Bill Whittle recites Rudyard Kipling’s poem, The Gods of the Copybook Headings. How is Kipling relevant to today’s political and cultural atmosphere? Find out.
How much do you value your privacy? How much privacy can we expect to have in the modern age of GPS enabled smartphones, WiFi, and search engine companies like Google releasing ISP records to the government on a regular basis?
These unsettling questions come to mind as I watch our military and intelligence community prove just how un-intelligent they can be regarding their own privacy and the government’s want for ever more information about our personal lives. The implications are staggering.
Here’s a great question found in a telling article @ Schneier on Security – E-Mail Security in the Wake of Petraeus – H/T Doug Ross
“If the director of central intelligence isn’t able to successfully keep his emails private, what chance do I have?” said Kurt Opsahl, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital-liberties advocacy group.
Be sure to read the whole thing.
Meanwhile, as if they don’t have enough power to spy on the public, Senator Reid and the Democrat controlled Senate have flipped a privacy bill into a spy-on-the-public bill.
A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans’ e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law.
Leahy’s rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies — including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission — to access Americans’ e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant. It also would give the FBI and Homeland Security more authority, in some circumstances, to gain full access to Internet accounts without notifying either the owner or a judge.
It’s an abrupt departure from Leahy’s earlier approach, which required police to obtain a search warrant backed by probable cause before they could read the contents of e-mail or other communications.
From Senate Bill Allows Feds to Read Your Email – Gateway Pundit
This is, of course, an example of the government going too far for security. And you know the old saying so often attributed to Ben Franklin, “Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.”
Also, I can’t stress more, here, that is the Democrats doing this. This is not a GOP effort.
FreedomWorks has an action item on this:
From Bait and Switch: Law Goes From Protecting Your Email to Allowing Gov’t Into Your Email – Warner Todd Huston @ Wizbang who also has a very good video of Judge Andrew Napolitano addressing this issue and others.
Again, please take the time to RTWT.
Buckle up, freedom loving patriots, we’re in for a bumpy ride.
Due to the constant deflection, disinformation and outright opacity of the Obama administration concerning the events on Sept. 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya, The Robotic News Service™ has spared no expense employing a multitude of crack-head reporters to uncover the truths about that night and the circumstances surrounding the horrendous attack on the American consulate. The RNS™ newshounds left no rock unburned, sifting through the facts and fallacies of this story for as many as ten minutes to bring you the following unmitigated amalgamation of previously undisclosed information pertaining to the Benghazi conflagration.
The Real Story of Benghazi
Unbeknownst to Ambassador Chris Stevens, Navy SEAL commandos Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty or computer expert Sean Smith, who lost their lives defending those clandestine US interests, the Benghazi “consulate” was actually a front for an ultra secret Libyan love nest, a Bedouin Brothel, if you will, dealing sex for Stingers or in some cases, sodomy for shoulder-fired missiles. (You can make up your own punch line for that last one.) The code name for the covert operation, according to anonymous imaginary sources was “Humping for Hamas.”
These same sources also claim Generals Petraeus and Adams were frequent “visitors” to the facility, conducting numerous hands-on “inspections” and “performance reviews.” Other sources claim the unmanned drone in the air during the attack was secretly filming these “visits” and the CIA had planned to use the resulting Sex Tapes to blackmail the generals or, depending on circumstances, to promote their forthcoming Secret Service Porn Channel, tentatively called “The De-Briefing Room.” ~ Hey, I didn’t name these things. It’s the government running a whore house here, remember?
Titles of some planned feature length fornication films include:
Secret Servicings
Lusty Libyan Lesbians
Busty Beauties of Benghazi – Lascivious Libyans and their High Ranking, Randy Boy Toys
The Big Libido-ski – Tag line: “Is that a rocket launcher in your pocket? Or are you just glad to see me?”
Bodacious Burqa Babes
Al Qaida Concubines in Corsets
Blonde Suicide Bombshells
and
MANPAD Masochists
Given that General Petraeus pre-screened the home movies testified behind closed doors this week, I think we can safely assume the release of at least one of the new films is near. Perhaps launching the pron career of Jill Kelly will succeed in further distracting the American ADHD public from the contemptuous, treasonous actions of our Complainer in Chief and his merry band of miscreants.
I, for one, am hoping for the opposite effect.
My friends, I come to you with a plea for help on behalf of someone too humble to ask for themselves.
