Attn DUers personal info posted here will be used against you

[preciousdove]

Two threads have been posted in the last few days. One about the IRS seizing back accounts without warning on bogus reasons for several DUers and a person getting bizarrly bumped out of a medical trial with needed medicine cut off.

It is starting. Please either do not post personal information or understand you may have serious problems if you do. They have the power, and the Supreme Court so be careful. Very sorry to say it may be better to do support group type messages somewhere else.

Be strong and be safe.

[liberal N proud]

1. You are oh so correct

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. Whatever The Reasons, I Bet My Bottom Dollar It Wasn't Cause Of DU.

Not yet, anyway. I don't think the government gives a rats ass about what we post here right now. They may peek every now and then, but I don't believe for a second they consider members of DU to be worthy of effort to neutralize right now.

DU'ers, I wouldn't sweat this at all.

[TennesseeRain]

6. I wouldn't be so sure.

Besides, I've noticed people really do put way too much information about themselves on the internets. Posting your alma mater, for example? Why? The potential harm in that must certainly outweigh the benefits.

Maybe you are right, but I'm not going to take any chances. It isn't worth the risk.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. I Would Be. But To Each Their Own.

[newyawker99]

52. Hi TennesseeRain!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[tyedyeto]

34. It may not be because of DU posts but because you are...

registered to vote as anything other than Repug. Be aware of that fact.

[htuttle]

3. They wouldn't dare do anything to me

After all, I AM Scott Jensen, former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker...

:evilgrin:

[leftchick]

7. and

:yourock: :)

[gizmo1979]

13. How's the trial going Scott?

See you in prison buddy.

[gizmo1979]

14. I thought that black

Suburban has been out there along time.

[htuttle]

16. It's going like crap...

...because I'm a crooked son of a bitch.

:hi:

[gizmo1979]

20. Yes you are Scott yes you are!

:toast:

[Gildor Inglorion]

4. Chilling information...but I refuse to be intimidated

In the immor(t)al words of the chimp, let 'em "bring it on." Disgusting bunch of deserters and chickenhawks, anyway. :nuke:

[napi21]

5. If this is true, there needs to be far more than 2! Also...

if it's true, we need to band together instead of hiding behind a screen name!

Nothing has happened to me...so far... but if and when it does, I'm sure ready and willing to band together with every other DUer and any other group who's been affected!

I might be old, but I'm no checkensh*t!

[Mutley]

8. I doubt the government has

taken advantage of DUers who have posted their personal information, but conservatives from other conservative boards have been known to get DUers fired from jobs and stuff like that. ;)



Hi guys. :hi: Oh and here's something for ya'll: :bounce:

[Dr.Phool]

9. They already know who I am.

So fuck 'em!

[mitchtv]

36. me too.

Bring it on muthafukker
I live in Freeperside county

[coffeenap]

10. My paranoia runs deep...I have often worried about all the little

dribs and drabs of info people let drop here (including me): in one conversation where they live; in another, a pic; in another, where they went to school; then maybe what they do, what sport they participate in, what illness they have. If someone did want to find such a poster, it would become easy. I hate to think it would happen, but...

[Marie26]

11. We're not that important to them

Yet. But I do believe that the gov. could be harrassing people who are strong political activists in their own right. (March organizers, anti-war activists, the dreaded Quakers). Posting on a message board? Nah.

[seriousstan]

12. 85,763 registered users and a couple had trouble with the IRS???

Say it isn't so. I'll bet several of us have also been sick recently, fired from our jobs and had marriages fail also.

[donco6]

43. And read the threads.

One guy had his account seized for not paying his student loans.

Having had to live on Ramen noodles for two years to pay off mine, I don't have a lot of sympathy.

[MercutioATC]

17. My name is Rich. I live in Westlake, Ohio. I work as an

air traffic controller. I drive a 1996 Honda Accord and a 1983 Porsche 911. I have a sister who's a partner in a law firm, a cousin in the Secret Service and another cousin in the Army. I'm divorced (8 years ago) and my son (now 15 years old)lives with me. As a sideline, I photograph bands (and monkeys and stuff in Costa Rica). I'm 38 and I retire in 10 years 2 months and 7 days. Then, I'm moving to Costa Rica.

