. Just phone numbers in a database. Ho-hum. No crime, no foul, no news. Only a liberal print media hype on a historical action. The NY Times printed this months ago. The rag should be renamed to "USA Yesterday". or "USA Last Year".
Sort'a proves that the Bush administration is above board if this is the best that the liberal press can come up with, ain't it?
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- Wake-up call!
- Finally, a horrible mistake that may be enough to really turn public opinion against the Bush administration. Unfortunately, it appears that Republicans not at the end of a constitutionally-dictated 8-year maximum term, have already figured out that turning against the current administration is in their best interest.
The privacy issues here cannot be underestimated. If government agencies can tell who calls whom, how big a stretch is it for this information to be used to determine what a person's political leanings are. Imagine a person that keeps their political feelings close to their chest being denied a job in the government due to their friendships with more vocal individuals, exposed through phone records. This is the tip of the iceberg - financial records, Internet-access histories, travel records, etc.
I hope America still hasn't been so defeated by fear that it can't stand up against this.
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- How Embarassing for You
- It is sad to see someone so challenged by their political agenda and so poorly informed that they expose both with comments like yours.
Stop and smell the roses son. On the day following the President's announcement of his selection for the director of the CIA a national newspsper suddenly discovers and headlines the discovery of a "new" intrusion into American privacy. Now it isn't relevent, but this has been going on for decades in one for or another. Telephone people all over the US have known about this type of "AMA" data and it's permutations.
We quickly have the very same politically driven congressional microphone grabbing protesters who continually try to lead and mislead the huddled masses with their spun soundbites. Even high schools teach this level of propaganda in Psychology class.
You don't have to like the President or anyone else, but the effectiveness of a Democracy does presuppose that it's citizens engage some level of intellect. Do you really not want someone in your government identifying the telephone numbers calling and called by known and/or suspected terrorists? Did you lok beyond page one to page five of the USA article where it finally was noted that there is not eavesdropping or call content involved in this program. Are you going to continue to have you opinions and actions motivated by an institution that follows the mantra of "If it bleeds, it leads"? Do you really believe that Americans can be protected from these religious zealots by fighting them the way the British fought the Revolutionary War, that would be Red Uniforms in a Green forest all lined up in a straight line?
Use your God given intellect to think your way through who wins and who loses if these telephone call patterns aren't found and investigated.
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- No mention of Carnivore?
- Shame, Declan. Shame.
Your true (partisan) colors are showing... again.
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- There's no Carnivore!
- Now it's the DCS1000. Apparently that's the kinder, gentler name for domestic spying software.
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- Carnivore
- Ah, I didn't know that I was actually a Democrat. Thanks for guessing (and guessing wrongly).
You can blame the Clinton administration for plenty of things, like CALEA, Clipper, key escrow, and, yes, Carnivore.
But even Carnivore's critics never alleged it was anything but a device used in specific investigations, not wholesale recording of who every American has talked to.
Big difference.
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- 100,000, or more dead after next Al Kaida attack...
- ...will make this discussion moot.
God forbid WHEN or if the next Al Kaida attack occurs in the
good old USA with a weapon that will make 9-11 look like a
picnic, we won't be arguing over this unfortunate necessity
(privacy invasion). We'll be demanding the president fight back -
as he is now.
I hate giving up my privacy, but it's the price we all must pay
post 9-11. Al Kaida are brainwashed fanatics and they want to
kill our families, in large numbers. Get it Liberals? Get REAL.
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- Forget it
- they will never understand that these people thrive on this kind of stuff. The love us ripping each other apart because it makes us weaker....and easier to kill.
They have the will but currently not the means to kill us. We have the means to stop them but not the will. Its as simple as that.
I pray daily for my three young children and their future.
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- Are you serious?
- Are you really that much of a coward to give up rights that millions have fought and died for over the past 230 or so years? Is your safety worth your liberty? How far many americans have sunk.
It is cowards like you that have given the victory to the terrorists.
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- They don't need it any more
- US goverment is doing more damage to themselves and their system, citizen, than Al Quaida can ever accomplish.
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- What I Get ...
