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pipi_k

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80. that's why

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:48 PM

Jul 2013

when they offer to let me choose from three photos for my license, I always take the ugliest one that looks nothing like me.

Let those bastards PROVE it's me in that photo they have on file!

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The Government has a complete file of your life [View all] RobertEarl Jul 2013 OP

Says who? zappaman Jul 2013 #1

I hear they even issue a card with your name and a uniquely identifying number. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #2

They tried to take my picture at the DMV! zappaman Jul 2013 #3

Be careful about those holographic thingies on your license. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #8

I have fashioned several HappyMe Jul 2013 #16

Don't forget your cat! zappaman Jul 2013 #22

I made one for the stray that hangs around the apartments. HappyMe Jul 2013 #31

They know you're an organ donor!!!! DevonRex Jul 2013 #54

that's why pipi_k Jul 2013 #80

!! silverweb Jul 2013 #4

Jokers to left of me, jokers to the right RobertEarl Jul 2013 #7

"Here I am trying to protect my privacy." zappaman Jul 2013 #19

You live in a surveillance state. And as you can see, people have been conditioned to it in the US. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #62

We can see how it happens, eh? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #68

Look at them line up with tinfoil hat jokes Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #76

Trying not to offend Stinky pintobean Jul 2013 #75

I sometimes get a tax refund, you think I should send it back? Whisp Jul 2013 #11

Collecting all those pages of information on your assets to take a cut? TYRANNY! AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #15

How many of those little tiny bottles does it take to Wite-Out your privates? pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #23

burns like a ring of fire, man. Whisp Jul 2013 #25

Speaking of "I Wanna Be Free" and the Monkees, DevonRex Jul 2013 #48

Ha! I didn't know that. pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #52

It is really true. DevonRex Jul 2013 #57

Stealers Wheel pintobean Jul 2013 #79

So weird. Because right after that I looked up Baker Street. DevonRex Jul 2013 #81

It was actually mislabeled that way on P2P networks. pintobean Jul 2013 #85

Actually, there are many government files on each of us. MineralMan Jul 2013 #5

You acknowledge the fact. RobertEarl Jul 2013 #6

What are you talking about? I am not paid to post on the Internet. MineralMan Jul 2013 #101

there is some space in Somalia if anyone is looking for governmentlessness. n/t Whisp Jul 2013 #9

Have 'em call if they can make sense of it BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #10

The NSA spying is the stuff of which tyranny is made. woo me with science Jul 2013 #12

You have no idea what anyone has about your life. None at all. randome Jul 2013 #20

Indeed RobertEarl Jul 2013 #24

F.B.I. has had a file on me since 1983! William769 Jul 2013 #13

Why did you delete your previous thread on this and start a new one? randome Jul 2013 #14

He believes the first subthread was stupid so he deleted the thread Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #28

Tax records, social security/birth recs, selective service NightWatcher Jul 2013 #17

You say that like it's a bad thing... Fumesucker Jul 2013 #18

True. zappaman Jul 2013 #21

I for one welcome our new.. err.. old .. umm .. only omniscient and ever so benevolent overlord Fumesucker Jul 2013 #26

yeh, talk about fricken surveillance! Whisp Jul 2013 #30

Good! Scootaloo Jul 2013 #27

PM me. I'll tell you! randome Jul 2013 #34

aha! So you Are on someone's 'payroll' Whisp Jul 2013 #42

I'm guessing you're against single payer healthcare? JaneyVee Jul 2013 #29

Paranoia will destroy ya CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #32

Do they know I take my shoes off to poop? Mojo Electro Jul 2013 #33

Please don't. randome Jul 2013 #35

Here's hoping I don't have to. Mojo Electro Jul 2013 #39

No need to explain Scootaloo Jul 2013 #36

I hadn't even thought of that. Mojo Electro Jul 2013 #40

... William769 Jul 2013 #37

... Whisp Jul 2013 #43

... William769 Jul 2013 #45

I had that 45 at one time! randome Jul 2013 #46

An oldie but a goodie! William769 Jul 2013 #47

I know they have my grades from K-12. JoePhilly Jul 2013 #38

But not Obama's college transcripts!!!! nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #41

or Bush's military records Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #60

See, they warned you that shit would go on your permanent record. Liberal Veteran Jul 2013 #59

!!! JoePhilly Jul 2013 #66

D�j� Vu Make7 Jul 2013 #44

matrix cat Whisp Jul 2013 #49

Damn! I knew I shouldn't have gotten a driver's license. DevonRex Jul 2013 #50

sources? Coyotl Jul 2013 #51

New one here RobertEarl Jul 2013 #55

This thread is full of win! Spazito Jul 2013 #53

Wind! RobertEarl Jul 2013 #56

LOL Spazito Jul 2013 #61

Nonsense? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #63

Take good notes, oh one who espouses 'privacy' but makes 'note' of others... Spazito Jul 2013 #64

Privacy? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #70

LOL and whoosh... Spazito Jul 2013 #71

Nothing but net! tridim Jul 2013 #73

At least he stands up for himself. pintobean Jul 2013 #82

LOL! Spazito Jul 2013 #86

I am sure they do I once had job that required doc03 Jul 2013 #58

Hell,the FBI has a full set of finger and handprints from me, kentauros Jul 2013 #65

The Gov't has my fingerprints Lex Jul 2013 #67

Yes. My security clearance paperwork, drug tests, my DNA, my voice prints in a few DevonRex Jul 2013 #99

The gov has my full biometrics, multiple sets of fingerprints and a sworn affidavit that I am not a Godhumor Jul 2013 #69

Wood shacks in Montana are cheap and quite rustic. Off grid baby! tridim Jul 2013 #72

Too late for me RobertEarl Jul 2013 #74

Well no, because the government doesn't have "unfettered access to my life". tridim Jul 2013 #78

The way I figure it is... pipi_k Jul 2013 #77

True. RobertEarl Jul 2013 #83

OK, so.... pipi_k Jul 2013 #89

You're in luck! Upon receipt of your FOIA request, NSA will be happy to provide... pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #87

Those bastards!!!!! pipi_k Jul 2013 #90

Shhh! Ix-nay on the ame-nay alling-cay! pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #91

Android phones listen to your phone conversations and send leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #84

What they have on me treestar Jul 2013 #88

So? Zoeisright Jul 2013 #92

There isn't now, but there could be RobertEarl Jul 2013 #94

If the Goverment didn't, others do KinMd Jul 2013 #93

Bull. But all the advertisers in Creation certainly do. And you pay them! Hekate Jul 2013 #95

That damn permanent record cprompt Jul 2013 #96

The Future of Lifelogging � Interview with Gordon Bell FarCenter Jul 2013 #97

Thank you. zappaman Jul 2013 #98

Yes, thanks to government record keeping, the People get their social security checks. Coyotl Jul 2013 #100