tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post116777679531315337..comments2024-03-08T07:09:46.527-07:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Leviathan's WebWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1167859946323834622007-01-03T14:32:00.000-07:002007-01-03T14:32:00.000-07:00I'm amazed that some people still think there's a ...I'm amazed that some people still think there's a large difference between the two main political parties.<BR/><BR/>Gary Allen put it well in his book <I>None Dare Call It Conspiracy</I>:<BR/><BR/>"Yet, despite high hopes and glittering campaign promises, these problems continue to worsen no matter who is in office. Each new administration, whether it be Republican or Democrat, continues the same basic policies of the previous administration which it had so thoroughly denounced during the election campaign"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1167836298932382642007-01-03T07:58:00.000-07:002007-01-03T07:58:00.000-07:00Will, I was a "victim" of I.D. theft 5 years ago--...Will, I was a "victim" of I.D. theft 5 years ago---$50K in debt racked up in my name (I had no debt myself)and this was not done by someone I knew. That mess is still not cleared up and perpetuates itself to an extent, and I just don't bother to really work on it any more. But it has occurred to me that at a traffic stop, if a P.O. "saw" that I had bad debt in another state {credit report records}it could cause trouble for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1167826338889728772007-01-03T05:12:00.000-07:002007-01-03T05:12:00.000-07:00Mr. Grigg,I just heard about you getting dumped by...Mr. Grigg,<BR/><BR/>I just heard about you getting dumped by JBS, allegedly over this blog. I wrote to them and they haven't responded yet.<BR/><BR/>What's the scoop on that? You can email me at teno@new.rr.comT.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00434195779009485561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1167805949631678332007-01-02T23:32:00.000-07:002007-01-02T23:32:00.000-07:00It was only a matter of time before this type of s...It was only a matter of time before this type of system went nationwide. <BR/><BR/>Government trails business in most developments of technology and its uses. For many years businesses have been keeping tabs on people by tracking what they buy and sell, like and dislike, and where they go. This information is available to anyone who pays for it. <BR/><BR/>Even several years ago anyone reading this blog could be located if someone was looking for them. Tax records and real estate holdings burn your location quickly. Ditto for anything you've done with a credit or debit card. If you used your name when ordering from Dominos Pizza, set up an account at a movie rental outlet, submitted a warranty card for your chain saw........you get the point. This information has been easily obtained for years by the fuzz or anyone else. It just costs money to use the networks. I'm sure the top players in this so-called industry are involved in the development of the federal program.<BR/><BR/>The information age has been upon us for quite some time. It's not going away. What are we going to do about the exchange of data and how it's used? How many Americans have avoided being desensitized about issues of privacy? Does anyone even care who knows what about whomever? These are the questions that have been sent up in the baskets of the trial balloons for years. We're almost at the point when no more questions are needed because privacy is extinct. And they know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1167800942969413242007-01-02T22:09:00.000-07:002007-01-02T22:09:00.000-07:00It's funny, when I discuss anarchism with a skepti...It's funny, when I discuss anarchism with a skeptical but open-minded friend, he always says that he doesn't think it will ever work because anytime people think of a world without government, they think of chaos and it scares them. Of course, I try to point out that this is because they've never thought creatively or intelligently about how the market can replace the functions of the state...<BR/><BR/>But what I think is most ironic is that our country and our lives are daily becoming the laughable real-life versions of 1984 and Brave New World, and no one seems frightened at all. No one even seems to be paying any attention.<BR/><BR/>The idea of a "chaotic" anarchism without government may frighten people, but I should think they would choose the uncertainty of that world over the certain darkness of a Nazi Germany. Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com