- What I get is that we have an administration that is lying to the American public. I get that this administration is now in the position of having to argue that when the president said he wasn't monitoring US-to-US calls he didn't mean this type of surveillance. I get that the administration has taken the attitude that there's "no need" to pursue court orders or other legal justification for these surveillance measures (all that said with a straight face because they know that the truth is there isn't a court in the country that would give them this authority). I get that conservatives feel that there is no limit to the amount of constitutional revisionism the president can do in the pursuit of their warped definiton of freedom. I get that in that pursuit they continue to give the rest of the world more than enough reasons to not only detest America, but to attack America. And I get that they can't see that for their own foolish self-interest.
mark d. doiron
CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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- Another kool=aid drinker
- First of all, 9-11 only happened because BushCo ignored all the
warnings given them by the Clinton administration.
Secondly, if YOU want to "pay the price" then I suggest a move to
Iraq or Iran. Perhaps you'd like Afghanistan. I refuse to
relinquish my rights as a citizen of this country which includes
the right to privacy (i.e., the government works FOR ME and I will
not stand for them spying on my or my neighbors. If you do
then perhaps you'd enjoy communist China.)
Thirdly, grow up and stop using "liberal" as a pejorative. It was
liberals who gave us the minimum wage, safe working
conditions, eliminated child labor (unless, of course, you
approve of forcing 8 year olds to work in the mines), cleaned up
the air and the drinking water, public education (maybe you
missed yours), and all the good things that make life in this
country (or did) the envy of the world.
It is the lying right wing conservatives who are bent on
destroying our way of life. I'd suggest you go rent GANGS OF
NEW YORK if you'd like a little preview of the life they have in
store for the rest of us.
I'd like to leave you with a few pertinent quotes:
"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell
them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for
lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." Herman
Goering, Successor designate No. 1 to Hitler
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip
the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it
narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a
fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has
closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the
citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by
patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and
gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am
Caesar." Julius Caesar
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety." - Benjamin
Remember, those that refuse to learn the lessons of history are
doomed to vote Republican.
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- 100,000 or More Dead ....
- That's what Bush and his people are hoping Americans will say/think/feel. We are allowing FEAR to get in the way of common sense. This administration puts their "spin" on whatever it is they want to do, while you're freedom and privacy are going into the sewer. Be careful in giving the stamp of approval on questionable activities by the government - you may be a victim of it one day.
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- The Word
- If they can take the word "freedom" and make it the opposite then we will be "free" in 30 years and if you dont like it then you never existed.
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- Dumb and Dumber.
- Stupid is as stupid does I guess. It appears the only reason you can
justfiy this is you are as dim-witted as GW.
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- You remember Ma Bell?
- The phone company has been keeping track of your calls since there have been phones. Back in the punch card days, your originating and destination numbers were difficult to cart around, but they were. Magnetic tape made that easier and flash drives make it a snap. But there are no conversationlogs, no eavesdropping, just originating and calling numbers.
That info is being pattern matched against known suspect numbers. Is that important? Oh biy you betcha.
If you go back and look at how 9-11 was organized, it was done over the phone. Had a system such as this been in place prior to that horrific terrorist attack, it might have been prevented.
But don't let facts color your judgement. If you're angry over this, definitely write your congressperson and demand that the process be stopped at once. Then, after it is, and we experience another 9-11 (and we will), you can write your congressperson again and demand to know why the President didn't connect the dots.
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- sheesh
- The cowards have come out of the woodwork.
All the necessary data was known to the government. The problem is that all the agencies that had bits and pieces of it are children that don't want to share. That is why 9/11 was successful.
If you think the illusion of safety is worth your liberty, perhaps you would be happier in China?
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- Everybody be afraid and do what we say.
- The bottom line is if the White House can make a connection to
"terrorism," they can do whatever they please. The average Joe
will buy into anything that is passed off as a way to "thwart the
bad guys." Bush and company like for the public to fear the
Boogeyman and seek protection behind their skirt.
The subtext of these domestic surveillance programs is this:
"Don't be critical or get in our way. Either you are a patriotic
American and on our side, or you're with the enemy.
Incidentally, we've amassed quite a database about your
personal life and habits. Let's see...in 2003, you phoned an
escort service. And what's this Internet search about how to
avoid taxes?"
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- Deep Throat Knew Best
- There was good reason why Deep Throat never spoke to Woodward over the phone. They met in the shadows of an underground parking garage, mercifully safe from video cameras. Don't you just long for the simple days of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew again.
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- Isn't It Time For An Orange Alert Or Something?
- Let's see, if past behavior is any indication there will be some disclosure next week to drive this messy debate off the front pages. We'll probably hear about some new-old plot that was foiled 2 years ago by the good people at the NSA. The good, decent, honest, hardworking, god-fearing people at the NSA. People who drive their kids to soccer games, people who have backyard barbeques in the Summer, just like you and me.
