Monday, March 19, 2007

Disturbing

Admittedly, I am a little slow and most of you have already thought of this, but when it dawned on me I was disturbed. The technology of today, computer generated film sequences including very 'real' looking characters, combined with security camera film on file from every conceivable location, and driver's license photos in government computers could very well provide 'evidence' that you or I 'committed' a heinous crime while in actuality you or I was at home in bed. This is a reach, you are thinking. Granted. Or is it? Combine the patriot act 1 and 2, with this technology and you have TV usable 'evidence' to convict someone on TV before a jury is even selected. And everyone knows that everything you see on TV is real and true. Follow this conspiracy theory with me for a moment. The Bush administration is one of the most closed and secretive in U.S. history. And to say dissent is not tolerated is an understatement. Now, fast forward to a Hillary Administration and combine her personality traits with patriot 1 and 2 and the groundwork provided by Bush.... See where it's going?
You go to an ATM for a withdrawal, you are filmed, add a computer image generator and you have an image of you committing armed robbery at the local liquor store or worse. The government loves to play with technology, remember Watergate and the Nixon tapes? Remember J. Edgar Hoover and his vast amount of information on thousands of Americans? Much of it gathered illegally? Now government has patriot 1 and 2(most of 2 is under a different name, but a rose by any other name...) and incredible technology. Where do we go from here?

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