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KoKo

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20. For us older who had WWII Parents and Vietnam Vet Friends killed..
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 07:49 PM
Sep 2014

this Smacks of ........well....what others have said.

Do the Young Know about Facism? Do they know how the "Good Germans" didn't see it until it was on their doorstep and the smart ones left taking what they could to America to survive.

Does ANYONE REMEMBER? McCarthy Era? The History?

ENDLESS WAR? Taxpayers of USA paying for all this...forced into constant terror even though they were lied to just 12 Years AGO?

Some Poll said 45% of Americans believe Saddam had WMD.

How do we deal with this NOW that American's Believe that IS/ISIL/ISIS is on our doorstep waiting to do more Beheadings and Killing our Children in their beds and Raping our American Women once they cross our borders....while we go through constant screenings on our airlines taking "small quantities of necessities" on flights in plastic bags and giving ourselves to body searches and still the x-ray machines in places who haven't converted.

We are Data Mined and Spyed on by Cameras everywhere. Our Med Records and SS Numbers are out there for any Military Contractor to mine and use for their own purposes...and Yet we live in that Free America that Obama and others tout is the Beacon to the World and responsible for "Keeping the World Free."

Hard Times.....and the lessons of the past are either not taught or no longer recognizable to those behind us.

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Wait until the thought police start. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #1
No privacy. woo me with science Sep 2014 #2
from one of my favorite books. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #5
That, is absolutely in the works. I was reading someplace that the pentagon has or is commissioning RKP5637 Sep 2014 #41
Track this ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #3
Recently returned home from foreign trip ... and found new kiosks taking our photos mainer Sep 2014 #4
To compare your passport photo to your face? JimDandy Sep 2014 #10
"It’s really a customer service imperative,..." dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #15
Well, in Europe and Asia the system verifies that your face matches your passport photo Recursion Sep 2014 #25
Facial mapping. Chan790 Sep 2014 #33
And the problem is? Recursion Sep 2014 #37
It's only situationally okay. Chan790 Sep 2014 #45
The future is grim ... n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #6
Snowden Was The Tip Of The Spear cantbeserious Sep 2014 #7
I thought ctsnowman Sep 2014 #8
It'll make it easier to identify frozen seniors this winter leftstreet Sep 2014 #17
It is totally out of hand...Fascism is here. dotymed Sep 2014 #9
I take it you live in an urban/metro area? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #14
The standard reply JimDandy Sep 2014 #21
Yes. dotymed Sep 2014 #40
Down here in a red state, I live in a small town dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #44
Yep, same here, a camera is focused on you. Even Lowe's has cameras as you check out. As you process RKP5637 Sep 2014 #28
no they probably dont reddread Sep 2014 #32
On the machines here at self-checkout at Lowe's there is a camera right on your face and a screen RKP5637 Sep 2014 #35
I see reddread Sep 2014 #38
You make a very good point! Over the years people have let the government rule them RKP5637 Sep 2014 #39
Doctors have a big interest in making sure they are treating the right person treestar Sep 2014 #53
Freedumb. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #11
The veil of fascism falls off a little more every day. EEO Sep 2014 #12
“The illusion of freedom... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #18
there are some words that have lost their cache in the USA reddread Sep 2014 #47
Yet another important issue that we can resolve once we fight for and achieve Publicly Funded Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #13
Bernie is dotymed Sep 2014 #42
Big Brother is watching... JEB Sep 2014 #16
"FaceSpace" The new free social networking site. adirondacker Sep 2014 #19
For us older who had WWII Parents and Vietnam Vet Friends killed.. KoKo Sep 2014 #20
Yes, it is a déjà vu and this time around the tools are very sophisticated. Like a cancer it is so RKP5637 Sep 2014 #29
Kids don't get the good stuff in school, I agree, KoKo, esp. now dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #30
Hah, it is only a matter of time till a "Person of Interest" type of system is fully operational AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #22
Samaritan is here. Chan790 Sep 2014 #34
I'm so glad I live in a place with no surveillance cameras cali Sep 2014 #23
You don't. Chan790 Sep 2014 #36
usually overhead cameras as well reddread Sep 2014 #46
I don't think you understand rural places cali Sep 2014 #48
and no cam on the old laptop? reddread Sep 2014 #49
I live in the midst of national forestry and wildlife preserve-land on the top of a mountain... Chan790 Sep 2014 #50
Sounds like pretty much all of Western Europe Recursion Sep 2014 #24
That's creepy Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #26
Yeah, though they don't have the history of freedom from search and seizure that we do Recursion Sep 2014 #27
My god, that is straight out of Minority Report. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #31
Big Brother, just not this one... JEB Sep 2014 #43
Just wait until a Fascist Dictator takes over amerika warrant46 Sep 2014 #51
Cheek triangle anyone? nt valerief Sep 2014 #52
"Citizen step 30 feet away from the police mech, you have been recognized as threat level 3." Rex Sep 2014 #54
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