[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', '.')..Systemic harassment, both selective and arbitrary, is not incompetence.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', '.')..Systemic harassment, both selective and arbitrary, is not incompetence.

[alpha480v]

I just got my ccw permit here in NY. It Took a long 7 months, but I got it Finlay.

I wouldn't be surprised if all registered handgun owners weren't on some master list of people who should be visited when tshtf.

[skeptik]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', 'S')ystemic harassment, both selective and arbitrary, is not incompetence.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'U')nder NO circumstances register your guns. Registration just guarantees a visit from the man on a day you don't want to see him. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

[HEADER_RACK]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'U')nder NO circumstances register your guns. Registration just guarantees a visit from the man on a day you don't want to see him. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

[Jotapay]

I hate to throw cold water on everyone, but I don't think the tinfoil hat and government conspiracy theories hold up here.

As I said, I should draw more hits than Seahorse in their databases, and I never get questioned at all. I believe some failed algorithm for handling these things, not intentional maliciousness, has put him on a "list", the kind which you obviously don't want to be on.

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as anyone else, but the evidence suggests otherwise in this case.

[BigTex]

The finest conspiracy is so subtle that very few are even aware of it, including the insiders.

Sort of like in 1984.

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('golem', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') hate to throw cold water on everyone, but I don't think the tinfoil hat and government conspiracy theories hold up here.

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'T')he finest conspiracy is so subtle that very few are even aware of it, including the insiders.

Sort of like in 1984.

[DomusAlbion]

Gentlemen, let's be gentlemen.

Golem, careful with your language or we'll be locking you in the attic again.

Jotapay, please don't provoke or encourage our resident crazy uncle.

Thanks,
DA

[Jotapay]

Duly noted, I apologize.

[Heineken]

Seahorse, let me introduce you to a friend of mine. His name is Franz Kafka . . .

Seriously, I hope you get yourself extricated from this mess as soon as possible. Being that you are a lawyer, you should be well-equipped to do it.

[seahorse]

Thanks Heineken,

I'll keep everyone posted, bc I'm genuinely interested in trying to figure out how this happened. If I weren't interested, then there would be something wrong with me. However, as with most of you, I have been a little concerned about the trend of our executive office. Some of my posts and threads have expressed that. So, being a lawyer, it would not surprise me that I somehow end up on some list for that fact alone. Lawyers have never been favorites of gov'ts. One need only realize that 22 of the 56 men signing the Constitution were lawyers. Or, better yet, read up on the famous French lawyer Robspierre who took a very leading role in the French revolution hanging the aristocrats. Or, more recently, the Pakistan unrest led by their lawyers.

Do I think that its related to me being a lawyer or things I've posted? Most likely not. Most likely, I'm the "victim" of some stupid bureacratic screw up. If, however, its more than that, then, well, that's very telling and I will certainly let everyone know. However, even if its just some screw up unrelated to anything else, as I said, its certainly says a lot about the current state of our homeland security, or lack thereof.

[jupiters_release]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') hate to throw cold water on everyone, but I don't think the tinfoil hat and government conspiracy theories hold up here.

As I said, I should draw more hits than Seahorse in their databases, and I never get questioned at all. I believe some failed algorithm for handling these things, not intentional maliciousness, has put him on a "list", the kind which you obviously don't want to be on.

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', '
')How many of the million americans on the terrorist watch list are actually terrorists? Probably none. The existence of an algorithm, however random, or a list itself is proof of systemic harassment which relatively is nothing compared to the poor souls being tortured around the world in gitmo and other undisclosed locations.

If you understand the consequences of overshoot and that policy makers do too, then it doesn't take much imagination to connect the dots... put yourself in the shoes of the Rothschild cartel. What would you do? If the public thinks Homeland Security harassment is innocent or at best incompetent, then the public are getting conditioned to think the same when martial law strips them of their rights. When Blackwater comes to appropriate your property or escort you to a KBR facility, you can just think "oh its a computer error" or "they don't know what they're doing" ... "I'll just comply now and call my lawyer later."

[jupiters_release]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', '
')How many of the million americans on the terrorist watch list are actually terrorists? Probably none. The existence of an algorithm, however random, or a list itself is proof of systemic harassment which relatively is nothing compared to the poor souls being tortured around the world in gitmo and other undisclosed locations.

If you understand the consequences of overshoot and that policy makers do too, then it doesn't take much imagination to connect the dots... put yourself in the shoes of the Rothschild cartel. What would you do? If the public thinks Homeland Security harassment is innocent or at best incompetent, then the public are getting conditioned to think the same when martial law strips them of their rights. When Blackwater comes to appropriate your property or escort you to a KBR facility, you can just think "oh its a computer error" or "they don't know what they're doing" ... "I'll just comply now and call my lawyer later."

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', '
')Have you not seen any of the articles about people who've legitimately tried for years to get off the airport harassment list with no luck or resolution? The TSA's "mistake" wouldn't matter if Seahorse didn't fly again, which is probably the best option giving the current state of affairs. Of course I'm sure he could fight the system and blog it here, it would be interesting to read the "trials and tribulations of getting off the list."

[Koyaanisqatsi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') hate to throw cold water on everyone, but I don't think the tinfoil hat and government conspiracy theories hold up here.

As I said, I should draw more hits than Seahorse in their databases, and I never get questioned at all. I believe some failed algorithm for handling these things, not intentional maliciousness, has put him on a "list", the kind which you obviously don't want to be on.

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as anyone else, but the evidence suggests otherwise in this case.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Koyaanisqatsi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'I') hate to throw cold water on everyone, but I don't think the tinfoil hat and government conspiracy theories hold up here.

As I said, I should draw more hits than Seahorse in their databases, and I never get questioned at all. I believe some failed algorithm for handling these things, not intentional maliciousness, has put him on a "list", the kind which you obviously don't want to be on.

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as anyone else, but the evidence suggests otherwise in this case.