tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post2319189850436744554..comments2024-01-23T02:11:02.912-08:00Comments on B.D.'s world: A couple of thingsB.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-16068955397268699392008-03-23T17:41:00.000-07:002008-03-23T17:41:00.000-07:00Oh I totally agree that Spitzer got what he deserv...Oh I totally agree that Spitzer got what he deserved. I think it's just time we start getting really skeptical regarding well-timed anti-Democrat prosecutions, revelations, and accusations. The Right has absolutely no intention of relinquishing power to anything so <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypeZjeOrY4" REL="nofollow"><I>bourgeois</I> </A>as <B>elections</B>, and they'll resort to domestic and foreign violence to hold on to it.<BR/><BR/>It's a pity that the media is owned by the corporations, because it would be wonderful to see some of these well-timed media sensations investigated as the evidence of illegal domestic spying that they are...Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132940770812503362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-91143159442312059312008-03-23T11:26:00.000-07:002008-03-23T11:26:00.000-07:00Thanks, albatross! That's an interesting take on t...Thanks, albatross! That's an interesting take on the passport issue. I hadn't considered that about who the survivors would be although it was pretty clear that Clinton would be one. As to the safeguards - yea, they worked in that the person was logged and tracked, but they still shouldn't have been able to access that data in the first place - not contractors and not trainees. The person implicated in the Hillary breach was reportedly a trainee who was asked to look at their own passport or a family member's during a training session. Who the hell let's trainees work with live data like that?!!?<BR/><BR/>Spitzer was caught up in the Patriot Act - no doubt about that. It's bogus and so are prostitution charges. I lack empathy for the man because of his hypocrisy in the same way that I lack empathy for Senator Craig, Vitter, or the mayor of Detroit. If he wasn't so damn sanctimonious about his prosecutions, then I wouldn't care. Hell, his successor admitted to having an affair that lasted several months and I don't care about that either. Sex, and positive attitudes about it are the real victims of Spitzer's behaviour.B.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-22479977808266988662008-03-23T09:20:00.000-07:002008-03-23T09:20:00.000-07:00Hey man! I gotta remember to send your URL to my ...Hey man! I gotta remember to send your URL to my work address, I'm working (requested) 55 hour weeks and never get to browse the web at home.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, on the latest political stuff, let me clarify a couple of things:<BR/><BR/>1) The passport incidents went like this: first the Bush Administration assigned some flunkies to snoop into Clinton and Obama's records. Then they discovered they were caught (the safeguards worked, that's why we found out about this), so they also fixed the records so that McCain was snooped on too, that way it would look "even handed." An interesting test would be to see if any of the former candidates passports were snooped, and if not, to ask how the snoopers new in advance who the three political survivors would be in March.<BR/><BR/>2) First the Bush Adminisration tapped Eliot Spitzer's phone, discovered the hookers, THEN they built the case against him retroactively.<BR/><BR/>This all ties back into the fact that the Bush Administration has been inspecting everyone's everything since 2001.<BR/><BR/>Hope you're well...Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132940770812503362noreply@blogger.com