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Benjamin Franklin and the War on TerrorismPosted by Synfinatic on November 22, 2010 at 11:18 pm in Politics, Security Theater.I’ve been reading Walter Isaacson’s excellent biography of Benjamin Franklin lately and just came across a letter Franklin wrote to his English friend Joseph Priestly in late 1775: Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed 150 Yankees this campaign, which is 20,000 pounds a head… During the same time, 60,000 children have been born in America. From these data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all. Tags: Politics, terrorisim, tsa
What a messPosted by Synfinatic on April 22, 2009 at 2:54 pm in FBI/CIA/NSA, The Law.This week has just been a political mess here in the US. Between Obama wanting to give immunity to people who tortured, many in gov’t complaining that the details about US torture has been released and the whole NSA spying on Rep. Jane Harmon, it’s just one disaster after another. Here’s some highlights though: How the news media is ignoring a Pulitzer Prize winning author because he exposes the news media’s culpability in marketing the war on Iraq. Rep. Jane Harmon’s outrage on being legally wiretapped by the NSA after being a long time supporter of warrant-less wiretapping on Americans. Jon Stewart on how Karl Rove/etc are complaining that the Obama administration has released details on US torture- after they … Tags: bush, obama, Politics, wiretap
Disappointing McCainPosted by Synfinatic on June 4, 2008 at 10:16 pm in Politics, The Law.Wired reports on McCain’s apparent change of heart, no longer supporting our right to privacy and instead believing the presidency is all powerful and can choose which laws to follow. Obama keeps looking better and better… Tags: mccain, Politics, Privacy
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