Thursday, July 8, 2010

Paging George Orwell


Funny how a Democrat administration whose members decried the Patriot Act, wiretapping and other necessary and proven means to protect America from terrorism are now implementing new and sweeping measures by the NSA to monitor the Internet.  Remember the brouhaha about how Bush & Co were infringing on our civil liberties and freedom?  Oh, right, Obama group think is different.

Called Perfect Citizen (an Orwellian term if there ever was one) the program's primary focus is to prevent cyber-terrorism against nuclear facilities, utilities and other key infrastructure.

According to The Wall Street Journal:
"While the government can't force companies to work with it, it can provide incentives to urge them to cooperate, particularly if the government already buys services from that company, officials said."
Provide incentives?  Sounds like Chicago-style politics.

And who comes up with these cheesy logos?  Probably the same person who recently updated the Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency logo with its much maligned Muslim star and crescent imagery and Obama campaign logo associations.

1 comment:

Al Bellenchia said...

You just can't make this stuff up.