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Initech

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5. Attention conservatives: this is your big fucking government!!!!

Mon May 7, 2012, 07:09 PM

May 2012

You really want to trim our deficits? Why don't we eliminate like 2/3 of the money we spend on defense every year - it's more like an extra 2 or three times what the rest of the world spends!! This is completely absurd - almost as much as those damn pat downs we have to endure at the airport.

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The NSA is building a massive data center in Utah to read every email you'll ever send. [View all] cynatnite May 2012 OP

sick! fascisthunter May 2012 #1

And all the emails you've sent in the past will receive a complementary Mormon baptism. tanyev May 2012 #2

BWAHAHAHAHA Generic Other May 2012 #8

!!! LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #16

What happens if we start listing fake ancestors? aquart May 2012 #46

As long as they're baptized, it doesn't matter. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #52

If your message is really important you just send a raven. jp11 May 2012 #3

Dark wings dark words. white_wolf May 2012 #30

settle down. sensible woodchucks know if ya haven't done anything wrong, ya got nothing to worry KG May 2012 #4

When I told a woodchuck co-worker about this, IDemo May 2012 #13

Attention conservatives: this is your big fucking government!!!! Initech May 2012 #5

Can they crack word substitution? Auggie May 2012 #6

They just use a simple grammar checker fer that... don't ya know Agony May 2012 #10

Well, you'd have to change "North Tower" too ... Auggie May 2012 #48

Why are we letting our government do this shit to us? whatchamacallit May 2012 #7

It is not "our" government anymore and hasn't been for some time. nt PufPuf23 May 2012 #21

Good point whatchamacallit May 2012 #24

No democratic republic can long endure without an informed citizenry. Selatius May 2012 #29

They gonna do spellcheck and correct our grammar too? Generic Other May 2012 #9

Time to buy some carrier pigeons Autumn May 2012 #11

massive DURec KG May 2012 #12

This image will be on a plaque outside the entrance: IDemo May 2012 #14

That's not the face that's taking away our rights NOW... FiveGoodMen May 2012 #20

True, maybe just the words since that's been the sentiment for a decade.. IDemo May 2012 #22

I for one welcome our new NSA overlords! Rex May 2012 #15

I would like to read more about this. NCTraveler May 2012 #17

I don't recall any citizenship questions when I signed up for my email account. bluedigger May 2012 #31

Why would there be a citizenship question on your email account. nt. NCTraveler May 2012 #35

So the government would know to stay out of it? bluedigger May 2012 #36

Really? NCTraveler May 2012 #38

You said you were okay with it if it was for non-citizens. bluedigger May 2012 #43

You can read much more about this at this link bupkus May 2012 #37

Thank you. nt. NCTraveler May 2012 #40

You're welcome. Enjoy the very frightening article. nt bupkus May 2012 #42

But computer algorithms couldn't POSSIBLY make a mistake kenny blankenship May 2012 #18

The good news... progressoid May 2012 #19

Everyone should install PGP or GPG, or at least learn Navajo slackmaster May 2012 #23

what if a file was encrypted twice. KCS72000 May 2012 #63

You may be right. I don't grok cryptology. slackmaster May 2012 #64

Read ALL of them? Good luck with that! Odin2005 May 2012 #25

Hey, I was told that the US should become more like Cuba. joshcryer May 2012 #26

I'll have to make mine ultra-ultra boring then Turbineguy May 2012 #27

They're spying on us to protect our freedoms. Kinda like screwing for chastity. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #28

I actually don't send out so many emails usrname May 2012 #32

Good! Let 'em have all the spam! Better yet... longship May 2012 #33

Interesting davidthegnome May 2012 #34

Jam their system. Make sure you have the "bad words" in every email you send. Zalatix May 2012 #39

If this is a federal initiative. NCTraveler May 2012 #41

Good, they can hire a biliion monkeys to read them all too. bemildred May 2012 #44

Loyalty Quotient and Terror Quotient will be assigned to each citizen/ resident by computer. kenny blankenship May 2012 #58

Bring it. nt bemildred May 2012 #60

I pity the fool that has to read mine... BiggJawn May 2012 #45

This is what happens when we keep pretending everything is okay woo me with science May 2012 #47

Secrecy is a funny business. Robb May 2012 #49

STELLAR WIND: NSA program spied on "hundreds of millions" of Americans, says Thomas Drake jakeXT May 2012 #50

IMO Mr Dixon May 2012 #51

You're right about that. EFerrari May 2012 #55

Didn't we use to have something called the Fourth Amendment? Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #53

IMO Mr Dixon May 2012 #54

Top-secret, eh? GeorgeGist May 2012 #56

It is no longer necessary to ask whether fascism is coming. nt BlueIris May 2012 #57

Obviously the solution is to counter LiberalEsto May 2012 #59

Didn't the Xfiles have a season revolve around data collecting? sarcasmo May 2012 #61

One way to mess them up DFW May 2012 #62

They can read mine if they want, but that's got to be the worst job in the world bhikkhu May 2012 #65