On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:08:33PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > The history of nearly all such statist encroachments is that first > there is curiosity, then outrage, then a demand for more details, then > closed hearings, then "If you only knew what we know" comments on the > Sunday talk shows, then a vote to approve a stronger version of the > original statist plan.
I liked the Senate voting unanimously to place limitations (not a complete ban, mind you) on Pondexter's TIA data-mining efforts. http://www.politechbot.com/p-04359.html And then applauding wildly when Bush proposed a more extensive version of the same data-mining system in his SOTU address. Nicely done. -Declan
