[Tfug] Fwd: Re: Not sure what I just did..

[John Mc]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:09:39PM -0700, Joe Roberts wrote:
In the spectrum of supposed threats to the state, consider to what 
degree the government is even likely to notice you.


Robert Hunter wrote:
Normally I would agree with this statement. So you can imagine my 
surprise this weekend as I was returning from Seattle, with my nephew in 
tow, that I was kindly informed by the the ticket agent that my name was 
on the DHS terrorist watch list. What the fuck? Needless to say I was a 
bit freaked out, and even more so by the fact that I had my brother's 
young child in my care. Fortunately I was not subjected to any further 
inconvenience, and I returned home as planned. Later on I read that the 
DHS watchlist has approximately one million names on it. That's a lot of 
terroristas! Look folks, I love this country, as I know many of you do; 
but don't take your freedoms for granted. This weekend was a startling 
reminder to me that the I need to actively participate in the democratic 
process, perhaps a bit more than just showing up at the polls once every 
year or two.
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920,000 people can't be wrong, can they?
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/watchlistcounter.html