The details of the foiling of the evildoers will not be fully released, because that is classified and would compromise security, but you can be sure it was foiled by increased vigilance.
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- Orwellian Government
- Its a foot in the door as they say. We will always be fighting terrorist because terrorism is an idea and ideas cant be killed (exactly what they want). If you've read 1984 by George Orwell then you can see the similarities to "The Brotherhood". If the current administration needs help out of a debacle, like the one were in, it will be just like Keith J. said and we will be "scared" into forgetting all about it. Think about it, approval ratings at all time lows, all we need to do to get those a 10-15% is "tragecally" have an attack on our soil and our president responds without mercy. Problem solved. All of a sudden new bills are passed to "stop" terrorism by whatever means(and they have public support) and after 20 years of this neverending war we will be commiting "thought crime". And i wouldnt expect our "liberals" up on capital hill to do anything about it because they are spineless (excluding a select few).
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- Poor analysis
- You guys should have been good techies and pointed out this USA Today story is simply a anonymously sourced rehash of the original James Risen story that broke in the Times last December.
The irony is techie folks should be the first to discuss the myth of privacy in an electronic world where everything is logged.
Y'all missed it.
Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report
NYT December 24, 2005
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ei=5090&en=016edb46b79bde83&ex=1293080400&pagewanted=print" target="_newWindow">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ei=5090&en=016edb46b79bde83&ex=1293080400&pagewanted=print</a>
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- Sure, whatever.
- Does anybody really care?
From the common man, doesn't seem like it.
Also, where does the anger come from?
That elite 1% of 1% of 1% of 1%?
Typical Marxist/anti-American CNET slant story.
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- typical hypocrite
- If you don't care, then why didn't you include your phone number?
What are you trying to hide?
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- Time for VOIP
- No sweat. This gives me the motivation to switch to VOIP and abandon my old POTS.
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- I don't understand
- How the heck is VOIP going to help you? I'm no expert on the tap points in use by the NSA, but digitally encoded voice transmissions are likely what is found at the interception point inside the network. They sure aren't tapping your twisted pair to the CO. Whether it started as POTS or VOIP, it's all going to end up hitting a digital trunk somewhere either embedded in an IP packet or another protocol. I think you are fair game for the NSA either way...
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- Remember London
- One simple link should say enough on the subject:
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014051.php" target="_newWindow">http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014051.php</a>
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- The information was present BEFORE the attacks. This has been
established, FIRMLY.
What did NOT exist was cooperation between competing
agencies who, at times, act like children when working together.
The other major issue was the complete lapse in recognizing
what they had by the higher level officials. There were PLENTY
people who were aware that something was up, but the only
power they had was to inform.
Tapping phone calls, looking for phone patterns (a trumped up,
theoretical method of setting alarms) from 100 million people is
a complete joke. You mean to tell me that the american public
itself is suspect? In those large numbers? Nixon would have
loved this! This has NOTHING to do with security, and
EVERYTHING to do with control.
Of course, with mental retards, greedy bastards, and power-
hungry freaks in control, this is something they would love to
have, no matter the circumstance. After all, they never did listen
to the intelligence community in the FIRST place. That's why
they created one department to control them ALL. You do not
have to be the smartest person in the world to see what is
happening, but you do have to be BLIND to not see it at all.
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- Don't blame Bush., It's not his fault.
- Actually, I don't know why our politicians are crying the blues over this. They gave Bush all the power in the world when they signed off on the Patriot Act in 2001.
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- That's like
- holding a parent responsible for everything their teenage son does. Sometime the son has to take responsibility for his own actions & BE A MAN.
The idiot-in-chief may be (is a) dimwit - but hell, we execute the mentally incompetant - why should lack of grey cells be an excuse for W to get away with anything ?
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- No You Didn't!!
- You're elected (not really, but thats another issue ... I live in Florida by the way), assumed honorable (mistake number one), 9/11 comes around, then the elected official(s) exploit it for their own personal interests, NOT the interests of the country they govern.
If ANYONE else had done this, they would be facing charges of treason.
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- Government Surveillance
- Why should we care about being under surveillance?.....only those that have something to hide, or are doing something wrong should be concerned.....
Lets get out of the way of the very people who are trying to keep us safe
go wash your beamer
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- Learn ... Quick
- Stop. Learn. Listen.
What is a police state? What does a police state precede? What
happens when the fundamental ideas of a country are changed?
