The 2007 International Privacy Ranking http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597 US labeled as "endemic surveillance society" among dozens of countries, on par with China, Russia, UK, and Singapore. Agree, disagree? US bullet points at the very bottom.
And Bush is always keen to lecture other countries on human rights Kinda the pot calling the kettle black (literally)
I'm not surprised at all!! The US is becoming more and more like a totalitarian fascist country. It is no longer considered one of the greatest countries in the world. It is such a shame that people just seem to have become dumber and dumber and given in to big government. It is undeniable that we are experiencing a decline on a daily basis. The fools that think that all are well are simply blind to the truth and the changes that are making us slide into third world status.
Lets not forget that Bush started the following: The Office of Total Information Awareness, Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Spying Programs, email & cellular & landline tapping, The Bush Signature Laws Series, and routing almost all US internet traffic through the NSA.
This is a phobia developed after 9-11, the terrorists did not succeed in destroying USA, but they succeed in destroying what USA stood for.
Thats absolutely true. On top of that, Bush wanted to control the mass population, so what did he do? He invented fear for the people to create more power for himself. With all the new government offices he created, he destroyed privacy in the United States forever. Democracy and the US Constitution? The Bill of Rights? Gone forever. Dictatorship? Here to stay! Domestic spying programs? Also here to stay!
Yeah, but it's not just Bush. It goes back much further, probably all of the way to Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Reagan, Nixon, Eisenhower, Lincoln. Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton, Roosevelt.
When I drive to work, there are cameras at almost every stoplight. I drive by all the stores with outside surveillance. When I get to my office building, I scan my identity card to get in. Without it the door won't unlock. When I enter the door I walk through the guard station. They watch everyone that comes in and sometimes ask questions. They also have little TV's at there desk with videos of the whole building. I am videotaped the entire day inside the building. Any calls that are made at my desk are recorded. They monitor my computer activities, they even know I get on DP! I am not even in a high security job, it is just a stupid office job. LOL
Rebecca, I hear ya. Surveillance at its finest. Is this what the world has come to? No one trusts any one? Come on, the terrorists cant be blamed for all this. Sounds more like a race for power and domination.