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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Tue Jun 18, 2013, 09:33 PM Jun 2013

knowing phone calls are being recorded by the guv, have you changed your phone habits? [View all]

Think of all the intimate, gossipy, private, not-for-public phone conversations you have had. Most likely some reside on the guvs big tape recorder. Are you now self censoring?

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knowing phone calls are being recorded by the guv, have you changed your phone habits? [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 OP

No burnodo Jun 2013 #1

I gotta talk to the boss often nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2

other: Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #3

You need to post this in Videos! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2013 #23

That one is a definite 'die'. railsback Jun 2013 #37

Nope. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #4

I don't use the phone very often, I text and use the Internet. dkf Jun 2013 #5

Fuck em.....no. Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #6

I grew up in the seventies. Atman Jun 2013 #7

You got that right Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #8

I'm starting to regret snarky remarks I made re Agent Mike. I hope he'll forgive/forget..n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #44

+1. Totally agree. nt bemildred Jun 2013 #13

Hey man, do you have any more hats? I need at least two. arcane1 Jun 2013 #14

You just pipi_k Jun 2013 #22

Dammit! Don't say "money", say "I walked the dog and he peed on the same fence-post as last time" arcane1 Jun 2013 #26

Good post...you write well when you're stoned! Atman Jun 2013 #25

Hey, I'm not stoned, I'm "wearing a hat" arcane1 Jun 2013 #27

+1 jberryhill Jun 2013 #35

Knowing the government has unicorns, have you changed your driving habits? Recursion Jun 2013 #9

yes it is Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #11

lying doesn't help anything Recursion Jun 2013 #24

Changed my driving patterns and everything. Those pointy little buggers are following me around. Hekate Jun 2013 #42

I never use the land line JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #10

No need to yet. nt Demo_Chris Jun 2013 #12

Did no one listen to the president last night? femmocrat Jun 2013 #15

Why let facts get in the way nobodyspecial Jun 2013 #18

Anger management issues, maybe? Really, what's with the feeding frenzy? randome Jun 2013 #20

A Teabagger guy at that. Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #30

Your last sentence is the funny part of all this. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #49

So true! femmocrat Jun 2013 #50

My thoughts exactly... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #52

Nah... one_voice Jun 2013 #16

Other. I've only been aware of this practice since Bush** magellan Jun 2013 #17

same here marions ghost Jun 2013 #19

Or at least hasn't changed much magellan Jun 2013 #21

"Trust" marions ghost Jun 2013 #47

Government lost my confidence before Obama became President magellan Jun 2013 #54

You are exactly where I am marions ghost Jun 2013 #60

The phrase "being gaslighted" comes to mind magellan Jun 2013 #62

I certainly am doubting my memory, perception & sanity marions ghost Jun 2013 #64

That's very bad magellan Jun 2013 #65

No, because they are NOT recording the call. jazzimov Jun 2013 #28

No davidpdx Jun 2013 #29

Not really. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #31

NO. CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #32

No, not at all. dballance Jun 2013 #33

I ask again -- madamesilverspurs Jun 2013 #34

Why? Rex Jun 2013 #36

We never got rid of our party line, LeftInTX Jun 2013 #38

Of course not. I've known I could be overheard since the 1970's. Only a fool would talk openly on Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #39

especially if your phone is a cell phone BainsBane Jun 2013 #41

Nope, I'm just as boring as I ever was BainsBane Jun 2013 #40

Once I read about a guy who knew he was being wiretapped by the FBI Hekate Jun 2013 #43

Sometimes I wish I had something that interesting to say on the phone quaker bill Jun 2013 #45

I would be in jail if they cared Phentex Jun 2013 #46

I now answer the phone by reciting the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. FSogol Jun 2013 #48

No one's listening to your d-mn phone calls. allin99 Jun 2013 #51

I am. randome Jun 2013 #57

No Bluzmann57 Jun 2013 #53

Nobody is recording the damn phone calls. HappyMe Jun 2013 #55

. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #61

.. HappyMe Jun 2013 #63

I can only wish my life were as exciting to need changes in my phone habits. LanternWaste Jun 2013 #56

I'm sure my sometimes lurid, torrid sexting is entertaining but I'm pretty Zorra Jun 2013 #58

Knowing phone calls are NOT being recorded, I haven't changed my phone habits. uppityperson Jun 2013 #59