All citizens are suspect? What happens when the goverment no
longer represents its citizens? What happens when public
servants pass laws to protect themselves, and line their pockets?
What happens when a suspect government controls what you
see, and hear?
If you honestly think they are really doing this for your
protection, then you must still think that Hussein had something
to do with 9/11, he had "nukes", and weapons of mass
destruction. In which case, you are simply the mindless idiot
they want to control in the first place.
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- I don't like this
- My family makes a lot of long-distance out-of-the-country phone calls to both the Philippines and Canada - all private convesations with family, to think that this might under any type of surveilance, without any type of warrant or due process of Law, in any way is outrageous.
Bush says it's phone calls to Afganistan or Iraq that are being under surveillence without a warrant but at the same time, at the other side of his mouth, he will not give comprehensive information to either the public or even specific congressional committees is another form of doublespeak.
Leaders in Third World countries use this type of excuse to arrest opposition and innocent people; these leaders too suffer from a form of paranoia - the Philippines had President Marcos and now contend with President Arroyo using these very tactics and excuses to abuse the Law for their own benefit; President Bush is almost a couple of steps away from doing this.
At this point, it's really impossible to believe anything that Bush says regarding this intrusive policy - he has not only lost credible standing within the International Community but with this American Citizen as well.
I have to admit, I am tired to death of hearing politicians use 9/11 as either excuses or their font of inspiration as the reasons for their actions. As someone who had a real live front seat at 9/11 and and was close to five minutes of being flattened by the North Tower - I find it insulting to everyone who had to experience 9/11.
To be quite honest, I don't see how Bush's surveillence of our personal phone calls is going to yield any results unless the NSA is really tapping into our conversations and taking notes.
Warrants are legal means for the government to pursue an investigation - whereby the Judicial branch is given prior notice by the Executive (Law Enforcement) branch that it is committing an act that would require the side-stepping of Contitutional rights; a warrant is proof against corruption - it protects both our Law Enforcement and the subject of the investigation that proper legal pprocedures were followed upon investigation. The laws that allow for a warrant by a Federal Agency is very flexible and accomadating - not like it is portrayed in the movies - there is no excuse for George Bush to do "cowboy justice" except the lame excuse that he is from Texas.
This President is bordering on impeachment; in fact, this action is worse than what was committed by President Nixon decades ago.
Seriously, a congressional act of censure is needed to remind this President his role and limitations within our government as outlined by our Constitution.
My rant,
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- Assuming that all Americans are terrorists
- The only logic that can be gained from this administrations apparent desire to spy on the activities of Americans is that this administration believes that all Americans are terrorists in waiting.
I keep hearing we need to do this or that to save our country from TERRORISM.. wooo scary.. TERRORISM.. the boogeyman will get you if we don't spy on everyone.
Naturally we should assume that Al Qaeda has recruited tens of millions of US Citizens for their next attack, because only be analysing their call records, correlating them with their spending habits, income sources, travel itineraries, prescription records, voting habits will we be able to thwart your neighbour from flying airplanes into the London Underground.. wasn't that a flight simulator I saw on his computer last week.. didn't he once say he been to Al Qaeda's closest ally, France? Better watch him and make sure he doesn't commit any acts of subversion against our troubled leaders, such as voting for the wrong person or reading the wrong books.
Shoot remember all those boxes he carried into his house last Christmas.. and then hid surreptitiously under that tree he had growing in his living room. I for one don't believe that sort of tree could have died from natural causes, and yet it's gone. I'll bet it was the biological weapons he had stashed under it, because I'm sure that not a few of those boxes were obtained from.. SHOCK, HORROR, THE INTERNET.. maybe I should phone the NSA to make sure they have his records, just in case..
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- Call Centers for US Companies
- As shown in the news a lot of large companies are moving their call centers to India and other Foriegn countries due to lower costs. That means millions of US citizens are calling outside the US without even knowing it. They are also receiving solicitations from unknown numbers that could originate anywhere and represent US companies, despite the National Do-Not-Call lists.
These call centers are taking much needed jobs away from Americans and cast suspicion on those that call them.
Thank You
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- You really don't know anything about Life over there.
- Seriously - where are you going to find people who will work for less than $5/hrs, no health benfits, no sick leave, and are expendable? Where are you going to find a place in this country where you don't have to pay government subsidies, besides taxes, to pay for state sponsored social security and medicare?
