| You know we have a serious problem with run-away | | | | things. And really if someone was an "Evil Doer" |
| government in that we have too few bad guys and | | | | they'd be hiding within the intelligence agencies |
| too many enforcement folks. Seriously, it's a huge | | | | anyway, they'd be highly connected. |
| problem, just ask any small business person about all | | | | Data mining the Internet, and all the records now |
| the inspectors that harass them and threaten to fine | | | | available to the government via "fusion centers" and |
| them for some ordinance, rule, or regulation. And we | | | | government records is all well and good, but not if |
| have far too many regulatory agencies doing | | | | we as a nation are chasing ghosts. After all, at some |
| exploratory type enforcement with far too many | | | | point someone who is an innocent citizen is going to |
| inter-agency folks, combined with too many | | | | be framed just to justify the on-going efforts of all |
| concerned citizen groups, and too many Industry | | | | this non-sense. I believe that's what's been happening |
| association volunteers, and lawyers. | | | | in fact. And unfortunately, as this is done, we seem |
| But the problem doesn't just stop there, we have far | | | | to be creating animosity and discontent in our |
| too many Intelligence Agencies, and too many good | | | | society, creating a self-fulfilling prophesy. |
| guys chasing too few bad guys. Indeed, with our | | | | That's a problem, it's a common "group think" or |
| technology, it's like we don't even need them | | | | mass mob mentality of paranoia, and the news media |
| anymore, as the computer profiling algorithms scan all | | | | exacerbates it all as they amplify non-events into the |
| the data and keep catching the bad guys. | | | | greatest chaos and controversial catastrophe of the |
| Unfortunately, these systems are also creating too | | | | week. This is not healthy, and it's a real problem, we |
| many false positives. How do I know all this? | | | | don't need to go down this road. You see, if we |
| Because, I am in the know, and if you don't see it | | | | want this great nation to succeed, we need to get |
| too, it's because you are in denial. | | | | back to our roots and realize that freedom of |
| Worse, with all the global intelligence information | | | | speech, liberty, and yes, that includes online venues is |
| share, we have foreign intelligence agencies also | | | | why America is great. |
| finding false positives and turning in Americans to our | | | | There is far too much duplication, too many |
| intelligence agencies. As the coordinator of an | | | | regulations, too much intelligence agency funding |
| Internet style think tank, I am literally blown away by | | | | (Washington Post is already calling it the Intelligence |
| all the false inquiries we get from intelligence agency | | | | Industrial Complex), and we have too many paranoid |
| folks trying to be sneaky? I mean hey, it's nice to | | | | folks in our government. If we allow this to continue, |
| see them get their practice and all that, but, it would | | | | we need not fear the Russian and Chinese Spies, the |
| also be nice if they'd please stop wasting our time, | | | | terrorists, or the drug cartel gangs, we need to fear |
| and the American tax dollars. | | | | our selves, and the "FEAR" that is causing it all. |
| What we need is better computer systems that do | | | | Just an observation, be well my fellow Americans, |
| not spit out so many false positives. Also, when | | | | and think about this from a philosophical standpoint, I |
| someone checks out as "Okay" well then, it's time to | | | | think you will realize that this is a challenge we need |
| put them on the good-guys list. I've talked to many | | | | to work on. |
| business people, they complain about the same | | | | |