Do you ever wonder when we we're on this site talking about

[gopiscrap]

Manning, Snowden, protesting etc if the Feds are monitoring us? I know for a fact that the FBI was at the Sheehan vigil we held at First United Methodist Church in Tacoma on August 17, 2005. They admitted it! Sometimes I pause and wonder that when I walk out my door I might be grabbed and not seen from again! I know that's totally paranoid, but in many ways I feel our country is coming to this!

[LearningCurve]

1. I never wonder

I always assume we're being monitored.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. They do and have a rapid response team...

...that posts rebuttals like crazy!

[CJCRANE]

3. {REDACTED}

[Rex]

4. Agent Mike was on board long before there was a Dem POTUS.

Hi Agent Mike!

[winter is coming]

5. A politically oriented website? Hell, yes, we're being monitored.

Then again, so is pretty much everyone else.

[MrSlayer]

6. I think they monitor everything.

Particularly political sites that have people speaking the truth about our situation. I do not ever worry about being snatched up or anything. What would be the point? I'm nobody and I'm certainly not changing a whole lot of minds. Im no threat to the owners. Most people are so ignorant of what is going on they think I'm the crazy/misinformed/stupid one.

[HardTimes99]

15. Ever get that feeling you've woken up in the middle of a Kafka novel? I have that

feeling fairly regularly nowadays. Started on 12/12/2000 and ebbs and flows.

[CJCRANE]

22. With the Snowden/Greenwald/Miranda escapades it's merged into a cyberpunk novel.

The whole thing about smuggling digital information is very William Gibson.

[Demo_Chris]

7. Of course they are monitoring this site. nt

[warrprayer]

8. I assume

we are monitored. When it is no longer convenient for tptb to allow us this harmless outlet, we will join Bradley Manning so fast it will make your head spin.

[gopiscrap]

14. That's what I wonder about sometimes

[leftstreet]

9. I bet this thread will *BOMB* n/t

[LondonReign2]

10. Can't let the Utah sit unused, can they?

[hfojvt]

11. I keep hoping that they are

and I keep telling the NSA - I need a job.

Come on, guys. 800 on the GRE in math. I know you guys can find me.

Daddy needs a GS-9 salary.

[CakeGrrl]

12. If this place was a real thorn in its side,

wouldn't the AUTHORITARIANS have shut it down? After all, we are now apparently living in a big mean police state.

Right?

[HardTimes99]

17. Just wait until January 2017, when President Santorum assumes the helm, assisted by

Vice President Palin. When the knock comes on your door at 2 a.m., I'll bet you won't be so dismissive.

[gopiscrap]

21. If that ever happens I am moving back to Germany

unlike Rapheal "Ted" Cruz I am a dual citizen also, but I'll keep mine!

[warrprayer]

19. If you doubt we are in a "big mean police state"

... you should have been on the front line of Occupy wall Street or Occupy Oakland. Oh, I forgot - you weren't.

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[HardTimes99]

13. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you! Hell yes, I

basically assume my name and personal info are in one or more databases maintained by the national securirty state. Have had one too many bizarre occurrences (both job search-related and flying commercial airlines) in the past 10 years not to think that.

[hobbit709]

16. I assume they are. I just don't give a shit any more.

[bemildred]

18. No, I'm sure they would, this is a public site, anybody can come here. nt

[DevonRex]

20. Because people who never leave an internet site are so motivated

to do stuff.

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. Delete

Disregard.