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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

You're paying attention or you haven't been reading - yes, they can and yes they've been doing it for a while.

So you think... I actually know how this works because I've done some of it... and it doesn't get done without a LOT of paperwork and red tape. Again... contrary to what reporters who don't know 10% of what they write about might say.

What's that saying again... GIGO (garbage in, garbage out)... the press has been caught in too many lies and fabrications for them to claim any high road. Or to be assumed they got it right... absent any real lproof.

They pick what they use to make it sound like what they want everyone to think... while ignoring and burying info that contradicts what they are pushing.

Sometimes they get it right... Like The National Enquirer did with John Edwards... anyone remember how bad the rest of the press went after them for that? And how wrong everyone else turned out to be?

Its not rare either... they rarely get it 100% right... heck half the time they are lucky to get it 50% right.

THe average reporter knows as much about things outside of the journalism business as the average person knows about Neurosurgury.

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So you think..

No, it's not what I think - it's all over the news - do you live under a rock??

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

No, it's not what I think - it's all over the news - do you live under a rock????

You are a fool if you believe everything some reporter says.

THey report what they want you to believe.. or at least what their editor wants you to believe... its not about what really took place.

Like Rathergate... with CBS "News" and a completely fabricated story that never happened as just one example.

If they knew half as much as they think they know.. they could get a better paying job in those other fields.

THose who can, do... those who can't, teach... or Report.

Haha, you're funny. The denial is strong with this. And your sense of conspiracy is high.

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

haha, you're funny. The denial is strong with this. And your sense of conspiracy is high.

Its not denial when I've seen hundreds of stories misreported... or flat out changed so much they never happened as reported... some from the raw data of the event... a lot of them first hand.

But then liberals are sheeple... they believe everything they are told to believe.

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they believe everything they are told to believe.

Apparently you are unfamiliar with the concept of conservatives finding a talking point and repeating it ad nauseum, typically without doing any of their own background research. We see it here all the time. Same with you and your "secrets" that you can't reveal. Hehe.

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

Apparently you are unfamiliar with the concept of conservatives finding a talking point and repeating it ad nauseum, typically without doing any of their own background research. We see it here all the time. Same with you and your "secrets" that you can't reveal. Hehe.

You are the delusional one here...

Lefty reporters all use the same terminology and choice of words... something impossible if they wrote their own stories. They are recorded doing it every day...

But then... the left really cares nothing about reality... they only care about their fantasy.

Privacy is a tricky issue, I don't want the government snooping on my internet searches or phone calls, but if my neighbor is looking up child porn or how to make pressure cooker bombs, I think there should be a way for the authorities to know about it. Is there any way to have a middle ground where innocent people have privacy but troublemakers can still be caught?

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Originally Posted by earl237

Privacy is a tricky issue, I don't want the government snooping on my internet searches or phone calls, but if my neighbor is looking up child porn or how to make pressure cooker bombs, I think there should be a way for the authorities to know about it. Is there any way to have a middle ground where innocent people have privacy but troublemakers can still be caught?

If you understood how this actually works... its not as intrusive as some people think.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

If you understood how this actually works...its not as intrusive as some people think.

I guess I missed the sarcasm font for this one?

It is totally intrusive and wide open for abuse.

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Originally Posted by cdad

I guess I missed the sarcasm font for this one?

It is totally intrusive and wide open for abuse.

How... computers look for key words... things people simply do not routinely discuss... they then flag your calls to see who you've been calling and they get warrants to probe further... I will not go into any more detail than that...

There aren't millions of people listening in a call center to every single call made hoping to get juicy ones on their shift.

Okay so let's give them some juice how about attack... where do you live... Washington... state football team...

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Originally Posted by paraclete

okay so let's give them some juice how about attack..............where do you live............ Washington.......... state football team..............

I think I hear someone knocking on your door right now.

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Originally Posted by earl237

I think I hear someone knocking on your door right now.

He's in Australia... they don't even need to knock... they all but disarmed the population.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

He's in Australia...they don't even need to knock...they all but disarmed the population.

This is of course absolute nonsense and shows a complete lack of understanding. We were never armed in the first place. The overwhelming majority of Australians don't want to be armed. It's a non-issue in Australia.

