Every Year Brings Us Closer to 1984

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:37:58 GMT

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Every year brings us closer to 1984

In the beginning was the fingerprint.

Then came DNA.

Now the feds are building yet another database. And it has some folks worried.

Maybe you missed it in the run-up to Super Duper Tuesday, but CNN and the Associated Press reported last week that the FBI will soon award a $1 billion, 10-year contract for construction of an electronic file that would store not just fingerprints and DNA, but a vast compendium of other physical characteristics. We're talking eye scans, facial shape, palm prints, scars, tattoos and other biometrics, all for the purpose of identifying and capturing bad guys.

But at least one privacy advocate thinks even good guys -- and gals -- have cause for concern. Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU's Technology and Liberty Project, told CNN, ``It's the beginning of the surveillance society where you can be tracked anywhere, any time and all your movements, and eventually all your activities will be tracked and noted and correlated.''

Bush's Grandfather Involved in Fascist Plot Against FDR?

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:14:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I can't believe that I'd never heard about this before! Not even in Zinn! How many of you out there are familiar with this story?

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Business Plot

The Business Plot, the Plot Against FDR, or the White House Putsch, was a conspiracy involving several wealthy businessmen to overthrow the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

General Butler claimed that the American Liberty League was the primary means of funding the plot. The main backers were the Du Pont family, as well as leaders of U.S. Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil, Chase National Bank, and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. A BBC documentary claims Prescott Bush, father and grandfather to the 41st and 43rd US Presidents respectively, was also connected.^[3]

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Every Year Brings Us Closer to 1984

Every year brings us closer to 1984

Bush's Grandfather Involved in Fascist Plot Against FDR?

Business Plot