Look upon the mindless brains of your american children and understand why as a nation you are destined for the toiletbowl as your conversion from a libertarian republic to a federal authoritative dictatorship happens before your very eyes.
=============================== Miss Alabama answers a question about the NSA Prism program (Jun 16,
2013):
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Question:
Gov't tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this an invasion of privacy, or is it necessary to keep our country safe. Why, or why not?
Answer:
I think the society that we live in today its sad that if we go to the movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry about our safety, so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and feel safe where-ever I go than feel like you're encroaching on my privacy.
My son started school on an academic scholarship at University of Alabama last year. The first thing he told me is the girls are really pretty down there.
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:49:27 -0400, Home Guy wrote in Re American beauty pagent contestant answers question on NSA Prism issue:
Hey, that's a good description of the New Amerika.
But really it's not the children's fault. It's the parents (baby boomers) fault.
Oh, and by the way. The speed at which she answered the question indicates to me that she was prompted and had time to prepare an answer. There is no way a bimbo like that could give even that very pitiful answer extemporaneously.
The right answer? Whatever you think about what the NSA is doing, what she said makes no sense. It's completely contradictory. She first says that in an unsafe word, she's OK with the govt tracking telephone messages. Then she says she would rather feel safe than have someone encroaching on her privacy.....
She said she'd rather the government was allowed to monitor people's communications so that homegrown terrorists can be caught than people having to feel unsafe everywhere they go, and as an opinion, that's perfectly valid.
Sounds like this one has got a brain, too. I'll bet this one could even find the United States on a globe without help. :)
But, I disagree with asking contestants controversial questions about stuff like abortion, capital punishment, gun control, and this PRISM program to monitor the communications of US citizens. These are all controversial topics, and asking a contestant's opinion opens up the possibility of one of more of the judges voting for or against her just because they agree or disagree with her views.
They should ask them logic questions, like if Farmer Brown goes to Farmer Jones house and they sit down at the kitchen table for a drink of home brew. Farmer Jones says "I'll sell you this prize goat for $200." and Farmer Brown pulls two $100 bills out of his pocket and puts them on the table. But before Farmer Jones can pick up the money, the goat sticks out it's long tongue and eats one of the $100 bills. Now, who owns the goat?
No, no. No contradiction. Not than *have* someone encroaching. She said "than *feel* like you're encroaching..." IOW, she's going to ignore any feelings of encroachment she might have and just feel that the govt. is doing the right thing and that she's safe. We all might as well feel that way, because worrying isn't going to help. Unless one is going to demonstrate or something against the Prism? program, and she's made up her mind that she's not.
It's easier to understand what she means if you just look at the second half of the response:
"... so I would rather someone track my telephone messages and feel safe where-ever I go "THAN" feel like you're encroaching on my privacy.
It's the word THAN that makes her response sound conflicted.
In her mind there are two options:
A) have the government track personal communications to stop the bad guys SO that she feels safe wherever she goes, or
B) have the government track personal communications BUT her feel that someone is encroaching on her privacy.
She's saying I'd rather have option A THAN option B.
Put any one of us on national television with 200 million people watching our every move and we'll all sound like idiots too. That big deal that happened a few years ago when some Miss America contestant sounded stupid was just nerves. No one with excellent genetics like that ends up with a brain that doesn't work.
Yeah, reading it again, I can see that interpretation of what she said, but it's poorly stated. A better way of stating it would be that she accepts that level of encroachment for the security she thinks it provides. The fact that it's encroachment is a fact, whether you feel it or not.
It's also interesting that the audience apparently thought it was a great answer. Yet the polls I've seen tend to suggest that the public is actually concerned about the intrusions. And a lot of people think Townsend is some kind of hero. If there were any doubts about that, what he just did should help remove them. The Guardian just published another story with info Townsend leaked. This time it's about how the British govt, US govt have done intelligence intercepts on world leaders, and other attendees at G8 summits. Including tapping Putin's phone calls. Now what the hell intercepting Putin's phone calls has to do with American civil liberties is beyond me. It's exactly what NSA, CIA etc are supposed to be doing. And then he times it clearly to embarrass Obama who is right now at the G8. And this skunk is supposed to be a patriot? We can only wonder at what else he has and how in the world security could be so lax that he got all this stuff.
You also have to wonder about him going to China. If he's so damned worried about civil liberties, what the hell is he doing there? He's also already told the Chinese of some of what the USA was doing with them. I wouldn't be surprised that the little prick has been "helping" the Chinese all along. It's like the Rosenberg's with the A bomb secrets. They thought it was unfair for the US to have an advantage over the Russians.
And maybe he thought the US was on to him, so he decided to flee and make this grandstand play. He's playing a dangerous game. The Chinese for example, might decide to make him disappear or turn up dead, especially if he is involved with them. They cover their tracks and get the bonus of making a big incident for the US, because people will suspect the US of doing it.
You're more confusing than she is. You don't have the option of A or B. The option is do you want tracking of personal communications with the inherent encroachment on privacy that comes with it. At best, she is flippantly ignoring the encroachment on privacy by seeming to indicate that she doesn't "feel it". That, IMO, is a bit scarey.
I can understand the value to having a log of all the phone calls in the US for the last 5 years. It's a powerful tool to be able to search it if needed. For example, raid a terrorist house in Pakistan, find a couple of cell phones you did not know existed before or even scraps of paper with another terrorist phone # in Somalia on it. You could run those phone #'s against the database and find out if anyone in the US has called them in the last 5 years.
And it's probably an acceptable tradeoff. But I do recognize that it is an encroachment on our privacy, I feel it, and recognize the danger that could come with it, if it's abused. I'm not sure the beauty queen gets that.
Homo Gay, are you a complete moron or are you just suffering from brain freeze due to your proximity to The North Pole? Young women of college age are usually Liberal Democrats and are going to toe the Politically Correct Liberal Democrat line. Sadly, P.L.L.C.F. have even infested the faculty at colleges in Alabama where the sleazebags spout nonsense that the students mistake for the truth. I imagine it's just as bad or worse at universities in Canada. O_o
I was thinking that, but wasn't quite organized enough to put the concept into words. Thank you. Most beauty pageant and Americas Funniest Videos winners and "person on the street" types are willing to surrender all liberty for safety.
Hey, that's a good description of the New Amerika.
But really it's not the children's fault. It's the parents (baby boomers) fault.
Oh, and by the way. The speed at which she answered the question indicates to me that she was prompted and had time to prepare an answer. There is no way a bimbo like that could give even that very pitiful answer extemporaneously.
She said she'd rather the government was allowed to monitor people's communications so that homegrown terrorists can be caught than people having to feel unsafe everywhere they go, and as an opinion, that's perfectly valid.
Sounds like this one has got a brain, too. I'll bet this one could even find the United States on a globe without help. :)
But, I disagree with asking contestants controversial questions about stuff like abortion, capital punishment, gun control, and this PRISM program to monitor the communications of US citizens. These are all controversial topics, and asking a contestant's opinion opens up the possibility of one of more of the judges voting for or against her just because they agree or disagree with her views.
They should ask them logic questions, like if Farmer Brown goes to Farmer Jones house and they sit down at the kitchen table for a drink of home brew. Farmer Jones says "I'll sell you this prize goat for $200." and Farmer Brown pulls two $100 bills out of his pocket and puts them on the table. But before Farmer Jones can pick up the money, the goat sticks out it's long tongue and eats one of the $100 bills. Now, who owns the goat?
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