Excepting for the Shooters and Fishers Party tut you remember them they want to take over the national parks for recreational shooting, but I personally haven't found it necessary to be armed since I was a teenager. There really is nothing to shoot but the odd bunny. No, we are a civilised society unlike some I could name

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Originally Posted by paraclete

No, we are a civilised society unlike some I could name

You forgot to engage the sarcasm font.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

How......computers look for key words...things people simply do not routinely discuss....they then flag your calls to see who you've been calling and they get warrants to probe further...I will not go into any more detail than that....

There aren't millions of people listening in a call center to every single call made hoping to get juicy ones on their shift.

I know how it works. But it is way way beyond what your trying to portray here. This isn't project echelon anymore. Its gone beyond that. The server farms they are wanting to build to handle it is just mind boggling. It is absolutely overreach and a violation of the fourth amendment.

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Fourth Amendment - U.S. Constitution - FindLaw

I heard Australia's gun laws were much more strict after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.

I bet they're monitoring this website, what with all the code words we use here and the threat us wingers pose.

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Originally Posted by speechlesstx

I bet they're monitoring this website, what with all the code words we use here and the threat us wingers pose.

They want to monitor everything so no communication goes unmolested. Its sad to see one of the freest countries in the world take a turn like this.

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Originally Posted by cdad

They want to monitor everything so no communication goes unmolested. Its sad to see one of the freest countries in the world take a turn like this.

Exactly. Add the last few years of the media failing in their adversarial role and we the people are screwed.

You are not screwed because of anything the media did or did not do - you are screwed because you let the corporations dictate what the government does.

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

You are not screwed because of anything the media did or did not do - you are screwed because you let the corporations dictate what the government does.

Can you be any more clueless about the damage the Media is DIRECTLY responsible for in this country?

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

You are not screwed because of anything the media did or did not do - you are screwed because you let the corporations dictate what the government does.

If that's the case the media should be holding them accountable for that, too.

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Can you be any more clueless about the damage the Media is DIRECTLY responsible for in this country?

No. Why do you blame them for everything? Are americans idiot lemmings?

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If that's the case the media should be holding them accountable for that, too.

Is Fox News exposing it?

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Originally Posted by smoothy

How......computers look for key words...things people simply do not routinely discuss....they then flag your calls to see who you've been calling and they get warrants to probe further...I will not go into any more detail than that....

There aren't millions of people listening in a call center to every single call made hoping to get juicy ones on their shift.

I hope they aren't looking for the words "big" and "boobs" or I'm in trouble, ha ha.

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

No. Why do you blame them for everything? Are americans idiot lemmings?

If you was half as smart as you think you are... you would see the PRONOUNCED bias in their news coverage...

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Originally Posted by earl237

I hope they aren't looking for the words "big" and "boobs" or I'm in trouble, ha ha.

Yeah... you, me and a LOT of other guys, and a few women too.

Hello smoothy:

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you would see the PRONOUNCED bias in their news coverage...

If the media is SOOO biased, where do you get the real scoop?

Excon

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello smoothy:
If the media is SOOO biased, where do you get the real scoop?

excon

Easy for me... not so easy for most people.

I know where to go for a lot of stuff... can't get it for everything... but probably everyone reading would not be able to go where I do...

Hello again, smoothy:

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I know where to go for a lot of stuff... can't get it for everything.

Without an inside source on EVERYTHING, you MUST rely on somebody's reporting. Can you tell us who? Is it a secret? For example, who told you Obama doesn't have a birth certificate?

Excon

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you would see the PRONOUNCED bias in their news coverage...

It doesn't affect you then?

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

It doesn't affect you then?

I live in the USA... everything they do affects me... it likely doesn't affect you. But it most likely does at least in some ways.

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everything they do affects me.

Everything the MSM does affects you? Wow, you're a weak thinker - one of the sheeple.

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Originally Posted by speechlesstx

You forgot to engage the sarcasm font.

That wasn't sarcasm it was fact I could name some but for the sake of harmony I didn't

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

Is Fox News exposing it?

One outlet can only do so much, but they've for the most part been the only national media to fulfill their adversarial role for the last five years. But if your premise is correct that would be the perfect outrage for the liberal media to expose. Are they?

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello again, smoothy:
Without an inside source on EVERYTHING, you MUST rely on somebody's reporting. Can you tell us who? Is it a secret? For example, who told you Obama doesn't have a birth certificate?

excon

I spend all my time around government agencies and foreign embassies when I'm not in my office. I'm on a first name basis with all of them, and have been for a lot of years... We talk... its that simple.

Hello again, smoothy:

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We talk... its that simple.

So, they told you Obama doesn't have a birth certificate and that he's a commie??

Excon