Archive for November, 2007

We’re ready for our close-up!

Monday, November 12th, 2007

I’ll probably write more on my weekend trip to Los Angeles later. But right now I’m going through the news I missed while I was gone and came across this lovely piece: Intel official: Expect less privacy.

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people’s private communications and financial information.

I know it sounds alarmist, but I’m really glad I have a passport now. This shit is nuts.

am I alone on this?

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

I know he wasn’t talking directly to me, but actually, if I “lived in Iraq and had lived under a tyranny,” I’d be saying the following:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT PLEASE GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF IRAQ!!!

I imagine there would be at least a few other countries where I could not only enjoy “freedom,” but could prosper from not being disemboweled or having a bomb dropped on me.