Re: Chicago: Daley Wants Security Cameras at Bars

[Kevin McAleavey <kevinmca () nsclean com>]

 I'm just *SO* glad that I live way out in the sticks and Privacy Software Corp is also out here in the mountains of 
upstate New York. There's nothing to blow up here but Bambi, and we'd welcome it. Them pesky Bambis eat our crops. Heh. 
What was it that Osama said was his "mission?"

" I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The United States government will lead the American 
people and the West in general into an unbearable hell and a choking life." (Osama bin Laden, Al-Jazeera interview, 
21Oct01; reported on CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports, 
31Jan02)[fn.<http://www.users.cloud9.net/%7Ebradmcc/footnotes2.html#fn51>51] 

 We don't need Osama, we've got republicans. They're doing far more damage than "towelheads" could ever do, and at an 
accelerated rate. I grew up in New York City. Bombs went off often over the past 55 years of my life and even before I 
was born. TRUE New Yorkers, upon seeing the street erupt in an explosion, tossing a manhole cover up in to the air are 
conditioned to yell out "heads" and wager on where it would land. Obviously, Americans are pussies in even allowing 
this.    :(

full text here: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html

 Sorry for the political outburst, but this REALLY honks me off. Round up the politicians, send them off to Gitmo and 
perhaps sanity can prevail. But not with THESE guys. I have YET to meet anyone who's gotten off this planet and stayed 
off alive. Folks are far more likely to be hit by a bus or win the lottery and yet, we're supposed to wet out pants 
over this. I'm a LOT more afraid of being shot by Cheney.    :)

 Osama's specifics (apparently not quite revealed to the American public can be read here for what it's worth) ... it 
DOES explain his motivations, published back in 2002 not that I agree with it ... it sadly sounds like so much of the 
anti-Jewish tripe from our very own loose wingnuts who perennially spotted black helicopters and a commie behind every 
woodpile. However, many of the assertions are logical, even if they sound like watching Pat Robertson on the teevee ...

 But like I said previously, I'm not so worried about Osama as I am about fundamentalist loonies actually calling the 
shots, no matter WHICH side they're on. Frankly, I think I'd rather be blowed up like it was in the old cold war than 
having to listen to ANY of these fools spouting their silliness. I guess what I mean to say is that back in the 1950's, 
when thousands of mushroom clouds could sprout without 15 seconds' warning, WHY are we cowering to any of this 
silliness, and VOTING for people who insist upon PEDDLING this crap to get elected?   :(

At 11:24 AM 2/15/06, you wrote:
> I tell ya, folks -- we're living in more and more of a
> 'surveillance society' every day.
>
> Via USA Today.
>
> [snip]
>
> Surveillance cameras — aimed at government buildings, train platforms and intersections here — might soon be required 
> at corner taverns and swanky nightclubs.
>
> Mayor Richard Daley wants to require bars open until 4 a.m. to install security cameras that can identify people 
> entering and leaving the building. Other businesses open longer than 12 hours a day, including convenience stores, 
> eventually would have to do the same.
>
> Daley's proposed city ordinance adds a dimension to security measures installed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
>
> The proliferation of security cameras — especially if the government requires them in private businesses — troubles 
> some civil liberties advocates.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2006-02-14-chicago-cameras_x.htm
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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