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Aug. 8, 2006
In the News today...
I am one who usually doesn't get upset by
the morning news. Today seems different. There are three articles that
have really frustrated me this morning.
First: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thecheckout/2006/08/post_9.html
BusRadio! This is about putting targeted radio programing on
school busses. They 'say' only 6-8 minutes will be actual
advertisments, but the whole station will be used to test market CDs,
movies, new artists and such. They would have a completely captive
audience that can't turn it off or leave the room.
Second: http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1154844074102520.xml&coll=1
This one is about a group from St. Bernard's Parish who want to put up
a monument to those who died in their Parish during Katrina. The ACLU
wants to stop them from using a cross because a few of the active
people serve as council members. This is a monument on private
property, funded with private money, done on volunteer time. It seems
the ACLU is saying that if you want to hold a job in the government you
CANNOT be a member of a faith community. By being an active member of
your faith community you are promoting a state religion!
Third: http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/06/07/20/1651223.shtml?tid=147
This one is about the RIAA bringing lawsuits against people for sharing
music files, when the people who they are suing have never even owned a
computer! They are getting information about individuals illegally and
judges who don't understand technology are rubber stamping arrest
warrants and search and seizure warrants without due process.
All of this reminds me so much of a book by Taylor Caldwell called
Devil's Advocate. In it a secret group is trying to get Americans to
revolt from an oppressive government by taking away more and more
rights. I am not one for conspiracy theories, but when I read article
after article about how simple rights are being taken away and totally
innocent people are being hounded while the real villains go scot free,
it makes me think maybe their is something to those theories.....
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