BS: One Small Step for Mankind

Subject: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: Amos
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 06:44 PM

I am pleased to report that public outcry does sometimes put a crimp in the appetites of Big Brother. See this story in Wired regarding the demise of the infamous TIPS program inviting out nation to disintegrate into self-espionage.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56701,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

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Subject: TIPS Program's demise
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 08:46 PM

Thanks for the link, Amos. Great news.

Genie

Subject: RE: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 08:52 PM

Danged, the one thing I was hopin' would get passed. Yeah, I got this guy who lives back in the holler who drives by my house about 5:00 in the mornin' with his beat up old Chevy truck which rattles and squeeks so bad that it's wake up the dead. So I figured I could call up Johnny Ashcroft and tell him that I reckon the guy was a commernist and then Johnny would arrest him and hold him indefinately down there in Cuber and I'd get some peace and quiet!

Oh well...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: rangeroger
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 12:25 AM

Hey, Bobert, sounds to me like it's time for midnight runs in the Ghia with a megaphone bolted to the collector of your extractor system.

rr

Subject: RE: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: Troll
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:06 AM

"In July, House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), introduced legislation to ban TIPS (Sec. 880). The bill also prevented
the Justice Department from using the Homeland Security Act as a launch pad to create a National ID system (Sec. 1514), and
to create a Privacy Officer (Sec. 222).

"Mr. Armey was adamant about keeping those provisions in the bill," said Richard Diamond, a spokesman for Armey, who
recently retired after 18 years in Congress. "He felt the programs were not consistent with free society."


Interesting that it was a Republican who introduced the legislation. Aren't they the ones that are supposed to be all for this sort of thing?

troll

Subject: RE: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 11:35 AM

Gotta get up earlier than that to scoop some of us. Please see the July 20th 7:30pm posting in this thread!*bg*

Subject: RE: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: NicoleC
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 12:54 PM

No one reads my posts either, kat. I noted that the H.S. Act had a good point when it passed back in that thread, too...

Subject: RE: BS: One Small Step for Mankind
From: Amos
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:23 PM

Aw, I'm sorry guys -- I can't see all the cyberbogies in the air at once!! :>)

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