Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok, so it is off topic but it is a farce. Not that Herr Ashcroft et al are far from it anyway now it seems. There is a lot of talk about the so called "Patriot Act II" in Salon and other sites, etc. My advice? Watch out for your rights unless you want the DOJ doing it for you. See: http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=502&L1=10&L2=10&L3=0&L4=0&L5=0 Frank - -------Original Message------- From: Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com> Sent: 02/12/03 03:47 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Does this mean we can't talk about Leicas????? > > Folks this isn't real The server address, www.homelandsecurity.gov@subj.com, makes you think that it's an official government address, but it's not. In fact, the www.homelandsecurity.gov section is actually interpreted as a username at the server subj.com. Go to the url: http://www.homelandsecurity.gov@subj.com/dhs/ Look at the sidebars about F16s for schools program and NSA secret hideout Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Kelly wrote: > > Department of Homeland Security > "For a Safe and Secure NationT" > > > > > > Clampdown on Internet Subversives > - President says "we must stop this evil spread of ideas" > > Washington 2/5/03 > > > > In a far reaching announcement today, President Bush announced that an > imminent clampdown into the dissemination of subversive and dangerous > ideas via the Internet. > > Announcing this new initiative alongside director Tom Ridge, the > president said: "We must stop this evil spread of ideas. Far too many > people are being exposed to thoughts and concepts that challenge those > things this administration stands for. The Internet is clearly an > example of outmoded liberal ideas gone badly out of control." > > Director Ridge added: "It is unfair for the federal government to pass > the burden of this onto tax-payers and citizens. Instead, we are > proposing that the cost be shared between web site publishers and those > minority of the population who visit such things. Screening this > information is expensive and those costs must be passed on." > > The proposed charges will be in the region of $100 per web page to be > analysed for content and 10 cents per page viewed by visitors, this > charge will go towards an upgrade to the Carnivore systems already in > place. Sites belonging to government agencies are exempt, as are sites > belong to Fortune 500 companies - Director Ridge said "We can trust > major corporations to always act in the interests of the United States, > so we do not propose to screen their content. However, in the current > climate of terrorist threats we must consider everyone else to be a > potential subversive". > > Charges will be levied after 31st March 2003. For any queries or > comments, please contact our press office. > > This article is http://www.homelandsecurity.gov@subj.com/dhs/ > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html