That, and much more, has already been posted here. If you're living off the grid, you're already not posting personal info on websites...and probably not contributing much. Yes, "they" might be watching us. Yes, the climate is becoming increasingly scary....

...however, as far as I'm concerned, there's no point in relating to people (which is what posting is) unless you're willing to give a little of yourself...if only to provide context. If we stop doing that, it's all pointless.


...and no, you're not getting my address, phone number, or social security number. :)

[WillyT]

28. My Name is William T. Cooper. I Live In Sacramento, California...

I work for the State of California, drive a 1994 Geo Prism which gets 30+ mpg, and used to take my 8th grade students (when I was teaching) to Washington D.C. to show them what a great country we are.

May they forgive me someday...

:shrug:

[joeunderdog]

30. My name is Joseph B. Underdog

I enjoy long walks on the beach and skullfucking moranic republicans. I'm a Scorpio and have been known to sacrficially burn Ann Coulter books by the light of the full moon. Chicks under the sign of Aires make me hot, unless of course, they believe in outsourcing or in carrying around granite statues of the Ten Commandments or the Patriot Act. My favorite fiction work is by the 911 Commission, although I do occasionally like to dip into the Warren Report for old time sake. I don't cheat on my taxes because I know how expensive it is to blow up unarmed countries, but I do look at the Internets sometimes. I have naked pictures of monkeys and birds.

[WillyT]

31. LOL !!!

:yourock:

[shanti]

39. jah bill???

is that you?

[elehhhhna]

41. look yourself up, here, and be ascared:

zabasearch.com

[Kerrytravelers]

44. For $50, I can view my personal history background.

What a wonderful tool technology is!

:scared:

[Craig3410]

51. Don't worry:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/zabasearch.asp

Unless you've lived and worked in the same house and business for years and years, it's old, outdated info; if doesn't even give a SSN.

[distantearlywarning]

54. Interestingly, that returns 15 matches on my name

And I have quite an unusual name. But what's funny about this is that none of the matches are actually me, and yet in some bizarre coincidence, more than half of them live in my state! Anybody who's trying to find me via this page to do bad things to me will in all likelihood think that at least one of these people is actually me, and will be sent on quite a wild goose chase...

[Warren Stupidity]

18. Why would you post your personal information on a political

message board?


p.s. when the shit happens you won't be able to get to DU.

[Xenotime]

19. They already know.

They watch everything you do.

[Bucky]

21. So is this the wrong thread for me to confess to my role in Dealy Plaza?

Gosh, I better keep quiet about the kitten porn, too!

[Filibuster]

23. fear..

...the black helicopters!!

[newyawker99]

53. Hi Filibuster!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Angry Girl]

22. Always assume you are always being watched. - nt

[RazzleDazzle]

24. And that reminds me: anyone seen or heard from DemoTex

since FBI-type thugs type showed up at his place?

OK. I think I had a FBI/CIA visitation at my mountain house today. (DemoTex)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2402716

[elehhhhna]

42. HI AGENT MIKE!

[bobbieinok]

25. link to threads???

[preciousdove]

37. Links

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=317x736

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=482792

[cliss]

26. DU:ers:

don't forget: the Democratic Party is not some kind of outlaw party. We are a legitimate group, for God's sake. It's not like we're doing anything illegal here on the DU.

A friend of mine looked worried. She said to me, "Quit posting on the DU. It's getting dangerous in this country". I thought it over and said, "Well it's the Democratic Party, for Pete's sake". There are Dem's in the White House. We get a voters pamphlet sent to us with DEMOCRATS listed in there. Since when is that illegal?

I'll tell you why this ruse will never work. There are MORE registered Dem's than Repubs. that's more than half this country. 288 million /2 = 144 million. I'd like to see them control that many people. Furthermore, I cannot believe the White House can monitor all the emails, blogs, web sites, mail, etc etc etc from this many people (288 million + a few million overseas). This government is inept; they can't do anything right -- look at Katrina, 9/11 on an on.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Texasgal]

27. Agreed!

There is nothing wrong with being an affliate of the democratic party!

I say...come and get me MO'FO's! I ain't worried...

[Bluzmann57]

29. Fuck them and the horse they rode in on

I refuse to live my life in fear. I am an American and these bastards will not intimidate me. Besides, I have very little else but some freedom.

[WillyT]

32. "Freedom's Just Another Word... For... Nothin Left To Lose..."

