09-04-2005
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Quote: Originally posted by DC_DEEP@Sep 4 2005, 08:28 AM
Small and Kink, this is exactly the problem. Homeland Insecurity has absolutely nothing to do with security, and everything to do with eroding the constitutional rights of citizens. It is our own personal amerikan version of the Gestapo of the 1930s and 1940s.
My question to you all: What are you doing about it? Do you realize how far this organization reaches into your life? Here's a simple example. I moved from "middle america" to our nation's capital, some time after the so-called patriot act was passed. I noticed a new paragraph on the new-patient paperwork I filled out at my dentist, my optometrist, my primary care physician, and my pharmacist. This new paragraph states that "under the Patriot Act, your medical records may be released to any government agency requesting them in the course of carrying out their mission" or some equally lame shit like that. I always read ANYTHING before I sign it, just a holdover from the USMC I guess. Anyway, I strike through that paragraph, and write in my own: These medical records may not be released to any person, agency, or organization without my express written consent AND advance notification." I then call it to the attention of the receptionist, and I require her to initial it. I don't know how much good it does, but I at least feel like I am refusing to blindly accept the erosion of my right to privacy.
I likewise have had several run-ins with the TSA at various airports, and I NEVER let an incident pass. I file complaints with the central office, and contact my representatives in Congress to let them know that it is not acceptable.
Will anyone else join me in saying "enough is just way too fucking much!"?????
| I don't think the the things you sighted qualify as "too fucking much" in my book, but then again we all have our own standards, don't we? |
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