| Freedom
Lost |
What does America mean to you?
Are you now willing to give up your Rights and privacy.
Surveys reveal up to 90% our population will give up rights
for safety. Our
Government wants this to happen, that's not new. And, in it's
ongoing bid to know and
control every aspect of your life, Government now has a
powerful new ally, TERRORISM.
Surely you are willing to give up The American
ideals, the foundation of America, even the Constitution, in
the name of 'Public Safety'.
"The Land
of the Free and the Home of the Brave"?,
"Give me Liberty or give me Death"
Merely slogans of the past, now it's Safety, Safety, Safety.
Government control, for your own good. Is this the America you
want? Did our veterans fight for America's Freedom only to
have it lost this way?.
We say, give up Safety
before you give up Freedom, Rights or Privacy. Solve the real problems with
America. But, keep what Rights you have left, and work to regain
those already taken. Please do your part, America needs you. |
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| Privacy
in America ? |
Your
phone calls
from home, wired or wireless, your cell phone, your email, your
credit card trans-actions, all are monitored. Your
vehicle's license plate is read by cameras as you travel, your
face is scanned and compared to your state 'Drivers License' photo, to
ID you as you walk across a parking lot or enter the mall or the Airport.
All these and more tell Big Brother where you are, who you
talk to, what you say, what you buy and what you do...
The Echelon
and Carnivore
systems monitor every electronic communication device.
Not just suspected criminals, but everyone is monitored. No
court order is obtained. Did you ever vote for this? Did any public hearings exist?...
NO. Your Privacy was taken from you without your consent, in
secrecy. The
people in power that you trust to do the right thing, do not
trust you. They are leading America down the path to "Big Brother"* Government control. At the cost of your Privacy,
Freedom and Liberty.
*Big Brother is Un-Good!.
...our forefathers didn't die to
give us safety; they died to give us liberty. And those are two
very different things. |
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TOP NEWS
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Wired News: Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room
AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its
customers' phone calls, and shunted its customers' internet traffic to
data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching
center, according to a former AT&T worker cooperating in the Electronic Frontier
Foundation's lawsuit against the company.
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The Bank Secrecy Act |
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Though most people do not know it, financial
institutions are required by the federal government to spy on their
customers. Congress authorized the Treasury Department to require them to
do so in the Bank Secrecy Act. continue |
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"Know Your Customer" law |
US banks must monitor their customers and
alert federal officials to "suspicious" behavior under a
government plan that has drawn fire as an Orwellian intrusion
into Americans' privacy.
A set of regulations requires banks to review every customer's
"normal and expected transactions" and tip off the IRS and
federal law enforcement agencies if the behavior is unusual.
"It turns us into surveillance agents for the government," said
John Ehrensperger, compliance director for Atlanta-based Sun
Trust Bank. continue |
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The Patriot Act |
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Perhaps the most disturbing aspect
of the government's actions has been its attack on the Bill of
Rights, the very cornerstone of our American democracy. The War
on Terror has seriously compromised the First, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Amendment rights of citizens. From
the USA PATRIOT Act's over-broad definition of domestic
terrorism, to the FBI's new powers of search and surveillance,
to the indefinite detention of both citizens and non-citizens
without formal charges, the principles of free speech, due
process, and equal protection under the law have been seriously
undermined.
...The result of all of these
actions has been the deliberate, persistent, and unnecessary
erosion of the basic rights that protect every citizen in the
United States. A free society demands the rule of law. Without
it, democracy is meaningless. The government has consistently
refused to recognize the protections afforded by the US
Constitution
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