This is what the people in these countries are. You think the mexicans have it so bad in Mexico - it's nothing compared to over there.
To those people - these jobs are a "God send" - it allows them to support their families in a place that is near their families or in an environment that is familiar to them.
In this country, we have laws against "sweat shops" and that protect people who work minimum wage - over there those people can work for more than 12 hrs. at the same pay it takes for someone to do 5 hrs. doing the same thing.
Sure it sucks talking to these people, because they have to read a script and they feel more like an obstruction than a solution but they get the "dirty end of the stick" by dealing with irrate people who yell and scream because their lives are a "bit" interupted, and have to work long shifts without a coffe break.
Now that people in this country are b%#@*ing about illegal immigrants coming into this country and taking jobs, be glad that those people in India and other third world countries are given jobs over there by American companies or else they would have to become illegal immigrants and take jobs over hereover here just to feed their families over there.
My Rant,
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- big bussiness
- For years big business has done the same thing.
Where was all the uproar by the civil liberty group's then. If all the american people woke up
and realized that in 4 decades our freedom's have been shortened. We must have some belief in our elected officials.
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- I agree 100%
- It is about time we the people returned our gov.
to those it is supposed to serve. all look deeply within and understand what apathy has done to our
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- Clinton had little to do with Echelon
- The UKUSA agreement that provides the foundation for cooperative spying by the UK, US, Canada, Australia & NZ was put together back in 1947.
ECHELON has been around since at least 1988, which is Ronald Reagan's era. It is quite probably that it evolved from more primative systems from the 1970s -- when Tricky Dick was CiC.
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- To whom it may apply...
- There are those who try to be like self made politicians,when i read this post i sense to some that they (more then one)dont have love for there own people it's ashame! While your enemies are stealling your live you have the gull to blame the president,humm. my question in what mind does it give anybody the insane reason that because you are a democrat gives you the filthy right to bring down good people besides the president to slander,conspire to encourage your enemy to foot more ground in the blessed country of America.Did you enjoy what yousome of you seen in tragedy of 9/11 or are we some of us missing out on something?It seems that for some fanatics like making others feel very uncomfertable;in closing this comment if you were to be victamized by a ruthless satanic religious leader like the theology-liberal so called oriental democratic left,and were a prisoner in your own neighberhood and were given you a deadline to live without a choice would you, 1.kill the son of $%#@ 2.or blame his lust to conquer not only your country that i love so dearly but one by one conquer and track down your racial roots,until "Allah" will be satisfy that his earthly regime is in control. To me blaming the president is much like saying nothing,To show concern and appreciate George W.Bush what he has done to stand up with millions upon millions of good people that the only right is to be alive should stand out firmly and clear ,at the cost of those that want to protect those who are always unsatisfied,eating,and still alive referring to the cowards that should know better.Keep it up Mr.Bush and that God bless America.
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- Yikes
- First, put the JD away. Didnt you read the side of your medication vial. It must say something about anti-depressants and alcohol. At the least, that little martini glass with the red line across must be some sort of hint.
And I do appreciate GW.
I appreciate that he has done more to erode the rights of americans that any other president, including real wartime presidents, not just wannabes like himself.
I appreciate that fact that on his resume alone he would never be hired, not even to flip burgers.
I appreciate that he is probably the least intelligent president this country has ever had.
I appreciate the fact that he is responsible by his lies for the untimely deaths of many Americans.
I appreciate that he is a true man of re-action and not capable of any rational forethought.
I appreciate the fact that he can, like a child, blame others for all his problems.
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- Critical thinking skills in short supply
- Based on what I've heard this is like a phone calling credit report. Who did you call & how long did you talk. Everyone seems to have a definite opinion. Has anyone asked more in-depth questions, or are we to rely on the scant info given by the usually scant media services? Example: Have the phone companies violated privacy agreements with their customers? Is there even such an agreement? Is the government performing an illegal act if the companies just hand the info over to them with just a simple request? Does the data have value? Can you really get meaningful intel from scanning numbers called from inside the US? If it is meaningful and not used, will the government be blamed for not doing enough if their is another terrorist attack? Is the info used for any other monitoring activity other than terrorism? Etc.
You have to not just be suspicious of the government monitoring you, but also wonder about the lemming-like politians and agenda-setting media that want to make up our minds for us. Puh-leaze! Take a look at what is going on. Ask the right questions. Objectively assess the operation. Then, make the appropriate decision.
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- You're right about that.
