[asterisk-biz] Senate Approves Immunity for Telecom Companies in Wiretapping

[Steve Totaro]

As long as there are no trans fat in Montgomery county here in MD.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501387.html

The same place where police were reprimanded after public outcry that they
were using expensive military night vision equipment to snag people not
wearing seat belts at night.
http://cyouincourt007.blogspot.com/2005/06/flashbackpolice-seatbelt-enforcement.html

The same county that passed a law that you could not smoke in your own house
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=566

The same county I got my last speeding ticket in.  It was the first ticket
mill I have ever seen, they swipe your driver's license's magnetic strip
into a handheld gizmo, enter the speed and out comes a printed ticket.  At
least I was only detained about five minutes......

Land of the free....  At least I have the constitutional right to have a gun
(but not a less lethal stun gun?!?)



On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Miles Scruggs <asterisk at wideideas.com>
wrote:

> "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm..." Dammit, well we
> still got the hot dog right?
>
> On Jul 9, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Steve Totaro wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Jon Weisman <jweisman at ibell.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
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>> By a vote of 69-28, the Senate approved a bill overhauling the rules
>> covering secret government eavesdropping and granting immunity to
>> telecommunications companies that aided in the wiretapping of Americans
>> without warrants.
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> -Jon
>>  <http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz>
>
>
> I think it is nothing new.  Been going on since the 50s, it's just a lot
> easier now and in the open.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve T
>
>
>
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