Twitter and the "Age of Big Brother"

A relatively new site called Twitter has gained a massive amount of popularity. Unfortunately, upon closer examination, this site may be another way to dumb down the masses in preparation for the coming of a world "police state."

In my article, I explain why I am strongly opposed to twitter. Read My Article. (Link opens new window.)

Governor Rod Blagojevich: The Individual Against the Collective

Recent headlines have singled out former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich as being one of the country's biggest crooks. Perhaps Mr. Blagojevich is merely someone, who in the words of Thoreau, hears a "different drummer." Here is what I think. Read Article. (All links open new window.)

Categories: Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Politics

Brain Altering Drugs: Dumbing Down the Masses

Our bureaucratic environment grows more frustrating daily. Many of us feel the need for some form of addiction to help face our problems. Mind-altering prescription drugs have a tendency to reduce our worries and make us willing workers.

A popular novel called the United States a "Prozac Nation, the United States of Depression." This article explores how our hidden leaders, who I call corporate aliens, are using mind-altering drugs to keep the masses "dumbed down" and less critical of their agenda.

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Categories: bureaucracy, addictions, mind-altering drugs,political correctness, anti-depressants, Corporate Aliens

Bureaucracy: The Demon Controlling Our Lives

Along with the growth of computers and the Internet, bureaucracy has flourished. Bureaucracy goes hand in hand with control. As corporations grow, they add more and more bureaucracy to their infrastructure. As governments grow they do the same.

Bureaucracy can be likened to a demon that controls our lives. It wastes our time, frustrates us, steals our freedoms, and makes us ill. This article discusses how this demon permeates our lives.

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Categories: Bureaucracy, rules, laws,political correctness, Corporate Aliens

The People of Britain, America and Europe are Led by Children

I found an interesting article from a man living in the United Kingdom. This author talks about some of the annoyances occuring in his country because the world has become so bureaucratic. Americans are faced with similar, albeit regional problems. In the title of his article, he views our leaders as "children" and certainly that is how many bureaucrats act. But they are very sinister "children" as I've tried to point out by attaching an appropriate picture to this article. I know that many bureaucrats are childlike and idiotic, but I, personally, prefer to call them corporate aliens.

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Categories: Bureaucrats, Corporate Aliens

Second Hand Smoke, A New Perspective

The take-no-prisoners war on smoking has been raging for several years. Local governments don't want to ban cigarettes entirely because of the revenues gained from taxing them. They've banned smoking in indoor public places, now they're hitting the outdoors. I don't smoke, so the fate of cigarettes will not affect me. I am worried that, when they've taken the issue as far as they can, they'll need to find something else to ban. Coffee, maybe?

The current argument to make the environment smoke-free, is to tell us how dangerous second hand smoke is? Frankly, I don't buy it. Here's my article containing my observations concerning smoking.

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Categories: Smoking, Second Hand Smoke

Big Brother and Your Car

In my recent article "1984 in the 21st Century," I failed to look at surveillance devices that involve your car. The combination of two technologies, EDR(Electronic Data Recorder) and GPS(Global Positioning System), can become useful tools for federal as well as local authorities to monitor and control you using the vehicle that you drive.

An Electronic Data Recorder is similar to an airplane "black box." Airplane recorders analyze data following a crash to help determine the causes for the crash. Simple data recorders are installed in every automobile having air bags to monitor for conditions requiring air bag deployment. Advanced boxes can record a number of things. They include the vehicle speed, the engine speed, whether the occupants were wearing seat belts, the acceleration, and 38 other points of data. The length that this data is kept can vary from seconds to months depending on the EDR's memory. Currently EDRs are used mainly to help determine the cause of accidents for police and insurance agencies. This is why the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants advanced "black boxes" installed in every new vehicle starting in 2008.

Many new cars already come equipped with GPS. It can help guide you to an unfamiliar destination. When integrated with your vehicle's internal system, a remote controller can unlock your doors if you left your keys inside the car. If someone steals your car, it can turn off your engine leaving the thief stuck in the middle of the road. When you combine GPS with EDR technology you can monitor how safely your teen is driving and where he or she hangs out.

Certainly there are many benefits to both the GPS and EDR technology.

Once this technology is deployed in every car, it's just a matter of passing another state or federal law and it will wind up under government control. In the hands of a greedy corporate alien government this technology could drastically interfere with your lifestyle. Combining the speed reading from the EDR and the position from the GPS, the system can determine if you are exceeding the speed limit for a given location. If you are, a ticket could instantly be generated and sent or emailed to you. Or maybe, you were just getting some gas at a station a block away and you forgot to put on your seat belt. Too bad, your car sensed this violation and your ticket is on its way.

What is even scarier is that your car will tell the government exactly where you are. One day as you are taking a leisurely drive, your car could begin talking to you with a calm, gentle female voice. It could deliver a message like this:

Attention Please! Your vehicle's engine will turn off in 60 seconds. Please pull to the side of the road. A Homeland Security Officer will join you shortly to interrogate you regarding case number 534679800. Thank you for your cooperation.

Listen ...

Categories: Big Brother, Electronic Data Recorder, Global Positioning System, Corporate Aliens