spy1
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(Read the entire 2-page article here: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10965509/site/newsweek ):
"Jan. 30, 2006 issue - The demonstration seemed harmless enough. Late on a June afternoon in 2004, a motley group of about 10 peace activists showed up outside the Houston headquarters of Halliburton, the giant military contractor once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney. They were there to protest the corporation's supposed "war profiteering." The demonstrators wore papier-mache masks and handed out free peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to Halliburton employees as they left work. The idea, according to organizer Scott Parkin, was to call attention to allegations that the company was overcharging on a food contract for troops in Iraq. "It was tongue-in-street political theater," Parkin says."
This is just another example of the litany of incidences where the government has taken upon itself the mission of "documenting" anyone or any group who opposes them or their policies:
"Is the Pentagon spying on Americans?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/
"Feds ramp up spying on journalists, other Americans"
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publ…icle_7678.shtml
"FBI says it has files on advocacy groups"
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/17/fbi.monitoring.ap/
Is this the kind of country we want to live in? Does any of this stuff make you feel comfortable about dis-agreeing with government policy? Do you feel as though you deserve to be treated this way when you have an opposing view to the government? (I sure don't). If you "protest", whether in person or via membership in any given organization - you're photographed, filmed, or your membership details are databased - in any case, you get filed.
But most of all, do you not see what a "chilling" effect this could (and probably does) have on people with viewpoints opposed to the administration?
I really have to wonder what it is going to take to get people upset enough to actually do something about it. Pete
"Jan. 30, 2006 issue - The demonstration seemed harmless enough. Late on a June afternoon in 2004, a motley group of about 10 peace activists showed up outside the Houston headquarters of Halliburton, the giant military contractor once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney. They were there to protest the corporation's supposed "war profiteering." The demonstrators wore papier-mache masks and handed out free peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to Halliburton employees as they left work. The idea, according to organizer Scott Parkin, was to call attention to allegations that the company was overcharging on a food contract for troops in Iraq. "It was tongue-in-street political theater," Parkin says."
This is just another example of the litany of incidences where the government has taken upon itself the mission of "documenting" anyone or any group who opposes them or their policies:
"Is the Pentagon spying on Americans?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/
"Feds ramp up spying on journalists, other Americans"
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publ…icle_7678.shtml
"FBI says it has files on advocacy groups"
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/17/fbi.monitoring.ap/
Is this the kind of country we want to live in? Does any of this stuff make you feel comfortable about dis-agreeing with government policy? Do you feel as though you deserve to be treated this way when you have an opposing view to the government? (I sure don't). If you "protest", whether in person or via membership in any given organization - you're photographed, filmed, or your membership details are databased - in any case, you get filed.
But most of all, do you not see what a "chilling" effect this could (and probably does) have on people with viewpoints opposed to the administration?
I really have to wonder what it is going to take to get people upset enough to actually do something about it. Pete