CNN and surveillance.

[Trish1168]

I saw yet another video on CNN today of hidden surveillance camera footage which caught a robbery where the store owner was hitting the perpetrator with a bat.

Then there's the surveillance video of the woman, whose job was cashing checks, being accosted in her workplace by a frequent customer.

Then there was the surveillance video of the casino being held up in Vegas.

Two weeks, three videos. So, I'm thinking....is it any wonder why most Americans are comfortable about surveillance? I mean, week after week, we are being fed all kinds of images suggesting how good it is. Always... the background message is that average American's are under threat. If its not terrorists, its criminals....and gee, isn't it wornderful that we have all this surveillance to catch the bad guys. But, do we know of any peace group members who were arrested over the NSA surveillance? Would we hear about it? What about innocent people being flown all around the world to be tortured. I know that its been reported that some renditions were of innocent people. Was it faulty surveillance that led to their torture and imprisonment? For now they have muslim surnames (I assume), and even if thats okay with people(or seems not so threatening), what about tomorrow? Who else could be rendered (activists, protestors)?

The President has been right about one thing. The constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper. It is this, as long as those in positions of authority perceive it as such (as they currently do), and as long as the public remains in denial. Average Americans are happily consuming the drivel they are fed, and seem to have absolutely NO CLUE that we are in a fascist dictatorship (at least, that's how I perceive the merging of corporate and government power along with a President who acts above the law). Denial is easier, there's no doubt about that. But I hate to think of the circumstances that will lead to the removal of blinders. I also fear that by the time they 'get it', it will be too late.

So, American's will see surveillance footage and will take away from it what the propagandists in the government and media want them too. Civil liberties bad....surveillance good. At least half in America are trained monkeys. I don't know how it'll change.

[mattclearing]

1. *Groan*

Somewhere Doug Thompson is smiling.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. CNN Is one of BushCo's biggest outlets for psyops and propaganda

The funny thing is that they seem not to even care anymore. The daily coverage is directly managed by BushCo. The things you see on CNN are not by accident. The entire network is now devoted to manipulate and pacify Americans. Tell everyone you know!

[zbdent]

3. yes, but get caught speeding in a school zone in Summit county

Ohio, and you get so many people trying to claim that someone other than the owner of the car was driving and a scream of "intrusion" . . .

:banghead: