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"Dale" |
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20 Jan 2006 01:27:25 AM |
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OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xWGN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's
leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential for online
databases to become tools for government surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House subpoena
first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand over the
requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search engine
during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could conceivably span
tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1 million randomly
selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing them
Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its
effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down by
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most used
search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with a
similar government subpoena.
--
"I'm tryin' ta think, but nuttin' happens!" - Curly Howard
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| Title: Re: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
21 Jan 2006 09:21:18 AM |
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"Dale" <dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote in message
news:xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xWGN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the
Internet's
leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential for
online
databases to become tools for government surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena
first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand over the
requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine
during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could conceivably
span
tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1 million randomly
selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them
Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its
effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down
by
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used
search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with
a
similar government subpoena.
--
"I'm tryin' ta think, but nuttin' happens!" - Curly Howard
Land of the free my arse.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
22 Jan 2006 03:27:53 PM |
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:21:18 +0000 (UTC), "kathryn" <nospam@here.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
"Dale" <dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote in message
news:xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xWGN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
[]
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used
search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with
a
similar government subpoena.
Land of the free my arse.
Nor 'Home of the Brave.'
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| Title: Re: OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
20 Jan 2006 10:24:54 PM |
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Dale wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xWGN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's
leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential for online
databases to become tools for government surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House subpoena
first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand over the
requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search engine
during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could conceivably span
tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1 million randomly
selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing them
Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its
effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down by
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most used
search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with a
similar government subpoena.
--
"I'm tryin' ta think, but nuttin' happens!" - Curly Howard
If you remember, a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft complied with the
Chinese government's request to remove a prominent Chinese dissenter's
weblog. Asked about that, a Microsoft spokesman said that the company
does business with governments and individuals all over the world and
would comply with a goverment request in order to be able to do
business in China.
That was called corporate survival and no one complained that a Chinese
dissenter got silenced in order to placate the government. But
everyone would complain if George Bush did the very same thing the
Chinese government did.
For the Bush Administration to request the information from Google,
they would have to be more specific in requesting information from
certain known groups of people, rather than searching
everybody'sposting en masse. No Federal Judge would give them carte
blanche to do whatever they wanted unless the request was of a more
specific nature.
Goodwin
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| User: "Timberwoof" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
21 Jan 2006 02:50:32 AM |
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In article <1137817494.446657.180490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
Dale wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xW
GN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the
Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential
for online databases to become tools for government surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand
over the requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could
conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1
million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in
its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck
down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most used
search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with a
similar government subpoena.
-- "I'm tryin' ta think, but nuttin' happens!" - Curly Howard
If you remember, a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft complied with the Chinese
government's request to remove a prominent Chinese dissenter's weblog. Asked
about that, a Microsoft spokesman said that the company does business with
governments and individuals all over the world and would comply with a
goverment request in order to be able to do business in China.
That was called corporate survival and no one complained that a Chinese
dissenter got silenced in order to placate the government. But everyone
would complain if George Bush did the very same thing the Chinese government
did.
That is because it doesn't matter to American business whether Chinese common
folk have civil rights. All that matters is that Chinese businesses have
economic rights to do business with them and that Chinese people have economic
needs they can fulfill.
For the Bush Administration to request the information from Google, they
would have to be more specific in requesting information from certain known
groups of people, rather than searching everybody'sposting en masse. No
Federal Judge would give them carte blanche to do whatever they wanted unless
the request was of a more specific nature.
Which is why Google rightly refused the request. As long as Larry Page is still
at Google, you can expect similar responses.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
20 Jan 2006 11:23:13 AM |
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In <xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "Dale"
<dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xWGN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the
Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the
potential for online databases to become tools for government
surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand
over the requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could
conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1
million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital
in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been
struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied
with a similar government subpoena.
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private information
for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad law that's
been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be tossed
out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away with this
kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in *serious
decline...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
--------------------------------------------------
Katrina aftermath pictures
http://www.nola.com/katrinaphotos/user/
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "Dale" |
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20 Jan 2006 09:26:07 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net...
[...]
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private information
for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad law that's
been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be tossed
out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away with this
kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in *serious
decline...
