RightGirl at Girl on the Right on Mar 22 2009 | Filed under: Big Brother, Liberalism Watch
You are sitting in your office, going about the business of your business, when someone presents themselves at reception, saying they’ve come to confiscate your hard drive, your hard files and any peripheral e-storage devices. They have no warrant to back them up, and they don’t need one. They are from the government. They are [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Mar 02 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Big Brother
For reasons too complicated to explain, I have more than a passing knowledge about medical informatics — or, in simple terms, the trend to put all patient records in computerized systems. That’s why, at a soccer game, a young woman who is clearly an Obama supporter asked me what I thought of the move to [...]
Megan Fox - Webloggin Guest Editor on Jul 25 2008 | Filed under: Big Brother, View from the Left
I have been obsessing lately on the over-regulation of my life. All of my friends have been made aware, in animated language, that I’m fed up with the control the powers that be exert over me. I’m tired of paying too many taxes for stupid things. I’m tired of electronic tickets given in the blink [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Jun 19 2008 | Filed under: Big Brother, Ideology, Politicians at Work, Socialism
It is no secret among thinking people that the Democratic Party is a socialist group. Most of them mask their Socialistic or Communistic tendencies but they are moving closer and closer to everything being run by the government and redistribution of all wealth except for the wealth of the ruling class. They will remain rich [...]
Jodi at Webloggin on Jan 14 2008 | Filed under: Big Brother, Socialism
California is proposing that residents add a radio FM controlled receiver enabling the government access in an effort to control thermostats, refrigerators, pool pumps, computers, etc…. If passed, California politicians said that building permits would be denied for any contractor who refuses to comply with the new law.
WND reports:
Add thermostats to the list of [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Oct 11 2007 | Filed under: Big Brother, Socialism
You all remember the Aesop’s fable about the Ant and Grasshopper, don’t you? That’s the one where the Ant works hard all year, while the Grasshopper just dances around. When winter comes, the Ant is comfortable in his warm, well-stocked home, while the Grasshopper is miserable and hungry. Or maybe you know [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Oct 10 2007 | Filed under: Big Brother, Freedom Files, Legislation
I’ve been researching the Legislative history of a California statute enacted 30 years ago. The statute affected how insurance companies could conduct investigations that would determine their risk in issuing a given policy. At that time, insurance companies would conduct personal interviews with neighbors and colleagues, with the results stored away in files. A secondary [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Sep 18 2007 | Filed under: Big Brother, Culture Watch, Health Care
More than twenty years ago, I attended a speech that famed legal scholar Arthur Miller gave, in which he decried the fact that the zone of privacy surrounding ordinary citizens was shrinking rapidly with the dawn of the computer age. What he pointed out then is even more true today: unless you step entirely off [...]
TXWise at Faultline USA on Feb 01 2007 | Filed under: Big Brother, Feature Article
Three dozen lawmakers will now have access to the “secret court” orders !
Now that the Dems have pushed for this “compromise”, doesn’t that make you feel oh, so, safe???
Otto at The Otto Show on Dec 14 2006 | Filed under: Big Brother, Feature Article
Between a shrinking bar/smoking crowd and price increases, the employees who I could afford to keep are making substantially less in tips.
