Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, May 15, 2006
1984
Big Brother watches in Europe too.

US authorities can get access to EU citizens' data on phone calls, sms' and emails, giving a recent EU data-retention law much wider-reaching consequences than first expected, reports Swedish daily Sydsvenskan.

The EU data retention bill, passed in February after much controversy and with implementation tabled for late 2007, obliges telephone operators and internet service providers to store information on who called who and who emailed who for at least six months, aimed at fighting terrorism and organised crime.


I understand the need for security and cooperation among different agencies, but I simply don't trust anything that this administration does. Not one thing. And here's a thought: maybe we wouldn't have to be so afraid of others if we didn't continually treat others like natural resources to be used and discarded. We create enemies faster than we can kill them. Here's a plan:
•Remove our troops and bases from the Middle East and Europe, including the private contractors.
•Stop trying to create an American empire.
•Throw all of our considerable intellect and resources into developing alternative energy sources with the goal of making ourselves independent and self-sustaining.
•Focus on making life better for those in desperate need by increasing the amount of foreign aid we give to something more than the current level of less than 1% of GDP.
•Behave in a way that encourages others to emulate us as (opposed to our current policy of pounding others into submission).
In short, how about some "Christian" behavior from a "Christian" nation?
Written at 4:50 AM by Lynne.
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