- Its yours. If you stare closely at an object, you cannot see what is happening around it. This isn't just about them gathering information on its citizens under the pretense they are trying to protect them. I am sure you have heard the phrase, "Can't see the forest because of the trees". That is where you are at right now.
You have to take a step back, and look at ALL of the illegal activities, the denial of responsibility, the cover-ups, the threats, the lies, ... I could make gumbo, and never be able to get as much crap into that these cats have done.
Your argument assumes so much, and discounts just as much. Let's put them to the test, and see if I fail:
#1. Who said it was "scant" information? Do you know that? When this story first broke, the Bush said only oversees calls would be bugged/recorded. Since then, we've found out that 10s of millions of americans in the country are. And that is all they are admitting to.
#2. Yes, the phone companies have violated privacy agreements with the public. The phone companies provide a public service, and in turn have to act accordingly.
#3. Yes, the goverment is acting illegally, because what good is law, if the enforcers won't abide by it themselves. Of course, of you think you are "King" and add a line or two that states "except me, and whomever I choose at a later date". President Bush has actually done this.
#4. Does the data have value. Before I even begin, I have to call you a complete fu-k-ng moron for thinking the data does not have value. I could determine when you were home, how often you called anyone, categorize who you call, when you call. And that is just off the top of my head. Only phone numbers (don't be a complete idiot and think they don't record) you say, my GOD man, people use reverse phone look up tools all day. I built such a database, mostly for addresses, 198+ million.
#5. This data does not serve to prevent a terrorist attact at all. We had that information the first time. We just failed to act on it. So tell me, how would this change that?! By the way, there is nothing illegal about tapping a monitoring an actual suspect, so once again, any argument for what they are doing falls into the category of preposterous. But then again, you probably think this administration is full of geniouses. Trust me, if they can fu-k so much so, so fast already, how can you believe they are even close this time when SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING ENOUGH ALREADY! No you can't get meaningful intel on terrorism by monitoring all US citizens! DOH! 200 million plus population folks.
I do apologize, in advance, if your post was simply meant to provoke a response with some thoughtful answers to those questions. However, this is a subject matter that has the blood boiling in most US citizens, and its been building for quite some time.
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- OOPS!, some one may have made a big bunder of epic proportions!
- Oops!, I was reading the online LA Times may 13th edition, under the title "Phone Firms Questioned" by staff reporter David G Savage.
Now in this article a University Law Professor at George Washington University, Orin S Kerr, pointed out that a federal law "The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, section 2702 states "the providers of "electronic communications & shall not knowingly divulge a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber or customer & to any government entity."
Companies that violate the law are subject to being sued and paying damages of at least $1,000 per violation per customer."
Interestingly , on Friday the 12 of May, legal action invoking that subsection was filed against Verizon, in New Jersey!
This is getting very interesting, as to why the Republican Party chooses to self destruct just in time for the mid term elections!
Question is what else are they hiding from us, or do they know something that is coming and are not willing to tell all????
Still it makes the late Richard M Nixon's Watergate scandal cover up attempt, look like a childs toy!
Oh well, let the scandal continue to unfold!!!!, for all to see!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In the last few days I have come across four useful tricks to help you use some of Google's software better. (Useful only if you are running Firefox)
- Add Google Talk to your Firefox Sidebar [Source : Lifehacker]
Bookmark this URL and then edit the properties of the bookmark to open it in the Sidebar. Voila, you are done. Open the bookmark and the Google talk will open in the sidebar.
- Add Google Notebook to your Firefox Sidebar [Source : Mitchelaneous]
Exactly the same procedure as above. Bookmark this URL.
***You can't have Google Notebook and G-Talk in your sidebar at the same time. At least I haven't found a method. Using MultiSidebar extension allows you to have Google Talk/Google Notebook with the other standard sidebar items like History/Bookmarks etc. I wasn't able to get both on the sidebars even after I shifted Google Talk to the right sidebar. Google Notebook just refused to open in the left sidebar, whereas History/Bookmarks/Sage were able to open without any issues. Maybe this is a config issue or a programming issue.
- Googlepedia [Source : Firefox Add ons]
This is a useful add-on which opens the Wikipedia page of the search query you typed automatically along with the Google Web search results.
This is a screenshot of Googlepedia and Google Talk in the Sidebar.
- Customize Google [Source]
Another very useful add-on which helps you customize the way you search or use Gmail or Google Reader. The option to Stream the web results is very useful. Streaming provides the results continuously rather than you having to navigate page by page.
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