Ever notice how when Bush is referring to the Constitution it's
"the...uhhhh...the Constitution"? I noticed this when he was trying to
justify warrantless NSA spying. I don't think Bush has ever read the
Constitution. I think he knows that it's good for his actions to be
Constitutional, and someone told him that they were, and so he repeated to
the American people what that person told him.
But I think the problem in American today is that most people think the same
way as George. They feel beset by people always complaining about things
needing to be "Constitutional" and they wish it would just go away and they
wouldn't have to think about it anymore. In fact some of George's supporters
now denounce the Constitution and the Founding Fathers. I don't know how
numerous they are, but I have noticed that there are people now who make no
bones about wanting the US to become a Christian Theocracy.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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21 Jan 2006 09:54:39 AM |
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In <jRhAf.15492$Yu.2991@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, "Dale"
<dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net... [...]
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private
information for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad
law that's been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be
tossed out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away
with this kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in
*serious decline...
Ever notice how when Bush is referring to the Constitution it's
"the...uhhhh...the Constitution"? I noticed this when he was trying to
justify warrantless NSA spying. I don't think Bush has ever read the
Constitution. I think he knows that it's good for his actions to be
Constitutional, and someone told him that they were, and so he repeated to
the American people what that person told him.
But I think the problem in American today is that most people think the
same way as George. They feel beset by people always complaining about
things needing to be "Constitutional" and they wish it would just go away
and they wouldn't have to think about it anymore. In fact some of George's
supporters now denounce the Constitution and the Founding Fathers. I don't
know how numerous they are, but I have noticed that there are people now
who make no bones about wanting the US to become a Christian Theocracy.
Well, reading is like doing *homework. <brrrrr>
--
Mark K. Bilbo
--------------------------------------------------
Katrina aftermath pictures
http://www.nola.com/katrinaphotos/user/
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "Timberwoof" |
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20 Jan 2006 09:58:44 PM |
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In article <OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In <xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "Dale"
<dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xW
GN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the
Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the
potential for online databases to become tools for government
surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand
over the requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could
conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1
million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital
in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been
struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied
with a similar government subpoena.
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private information
for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad law that's
been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be tossed
out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away with this
kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in *serious
decline...
I've been thinking about this and the whole "heritage" thing lately.
Anybody of German descent should take a serious second look at what Bush and his
cronies are doing. The American Germans seem pretty complacent (after all, most
integrated pretty well). But the German Germans have been rather worried for
several years now. Let's just say we know something about tyrants taking over a
country. It's up to us to remind everybody else: hey! We got fooled; look what
happened.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
22 Jan 2006 03:23:22 PM |
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:58:44 -0800, Timberwoof
<timberwoof@stimpberawoofm.com> wrote in alt.atheism
In article <OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In <xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "Dale"
<dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote:
[]
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital
in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been
struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied
with a similar government subpoena.
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private information
for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad law that's
been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be tossed
out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away with this
kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in *serious
decline...
I've been thinking about this and the whole "heritage" thing lately.
Anybody of German descent should take a serious second look at what Bush and his
cronies are doing. The American Germans seem pretty complacent (after all, most
integrated pretty well). But the German Germans have been rather worried for
several years now. Let's just say we know something about tyrants taking over a
country. It's up to us to remind everybody else: hey! We got fooled; look what
happened.
I know. For years now I've pointed out the items ShrubCo's pulled from
Nazi tactics.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Tom McDonald" |
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21 Jan 2006 12:18:22 AM |
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Timberwoof wrote:
In article <OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In <xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "Dale"
<dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xW
GN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the
Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the
potential for online databases to become tools for government
surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand
over the requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could
conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1
million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital
in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been
struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied
with a similar government subpoena.
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private information
for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad law that's
been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be tossed
out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away with this
kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in *serious
decline...
I've been thinking about this and the whole "heritage" thing lately.
Anybody of German descent should take a serious second look at what Bush and his
cronies are doing. The American Germans seem pretty complacent (after all, most
integrated pretty well). But the German Germans have been rather worried for
several years now. Let's just say we know something about tyrants taking over a
country. It's up to us to remind everybody else: hey! We got fooled; look what
happened.
