Nov 29 2007

Political Officers

Do they know when I get up?  This morning my wife while watching WBZ TV morning “news” told me to wait for the story about the government wanting the reading habits of Amazon.com customers.

http://www.pr-inside.com/us-wi…

They usually repeat the very same stories again by the time I actually leave for work.  It is after all mainstream media and in the interest of keeping my soul pure and uncontaminated I have refined a sophisticated in one ear and out the other technique.

Hon, methinks the censors woke up, a story about government intrusion into private lives, the political officers stifled it.

The local network has also chosen to ignore something like this also and favor the manufactured diversionary local issue of the state legislature taking up the question of outlawing corporal punishment for your kids.

I would put further media consolidation as a more pressing issue than spanking kids.

http://www.usalone.com/stop_me…

And finally the last find of the day is yet another sieg heil related to “terra” bill.

A republic, if you can keep it.  Another day and another Apocalyptic horse practice ride.

2 comments

  1. How discouraging. Prosecutors need “witnesses” for a tax evasion indictment, although Amazon’s already turned over the books AND they’ve got defendent’s puter. What a putz lame excuse for fascists…

    Crocker brokered a compromise in which the company would send a letter to the 24,000 customers describing the investigation and asking them to voluntarily contact prosecutors if they were interested in testifying. Prosecutors said they obtained the customer information they needed from one of D’Angelo’s computers they seized earlier in the investigation.

    Crocker scolded prosecutors in July for not looking for alternatives earlier.

    «If the government had been more diligent in looking for workarounds instead of baring its teeth when Amazon balked, it’s probable that this entire First Amendment showdown could have been avoided,» he wrote.

    Let’s hope next time DoJ visits Silicon Alley the bring guns and ammo.

  2. Ben Marble, M.D.: Should I run for Trent Lott’s SENATE seat?.

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