Saturday, April 29, 2006

My phone & DSL "problem" explained?


As many of you already know, this wk Hubby and I had no phone/ DSL service for 2 days b/c mysteriously it went AWOL. When Hubby spoke to SBC (who was purchased by AT&T) we were given a very vague answer about what exactly caused the problem in the 1st place. I had mentioned to the comments left by several of you that I wondered if this whole thing happened due to some BushCo/ NSA illegal wiretapping. Little did I know that that tin foil hat comment would fit so perfectly after reading this. This has scared the bejeebus out of me. It should also scare the bejeebus out of all of us (via Wired): "The BushCo govt intends to invoke the rarely used "State Secrets Privilege" The SSP is a vestige from English common law that lets the exec branch step into a civil lawsuit and have it dismissed if the case might reveal info that puts natl security at risk." So lemme get this straight: The exec branch of the govt is accused of illegally spying on its own citizens. To investigate this, somebody sues the private organization (AT&T) that is alleged to be helping them. This is supposed to work because the judicial branch and executive branch of the govt are separated, so the judicial branch shouldn't be covering for the exec branch....and somehow the exec branch can interfere w/ the judicial branch and simply dismiss cases it doesn't like? I thought our govt was set up in separate branches to prevent things like this? Oh that's right... in BushWorld, the Constitution is a damned piece of paper, slavery is freedom, war is peace.
Posted by Tina :: 1:13 AM :: 6 Comments:

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