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July 19th, 2002, 03:54 AM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
Optimistic answer: a think-tank trying to improve our ability to identify potential terrorist threats in time to do something about them.
Pessimistic answer: a massive boondoggle that might manage to spin off some useful tech, but will mostly get bogged down in turf wars between the various intelligence bureaucracies.
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July 19th, 2002, 06:00 PM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
i like their logo, sort of big-brother meets the cia. i think the homeland security logo should be the eye in the pyramid shining down on a little A-frame house. this one has got that whole 'world under our thumb' cuteness to it.
but hey, it looks like congress might put the squealch to that citizens-spying-on-citizens business. they are also looking to stomp out the standardized drivers licenses and national ID cards, which sort of sucks. I always wished i could just swipe my social security card rather than filling out 20 forms at the doctors office /or DMV
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July 19th, 2002, 07:26 PM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
I was about to say that site was a hoax. Then I did a few google searches. Poindexter has been around.
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July 19th, 2002, 07:43 PM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
hoaxes dont usually have .mil extensions
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July 20th, 2002, 12:50 AM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
Quote:
Originally posted by zenbudo:
Not to steer clear of the heavier themes, but does this article remind anyone else of the 'Nightwatch' (I think) from Babylon 5 and their witch hunts?
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Yeah, that's spot on. I can already imagine the Ministry of Peace being rolled out.
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July 20th, 2002, 01:16 AM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
Heh!  I almost thought the original article was just some alarmist talk, but I found direct linkage to the Citizen Corps from the whitehouse.gov site. And here I thought FEMA was losing all that power.
And in further Psi Corps developments...
or here, if you can't see that:
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July 20th, 2002, 01:38 AM
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Re: OT: I\'m proud to be an American...
Damn, that's evil....
The second I see a present-day equivalent of a beat-up Narn battlecruiser come screaming through a jumpgate, I'll be headed for the nearest bomb shelter. Talk about troubled times  |
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