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Toon: Game is Over (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
May 2012
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Octafish
(55,745 posts)1. Sure seems that way.
"The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities." -- Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)2. "This is an impressive crowd
"This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base." George W Bush,
gateley
(62,683 posts)3. God. And that was just fine for him to say. To appreciative laughter. nt