From Kristofferson by way of Janis!



Rock on!

:hi:

[kineneb]

33. sing it, Janis

I figure the gov'ment knows all about me...having been a dual citizen of a soon-to-be enemy country...so I moon in their general direction...screw 'em all, the bastards...

[WillyT]

35. Tell It kineneb !!!

:bounce::yourock::bounce:

[DetroitProle]

38. I'm Brick Tamland.

People seem to like me because I'm polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.

[tanyev]

40. Forget the gov't watching you--this board is carefully monitored

by other websites. People on those sites have assembled a prodigious amount of information on individual posters and would take great joy in an opportunity to use it against them. Be careful.

[spinbaby]

45. Time to start posting misinformation

I, for instance, am a former weapons inspector now operating an eel farm in Washington State.

[Richard Steele]

57. And my popular catering business uses only Spinbaby™ brand eels!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Atman]

46. I'm continually amazed at some of the stuff people post here

Actually, not just here, but any of these type of boards. We give 'em a cozy sounding name like "online communities, but they're still just written logs. Remember in grade school, the threat you always got to keep you in line? "That's going to go on your permanent record!" Of course, that was just a crock back then, but now...whew! I wonder how many people here have had "visits" after posting bizarre rants calling for harm to some high government official? People be sayin' crazy shit here, and the personal stuff you mention is just the beginning.

The funny thing is, though, I remember when I first started posting to political message boards (that's okay, the fibbies already have this info by now! ;-) ) back around January of 2002 on a Yahoo! board which amazingly still exists. Do you realize how much the climate has changed already? At once, we live in more fear, but we're less afraid to speak out. For the time being, anyway. But back then, man, I was afraid to say ANYTHING online. Anything and everything posted was in the most vague terms, and I still try to do that, just because. If for no other reason, to make the bastards at least work for the information. I'm not going to just hand it over to them all neatly packaged in a message board post!

[lonestarnot]

47. blah fucking blah blah blah! Not falling for this bullshit! Will not be

intimidated! NOT NOW! NOT FUCKING EVER!

[rpgamerd00d]

48. I'm actually Sean Hannity. I'm secretly a liberal.

I just do my show for money.

Honest.

[EFerrari]

49. When the goons were stalking Andy, they posted my address

to their site. They wanted me to be oh so scared.

"And nothing continued to happen." -- Douglas Adams

I flick my towel at the morans. :)

[izzybeans]

50. My name is Brian Bosma

I'm a prominent republican representative from Indiana. I want to put In god we trust on the license plates of my state and I punch babies in the face.

Brian Bosma. Indiana.

If you don't believe then my name is Mitch Daniels. And all of the above still applies.

:evilgrin:

Seriously, the only folks that will probably use your personal info. are the freakers trolling this place. They collect the pictures people post in their little archives and secretly wish with one hand to be your date.

[Chiyo-chichi]

56. I am Indiana Secretay of State Todd Rokita.

Hiya Izzybeans/Brian/Mitch. :hi:

[BiggJawn]

59. No, *I'M* Mitch Daniels!

Really, I'm Your Bitch Mitch, folks. Who wants to buy the Wabash River? I'll sell you US Highway 25 real cheap after I get the "Hoosier Heartburn Corridor" rammed through!

No, I'm really Joe Liebermann!

No, I'm Joe Scarborough! I didn't kill Lori! Serious!

[anarch]

55. oh, fuck them!

I mean, I'm not going to start posting personal information anyway, but fuck them! I'm already on all their lists, I don't have any goddamn money for them to seize, and they can kiss my ass.


But thanks for the reminder...it's never a really great idea to post personal information on the intarweb. For various reasons.

[hunter]

58. As Dr. Who says...

"I'm a very dangerous fellow when I don't know what I'm doing.

You know, they manipulate us by our fears. I refuse to play.

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson

Turn the tables on them, let them fear the people.

[Individualist]

60. Hear, hear!

I also refuse to play their games.

A couple of years ago, a friend expressed concern about my posting on DU. I told him there is no way I'll let fear of this maladministration affect what I say or do. Also added that if he didn't already realize this, he didn't know me very well at all. Incidentally, I no longer consider that person a friend.

[Vickers]

61. My name is Rusty Shackleford, and I'm loaded for bear.

Come and get me.