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WA5KRP
08-18-2004, 01:21 AM
I found this link in my email today.
I MESSED UP. #Please go to the link KF0RT posted below. #It worked at 01:38 Zulu.
WA5KRP
Texas
KF0RT
08-18-2004, 01:25 AM
krp-
I'm getting QRZ's version of a 404 on that link.
KF0RT
08-18-2004, 01:26 AM
try this:
http://www.aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf
KA9VQF
08-18-2004, 01:28 AM
It's gone already.
KF0RT
08-18-2004, 01:39 AM
Fascinating, but it's typical ACLU. This won't happen because greed drives the economy and the banking world wants a cashless society. More money for less work is the name of the game, which means high levels of automation. If this ACLU "fear scenario" came to pass, we'd switch back to cash in a heartbeat (no pun intended).
Fact is, the prototypical unhealthy American lifestyle is extremely profitable for a number of sectors in the economy.
73, Rob (KFØRT)
k6pme
08-18-2004, 01:46 AM
Well, it's a bit exaggerated but that is one of the reasons why I pay cash for everything.
KA8NCR
08-18-2004, 01:56 AM
You think we're not far from this now? The ACLU is trying to stop a multi-state law enforcement database that couples with existing credit reporting, banking and a whole ton of other things. It's horrible and it's big brother to the extreme.
The bad news is, that it really exists in the corporate world. Information about you is traded freely, and corporate America is responsible for the identity theft problem that is reaching epidemic proportions. But they don't care, it's the consumer that pays to clean up that mess, if it's even possible to clean it up.
Paying cash only disguises what you purchase. Corporate American already knows where you work, how much you make, how far you drive and tons more. They're just being muscled into sharing it with Uncle Sam.
We all know how secure government computer systems are these days. It'll just be another convenient point for people to gain indentity information and ransack the lives of the unsuspecting victims.
That may be funny, but...
Once upon a time a new president appointed his wife to get a federal health plan passed.
At the time, I was out of work so I spent a of of time watching C-Span and every thing I could on the subject. On one program, and for the life of me I can't remember what it was, Billary was questioned about how the government could be expected to pay for the health expense of a person who was overweight and refused to loose weight. Her response was that there were a lot of people who would have to change their life styles under the new program, like some would have to change their eating habits and other would have to give up dangerous sports like motorcycles and skydiving or be forced to pay huge amounts for their own insurance or be left without insurance at all.
The guy who was doing the interview asked her how the government could control people's lives like that and before she could answer he listened to his ear peice looked up at the screen with a real funny lookon his face and said they had to take a break. After the commerical the interviewer, whose face was now very pale, never brought the topic up again and the program was never reaired. I saw no mention of that interview anywhere and I looked for it a lot.
To this day, I still have cold chills when think about how close the billary bunch came to taking over the entire country, because once they have their national health care law in place they will then have the whole country by the ...well you know what I mean.
KC7HDE
08-18-2004, 04:50 AM
I do wonder why these people ( ACLU ) think this way?
Do they all hide in a dark room forever scanning the internet and going to secret meetings to conspire and plot against every one that's not one of them?
just a thought
Norm T.
KC7HDE
08-18-2004, 04:56 AM
Just make sure that every one stays clear of those damn black Helicopters.
They're watching us you know.:0
N8CPA
08-18-2004, 08:29 AM
See? George Orwell was wrong. The greatest danger to our liberty isn't Big Brother; it's Big Mother [Don't do that, it's bad for you!]
Quote[/b] (w6ez @ Aug. 17 2004,21:56)]The guy who was doing the interview asked her how the government could control people's lives like that and before she could answer he listened to his ear peice looked up at the screen with a real funny lookon his face and said they had to take a break. After the commerical the interviewer, whose face was now very pale, never brought the topic up again and the program was never reaired. I saw no mention of that interview anywhere and I looked for it a lot.
Was this the interview where Hillary was asked about all of the small business who most likely could not afford the premiums for their employees, and here response was that she could not be responsible for any underfinanced business that failed because of her health care "plan" ?
This was reported in some news media at the time.
73
George
K3UD
k6pme
08-18-2004, 01:56 PM
Yea, and they tried to make me an instant felon by simple virtue of living within 1000' of a school.
Got to bed one night a law abiding citizen and wake up a 'hardened' criminal.
And they honestly think that any service business that behaved in such a manner would be around for more than a week. The free market would chew it up and spit it out post haste.
Quote[/b] (KG6QQL @ Aug. 18 2004,06:56)]Yea, and they tried to make me an instant felon by simple virtue of living within 1000' of a school.
Got to bed one night a law abiding citizen and wake up a 'hardened' criminal.
Why? Because you own a gun?
Quote[/b] ]Was this the interview where Hillary was asked about all of the small business who most likely could not afford the premiums for their employees, and here response was that she could not be responsible for any underfinanced business that failed because of her health care "plan" ?
I don't think so. I remember the news reports you mention.
I just never saw anything about the interview I watched.
Hey, I see those black helicopters everyday. They land at the airport a mile from my QTH. They are owned by the State Police, the City Police and the County Police. Not to mention the formations of U.S. Army choppers that fly over on their way from Fort Meade to Aberdeen Proving Ground and Edgewood Arsenal.
One godd thing though. Nobody is wearing blue helmets.
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k6pme
08-18-2004, 05:09 PM
I remember being at Edgewood in the 80's. There's some pretty scary stuff in the back corners of that place.
Enjoyed the humorous link at the beginning if this thread. The ACLU needs to do more of these. Every minute they spend on funny Internet stuff is one less minute they can spend doing their USUAL stuff, like getting rightly convicted killers out of jail, coordinating Nazi marches, making life Hell for law enforcement officers.....
Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Aug. 19 2004,09:22)]Enjoyed the humorous link at the beginning if this thread. The ACLU needs to do more of these. Every minute they spend on funny Internet stuff is one less minute they can spend doing their USUAL stuff, like getting rightly convicted killers out of jail, coordinating Nazi marches, making life Hell for law enforcement officers.....
..good point
KC5SAS
08-19-2004, 06:58 PM
I'm a card carrying, dues paying member of the ACLU and am happy with the work they do.
wd5kca
08-22-2004, 12:41 AM
Quote[/b] (w3sy @ Aug. 19 2004,09:22)]Enjoyed the humorous link at the beginning if this thread. The ACLU needs to do more of these. Every minute they spend on funny Internet stuff is one less minute they can spend doing their USUAL stuff, like getting rightly convicted killers out of jail, coordinating Nazi marches, making life Hell for law enforcement officers.....
Agree mostly, but Nazi marches?