Author Thinks GW is Big Dummy, of Course, But Wonders Why We Put Personal Information Online if So Opposed to Domestic Spying?
OR: Get off my back, I don't want a MySpace, OK?
I think the Constitution should be upheld even if our President can’t understand it and even if FISA is too complicated or inconvenient for him to bother with. With this in mind, I find the whole MySpace explosion to be quite interesting. Just this week, I’ve had three more people tell me I should get a MySpace page. How can we simultaneously express such outrage over domestic spying while putting information about ourselves on the internet at every available opportunity? I’m not a conspiracy theorist or anything like that (with the exception of the craft and cartoonist conspiracies, of course), and I realize there's a big difference between voluntarily making information public and having your phone conversations listened to, but I do worry that we are all acting as agents furthering our government’s spying policies.
I don’t think MySpace is bad. I think it’s a great way to find old friends and stay connected with everybody. But I don’t want a future client googling me and finding all this personal information, looking up all my friends, seeing pictures of me singing karaoke, whatever. As much as I love looking up my pals on the internet, I just feel itchy about putting this information about myself out there. I don’t know. What do you guys think?
(NB: But secret blogs are OK).
posted by Ugly Juice @ 5:30 PM
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3 Comments:
Myspace creeps me out. It's like, you know, cool for the kids and all, but, umm...they don't seem too concerned about giving up their personal information, cuz, you know, it's cool. Right?
If you get a Myspace page...well, I don't know what I will do.
Question by a reporter:
Mr. President... the FISA law was implemented in 1978 in part because of revelations that the National Security Agency was spying domestically. What is wrong with that law if you feel you have to circumvent it and, as you just admitted, expand presidential power?
The President:
May I -- if I might, you said that I have to circumvent it. There -- wait a minute. That's a -- there's something -- it's like saying, you know, you're breaking the law. I'm not. See, that's what you've got to understand. I am upholding my duty, and at the same time, doing so under the law and with the Constitution behind me. That's just very important for you to understand.
Secondly, the FISA law was written in 1978. We're having this discussion in 2006. It's a different world. And FISA is still an important tool. It's an important tool. And we still use that tool. But also -- and we -- look -- I said, look, is it possible to conduct this program under the old law? And people said, it doesn't work in order to be able to do the job we expect us to do.
And so that's why I made the decision I made. And you know, "circumventing" is a loaded word, and I refuse to accept it, because I believe what I'm doing is legally right.
Bob?
Myspace is NOT Friendster. Myspace HAS Frienster.
Myspace is a meta app, it has Friendster, Hot Or Not, MP3.com, Ifilm, Blogger, Usenet Groups, etc. etc.
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