Comments on: American Spy Satellites To Snoop On U.S.

The Skinny: Department Of Homeland Security OKs Expanded Domestic Use Of Spies In The Sky

[gunownerdan]

Meanwhile as our government is begining to spy on its own citizens, "Osama Bin Laden" is still free and planning his next terror attack.
Why aren't the satellites being used to find Bin Laden? Because he is too important to our warmongering leaders, they need a bogeyman to keep us frightened and willing to give up more and more of our constitutional rights.

[gopack443]

"Access to the satellite will be controlled by a new Homeland Security branch, the National Applications Office"

What happened to republics wanting smaller government? I could vote for less government but then again it's hard to believe there is such a thing as republicans or democrats anymore.

Where do I sign up for my chip?

[gunownerdan]

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -- James Madison

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." -- James Madison

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison

"As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
-- Justice William O. Douglas

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifist for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."
- Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall
at the Nuremberg Trials after WWII

[undermyboot]

The new constitution-r*ping agency will be called the "National Applications Office". Orwell could not have made up a better name.

"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."-- Thomas Jefferson

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison

Get on your knees cowards. Lick the boot of your masters. Deceive yourself that you have liberty. Your rationalizations and fear mongering convince no one but yourselves. You deserve the police state you are giving birth to. Morons and cowards all.

"[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people." -- Thomas Jefferson: Draft Virginia Constitution, 1776. Papers, 1:338

Again, it will be up to patriots to rescue you from your own stupidity.

[sgtrds]

What are you doing that you don't want a satellite to see? Picking your nose?

Posted by zoltaric at 11:48 AM : Aug 15, 2007

Don't be so smug. Eveytime you have fun with your daughter on the old couch by your still they'll see that too.

[sgtrds]

Another great reason to stand outside and flip the bird! You watching Bush?? This "F*uck you!" has your name on it!

[undermyboot]

Thinkharder can't think. What a maroon.
These "if you have nothing to fear then let them do anything to your privacy they want" morons deserve to live in Red China, Russia, or any other authoritarian regime. They are not Americans. The true Americans understand that it is the government who should fear the people, not the other way around. With enough information, ANYONE (yes, even you "perfect" azzholes) can be made to look guilty.

Our forefathers understood that safety at the price of liberty was too high a price. This is why they wrote a Constitution, which you f*ckups want to eviscerate. Cowards.

"If ye love safety greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams

Lick away traitors.

[undermyboot]

"If you are innocent you have nothing to fear..."

Saturday! Off to Home Depot. Garden needs fertilizer. Need 50 gals diesel for the ol' backup gen. Hurricane season. Driving, your buddy calls. He's back from a Europe trip with the wife- a great time & even made a side trip to ancient Petra in Jordan. He had a hard time getting hold of you. You explain that your phone was stolen, so you're using a temporary throwaway. You say, "Hey, let's hit the range! I just bought this beautiful high power rifle for the 1000 yard competition."

At Homeland Security, an alert pops up. Someone bought lots of diesel & fertilizer. Mix the two and- boom. He also bought a throwaway cell phone, as terrorists are known to do. ATF reports he bought a high power rifle. NSA "relationships" software shows this person has contact with someone who just came back from the middle-east. His grandparents were from Jordan! Hmmm.

Your boss receives a visit from the FBI. "Sorry sir, we can't tell you exactly why we are investigating your employee. It's a national security matter. You understand that, under the Patriot Act, you cannot tell ___anything about our questions. Now tell us what kind of American ___ is?" There goes your promotion & maybe your job. You'll never know why. Similar things happen at your bank (forget that loan), with your friends & family (why are they acting strange?), your doctor, your NRA buddies, your kids' school,... But hey, nothing to worry about 'cause you did nothing wrong. Right morons?

[red164]

Posted by Winstrv at 01:20 PM : Aug 15, 2007

Of course you won't complain when they put that mark on your forehead also, because you need to buy soap because you have nothing to hide.

[adventurepa]

If you thought this government was beyond snooping on it's own citizens, well you were wrong.
When is enough - Enough?
When will this ever be brought up in any of the debates?