NSA ruling wins cheers on Hill - Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com
Yes, yes, and yes: As per my Facebook post De. 9th, 2013: "
Most excellent that Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo!, etc. -- the bigs -- are finally trying to help citizens. Clear to me that the recent NSA spying is like unwarranted digital frisk downs of innocent citizens -- virtual search and seizure without a warrant. Which is BS. Need to reverse that, "...the balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual." And today, "Nice that the Federal judge comes to the same conclusion, "...the NSA's bulk data collection program used to spy on Americans' phone calls is a violation of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures." Sucking that we have to police our government to give us our Constitutional rights. And under Obama, who was a Constitutional law instructor, and should be (often appears/often is/I and we want him to be) a better guy. He's no W, but sheesh. Cut that out Obama."
From the linked article, "“It is an astounding day when a federal judge says a government surveillance practice would leave James Madison aghast,” Wyden told reporters. “The idea of collecting all these phone records is not inoffensive data collection as some of the proponents have said. It is digital surveillance.”
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
Antidotes to Violence, a.k.a., Take Charge of Where Your Head's At - here
Tell Congress to Strengthen Gun Control Laws NOW - here
Good News & Brain Food News - Christians & Muslims Gather, for Peace here
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The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com here
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