Our dear friend Amusing Bunni, one sure source of humor in the ongoing battle for our country, is in need of prayers. And lots of them. She’s been diagnosed with liver cancer. Inoperable. Stage Five.
Bunni described her diagnosis in an email to Zilla:
There is no good way to put this, so the cold hard truth is:
I was in hospital for 8 days, after all the tests, biopsies, bone scans, mri, cat scans, ultra sounds, etc. etc. It’s confirmed I have 5th stage inoperable liver cancer, HCC. There is NOTHING to be done to treat it. I have been given 3 to 6 months to live.
This hits me hard.
A little less than a year ago I lost my Mom to cancer, or I should say it was the chemo and radiation that finally wore her body down til it could take no more.
It doesn’t need to be said, but I’ll say it anyway.
Cancer freaking sucks.
Anyone dealing with or acquainted with someone dealing with that dreadful disease understands the terrible toll it takes on a family’s emotions and finances.
Friends, Bunni and her family are in need. To quote Zilla:
Bunni is now (obviously) unable to work and she has mortgage and other bill payments still to worry about and she will need help covering medical and other expenses as well. Here is her PayPal button.
Please, if you can, consider a monetary donation to Bunni’s Medical Fund.
Afterwards, please head over to Amusing Bunni’s Musings to offer some encouragement. She needs to know how much we love her and appreciate the joy she has brought into our lives.
Also, if you’re a blogger or just want to add your name to the list of supporters, be sure drop by Zilla’s place to add your name to the Roll Call.
God bless my Bunni Lass.
I’m depressed. I can’t lie. The results of the election is a punch in my gut that isn’t going away. So rather than post a long diatribe about that, here’s something more forward looking. The diatribe may come later.
For now, here’s Bill Whittle with an interesting take on where we are and proposition moving forward, laid out in the latest Stratosphere Lounge.
The good folks at Watchdog Wire and The Franklin Center are covering the election like no other. Be sure to catch the live stream here at 6pm ET.
Jobs
Obama’s Unprecedented Record of Failure on Jobs – IBD
U.S. Shed 9,000 Mining, Energy Jobs in October, 17,000 Since May – Foundry
Warped WaPo World: Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News For Dear Leader – MCT
Libya
OMG!… Obama Administration Was Warned 3 Hours Before Benghazi Attack – Did Nothing (Video) – GP
Bracken: Did Obama Withhold Cross-Border Authority? – WRS
Fred Thompson Makes News With Benghazi Comments at AFP Event – TOM
Benghazi clear as mud? – Spellchek
Obama: “We leave nobody behind”. Unless your name is Stevens, Smith, Doherty or Woods – WyBlog
FBI Spends Measly 3 Hours Investigating Benghazi, Overlooks documents – AP
Election
When you head to the polls … A couple of things to remember: – Blackfive
Romney Responds to Obama’s ‘Revenge’ with ‘Love’ – Breitbart
Romney’s powerful new ad:
Hey, What’s Obama’s Real Second Term Agenda? – PC
A Betrayal of Public Trust – WFA
Conservative Bloggers Unite To Defeat Obama – KS Chimes in.
This is an election about an idea – WWTFT
Hurricane Sandy: Don’t let the moment cloud your judgment…judge President Obama based on his record – SJ
Still Undecided? Watch This Video About Obama’s Record – CH2.0
Texas
Constitutional Scholar To Speak On Legality Of Independence at Texicon2012 – TNM
Texas woman blocked from voting for wearing Christian t-shirt – Examiner
Gov. Rick Perry rocks Friendswood for Randy Weber – Chron blog
TNM Denounces Racist Flyers Distributed At Churches – TNM
Texas Attorney General warns United Nations election observers could be arrested – Examiner
Miscellany
Right Jabs For November 3, 2012 – More links from Political Clown Parade
Frank Marshall Davis And Obama – TCotS
Stupid On Steroids! Are Green Taxes In Our Future? – CoF
Obama: “Ich Bin Ein Bullslinger!” – CHWaCD
Dung Beetle Award goes to… – TLC
It’s Saturday… – Adrienne has more worthy links
Vote wisely, my friends.
Know anyone who’s thinking about a protest vote for Ron Paul, Gary Johnson… or no vote at all? This is for them.
Hippocrates vs Plato
Individual Sovereignty vs Statism
American Citizen vs Obamacare