The Government has a complete file of your life

[Hekate]

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

You pay for the privilege!

I'm not happy about what Bush-Cheney did to exponentially expand governmental powers. Not happy at all.

But perhaps it escaped your attention that President Obama informed Congress they should really roll back some of those powers while he is in office.

It is unlikely that Congress will do that -- first, the GOP just loves the expanded executive powers given by the USA PATRIOT ACT, and second, not only do they have a majority in the House, but "Democrats" like so many at DU are going to do a good job of convincing voters that there is no difference so they should just stay home next year. That will certainly help.

Meantime, those advertisers? Every electronic piece of equipment that you purchase has built-in ways of tracking your purchases, your activities, your location, your friends, your preferences, and on and on. Your cell phone, your Smart Phone, your iPad, all that great expensive stuff you buy keeps you linked in with everybody you know and a lot you don't. A couple of years ago the latest upcoming gimmick was to have the owner of one of these wonderful gadgets walk down any city street and be bombarded with information: restaurants you might like to try, sales in stores, and even which of your friends was in these establishments in case you wanted to join them.

Doesn't anyone get this at all? All that information is already gathered up in the name of profit. The government doesn't have to do anything special to get it when people leave it lying around all over the place.

This makes me shudder. I've known for over 20 years that we already have Big Brother, and he's not Uncle Sam, he's the CEO of a multi-national corporation.

Good luck, future generations. You're going to need it.