The PRIVACY AGREEMENT I signed when I contracted for phone service...

[cherokeeprogressive]

sits right next to the one I signed with PANASONIC, who made my cordless phone.

I just can't find 'em at the moment. I know they're there, and I'm sure my privacy is being vigorously protected by them. /sarcasm

I'm also sure that Ralphs doesn't report to the major corporations who sell at their grocery stores; my spending habits when I buy groceries, the brands I tend to buy, OR how many rolls of Charmin I go through every month. I'm absolutely fucking SURE of it. /sarcasm

I'm sorry folks, but anonymity died with the advent of the information age. Privacy is a thing of the past. We've been watched by the government since the government knew it was possible. Government by and of itself is inherently dishonest. Necessity is the mother of invention or so I've heard. Historically, each and every government that has risen to the point of "world dominance" has been either overthrown or faded into disrepute, disrepair, and/or discontinuance, either by coup or other means. What makes this one any different?

Democrat. Rethuglican... Not every NSA employee is Rethuglican. Not every CIA employee is Rethuglican. Not every wicked person who takes advantage of their lofty position is Rethuglican OR Democrat.

I'm tired of the "scandal du jour". Every day my hopes are raised by capital letters proclaiming NEW SCANDALS or NEW CHARGES. NEW INDICTMENTS... What does it all mean? I'm beginning to feel like the parents of that little boy who cried "WOLF!!!" just to get attention. Even my pop, a died in the wool Democrat, laughs at the term "Fitzmas". He tells me it reminds him of his childhood: Every Christmas expecting something good like a bicycle, but always having to be respectful and thankful for a new pair of socks so as not to spoil the day for everyone.

I'm tired. Tired of shrub. Tired of Dummy. Tired of biggus dickus. But I'm resigned to the notion that we're stuck with them until 2008 and that we should be focusing in other directions than impeachment. That's a non-issue that won't affect our political future in any positive way whatsoever. Mark My Words. shrub won't be impeached and the '08 elections will go on as planned. THAT'S what we should be focusing our efforts on. RETAKING THE EXECUTIVE and bringing it back into the constitutional fold...

[DELUSIONAL]

1. What else don't we know that he's done.

right now I feel like I've fallen asleep in a virtual reality game -- I keep wondering when I'll wake up.

[Speck Tater]

2. The only solution is...

... to be a hermit. Live off the grid, outside the system, barter or pay with cash, don't use any kind of credit cards or "identity" cards like supermarket loyalty cards, etc. Just find a nice out of the way cave to move into and avoid the phone, the postal system, the Internet, etc. Stay away from areas with video security cameras, avoid contact with other people. Just sit in your cave meditating and cooking wild game over an open fire.

Doesn't sound like much fun, but I can't think of any other way to avoid being watched, unless everyone starts wearing "security masks" to cover their face and scramble their voice, like I read once in a science fiction novel.

[uppityperson]

3. There was a legal way of doing this. They chose not to do it that way.

Now, onward.