That is part of the problem. When folks notice the similarities
between the Bush administration and the behavior in office of,
say, the NSDAP, the answer from the administration and their Faux
News, et al., swiftboaters is to call 'Godwin' and claim all
meaningful critical analysis of the administration is at an end.
The good thing is that, IMHO, Americans are beginning to catch
on to the propaganda.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
21 Jan 2006 09:54:06 AM |
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In <MBiAf.261$1O5.195@fe07.lga>, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net.lga.highwinds-media.com> wrote:
Timberwoof wrote:
In article <OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In <xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "Dale"
<dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xW
GN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's
demand for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on
the Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the
potential for online databases to become tools for government
surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an
order to hand over the requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could
conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1
million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as
vital in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have
been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had
complied with a similar government subpoena.
I simply cannot believe this one. Blatantly demanding private
information for a political purpose? That is, trying to resurrect a bad
law that's been struck down by the courts repeatedly?
What the *hell is that idiot basing his authority on? The Constitutional
provision for fishing expeditions?
I can't believe the public hasn't demanded the whole lot of them be
tossed out of the White House and prosecuted. That they're getting away
with this kind of crap is one hell of an indication this country is in
*serious decline...
I've been thinking about this and the whole "heritage" thing lately.
Anybody of German descent should take a serious second look at what Bush
and his cronies are doing. The American Germans seem pretty complacent
(after all, most integrated pretty well). But the German Germans have
been rather worried for several years now. Let's just say we know
something about tyrants taking over a country. It's up to us to remind
everybody else: hey! We got fooled; look what happened.
That is part of the problem. When folks notice the similarities
between the Bush administration and the behavior in office of, say, the
NSDAP, the answer from the administration and their Faux News, et al.,
swiftboaters is to call 'Godwin' and claim all meaningful critical
analysis of the administration is at an end.
The good thing is that, IMHO, Americans are beginning to catch
on to the propaganda.
Catch on? We'll see. If his approval falls below Nixon's nadir and both
houses of Congress are returned to the Democrats so they can go after him,
then I'll believe the public is "catching on." But not before...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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http://www.nola.com/katrinaphotos/user/
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| Title: Re: OT: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
22 Jan 2006 03:25:33 PM |
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:54:06 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
In <MBiAf.261$1O5.195@fe07.lga>, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net.lga.highwinds-media.com> wrote:
Timberwoof wrote:
In article <OdCdnZzRPpMcgUzeRVn-rQ@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
[]
Anybody of German descent should take a serious second look at what Bush
and his cronies are doing. The American Germans seem pretty complacent
(after all, most integrated pretty well). But the German Germans have
been rather worried for several years now. Let's just say we know
something about tyrants taking over a country. It's up to us to remind
everybody else: hey! We got fooled; look what happened.
That is part of the problem. When folks notice the similarities
between the Bush administration and the behavior in office of, say, the
NSDAP, the answer from the administration and their Faux News, et al.,
swiftboaters is to call 'Godwin' and claim all meaningful critical
analysis of the administration is at an end.
The good thing is that, IMHO, Americans are beginning to catch
on to the propaganda.
Catch on? We'll see. If his approval falls below Nixon's nadir and both
houses of Congress are returned to the Democrats so they can go after him,
then I'll believe the public is "catching on." But not before...
And Diebold can be countered in what way, not to mention the deliberate
disenfranchising of myraid voters, how?
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Ron Young" |
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| Title: Re: Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests, Yahoo Caves |
20 Jan 2006 06:00:15 AM |
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Yahoo did the same thing in china.
"Dale" <dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote in message
news:xh0Af.11401$H71.7830@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records;_ylt=AiwMt2xWGN7auZ3w6k1Xa3Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
http://tinyurl.com/a5zkm
Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Thu Jan 19, 11:04 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand
for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the
Internet's
leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential for
online
databases to become tools for government surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House
subpoena
first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to hand over the
requested records.
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
engine
during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could conceivably
span
tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1 million randomly
selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing
them
Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its
effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down
by
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most
used
search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with
a
similar government subpoena.
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"I'm tryin' ta think, but nuttin' happens!" - Curly Howard
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