From: jmfbahciv on
In article <eo0b49$t1i$12(a)blue.rahul.net>,
kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>In article <97fd$45a39f71$cdd08551$17405(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>[....]
>>I have problems with real sugar. Thank heavens for alternatives.
>
>Here here.
>
>
>Lemonade made with fake stuff and real fresh lemons is great.

Instead of using the fake sugar, use one orange.

/BAH
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <lhk9q29bklsq16gsbga7dt12qsb9vquvbh(a)4ax.com>,
MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:03:15 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken
>Smith) Gave us:
>
>>No, actually you were close to right about the use of the term.
>
> You just can't get through a day without calling everyone wrong, boy.
>
>> The
>>mistake you had made was to assume that it could be done without making
>>the tap. If a computer digitizes and processes a signal and raises a
>>warning if the signal has some property being looked for, the computer is
>>monitoring the signal.
>
> Yep. Ya got one right. Guess what, chump... a computer does NOT
>require a warrant to conduct this task.
>

If it's the gov't's computer, yes it does. Why do you think the 4th amendment
applies to a physical connection but not a computer one?

> Maybe now you'll get a clue.
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <qmj9q2tjq5eg54qilhj8t4chc8ncbpbjhp(a)4ax.com>,
MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:55:37 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken
>Smith) Gave us:
>
>>In article <c03e3$45a3868e$cdd0856d$16796(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>>>Ken Smith wrote:
>>>> In article <9dp5q2h1eboobfg5rjl4j33tp6cdj699mb(a)4ax.com>,
>>>> MassiveProng <MasiveProng(a)yourhiney.org> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>>They do not tap or monitor unwarranted, dumbass.
>>>>>
>>>>> THE COMPUTER listens for key words and phrases,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did you just contradict your self? It sure looks like it to me. In
order
>>>> to connect "THE COMPUTER", you need a tap.
>>>
>>>You'll find that quite often a technical term is not
>>>the same as a legal term even when using the same word.
>>
>>But, in this case I don't think it is. The connection is needed. Even a
>>lawyer should be able to understand that.
>>
>
> The connection is already present, dingledorf.
>

Not a connection to the gov't.

> Ever since the advent of ISDN switching (digital from the first
>switch) phone data streams are all already connected to. No physical
>"tapping device" needs to be added.

And that's not what "wiretapping" or "tap" means anyway. It means
interception.
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <eo2lo8$8qk_001(a)s808.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>In article <eo0ft5$k5b$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>,
> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote:
>>In article <eo01nb$8qk_001(a)s965.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>In article <entrv6$ose$7(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>,
>>> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote:
>>>>In article <entm2m$8qk_002(a)s947.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>>In article <ens471$m0q$1(a)blue.rahul.net>,
>>>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>>>>>>In article <enqou0$8ss_011(a)s980.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>>>>>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>In article <enq1pe$cuv$1(a)blue.rahul.net>,
>>>>>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>>>>>>[....]
>>>>>>>>It has been spelled out on several news casts. Here's the text that
>>>>>>>>causes the most concern:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>******* Begin quote ********
>>>>>>>>The executive branch shall construe subsection 404(c) of title 39, as
>>>>>>>>enacted by subsection 1010(e) of the Act, which provides for opening
of
>>>an
>>>>>>>>item of a class of mail otherwise sealed against inspection, in a
>manner
>>>>>>>>consistent, to the maximum extent permissible, with the need to
conduct
>>>>>>>>searches in exigent circumstances, such as to protect human life and
>>>>>>>>safety against hazardous materials, and the need for physical searches
>>>>>>>>specifically authorized by law for foreign intelligence collection.
>>>>>>>>*******************
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Note that it applies to all mail of any kind. The claim is one of
>quite
>>>>>>>>broad authority since the definition of "exigent circumstances" is
>quite
>>>>>>>>wide.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>How are you going to make it more specific?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The definitions could be spelled out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Should there be legal
>>>>>>>handcuffs on inspections even if new types of containers are dripping
>>>>>>>powder or tick or can't be x-rayed or zapped to kill bacteria?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There should be the need to get a warrant in a situation that is not
>>>>>>truly an emergency. "A reasonable expectation of death or injury" could
>>>>>>be included in the wording. In non-emergency cases, there is time to
get
>>>>>>the warrant. No judge will deny one if the case is anything like
>>>>>>reasonable.
>>>>>
>>>>>How do you know that Bush's administration isn't dealing with
>>>>>emergencies? Should they hold a public poll asking which ones?
>>>>>Or should we ask our enemies if envelop X has lethal substances?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Bush said the gov't could open mail in a broad range of circumstances.
The
>>>>law already allows it if the mail is suspected of containing something
>>>>dangerous.
>>>
>>>It is a US President's job to do this.
>>
>>Enforce the law, not break it.
>
>I was talking about national security. Excesses will always be
>done by anybody. That is why there are two other branches
>of government to balance powers on each other.
>>
>>> It is the other two branches' jobs
>>>to provide rein checks and balances to Presidential powers. That
>>>is how our political system works. Congress can also overreach
>>>their grab of powers; this is check by the executive and judicial
>>>branches. All of these processes happen over time--never
>>>instantaneously. Most of this anti-Bush bitching is mewling
>>>because instantaneous gratification has not been fed to the
>>>yapping mouths.
>>
>>No, it's because there's been no check with a lapdog Republican Congress.
>
>I don't know when there was a lapdog Congress. That term is
>a nice soundbite to use to avoid dealing with realities and
>pesky problems that will never have a yes/no solution.
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>This process of checks and balances doesn't seem to be understood
>>>by Europeans. My hypothesis is that this happens because their
>>>unconscious assumptions are based in kingship type rule. So
>>>far I don't see anything to contradict this one.
>>>
>>
>>So what checks has the Congress used in the past 6 years?
>
>Where have you been? We just had an election that changed the
>sligtht majority.

Not my question.

> Not all bills were approved.

Name 3 of Bush's proposals which were not.

>All lot of
>proposals never made it to house vote. There have been a couple
>of reversals in the legal piece. The Patriot Act was renewed
>with changes based on previous experience.

After Dems and civil liberties groups howled.

>Congress is now
>yapping about not approving military payments.

I said in the past 6 years.

>All of this
>is a checking exercise. There is no instantaneous fixing
>of these matters; that's a fact of the thing called polictics.
>
>/BAH
>
>
>
>
>/BAH
>
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <orj9q2hmhi9asacpcfjttbqnrs4m8p41oi(a)4ax.com>,
MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:00:07 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken
>Smith) Gave us:
>
>>In article <ug77q2t1i96ggd65qo7v7b4fk753p3070u(a)4ax.com>,
>>MassiveProng <MasiveProng(a)yourhiney.org> wrote:
>>>On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 04:52:59 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken
>>>Smith) Gave us:
>>>
>>>>In article <9dp5q2h1eboobfg5rjl4j33tp6cdj699mb(a)4ax.com>,
>>>>MassiveProng <MasiveProng(a)yourhiney.org> wrote:
>>>>[...]
>>>>> They do not tap or monitor unwarranted, dumbass.
>>>>>
>>>>> THE COMPUTER listens for key words and phrases,
>>>>
>>>>Did you just contradict your self? It sure looks like it to me. In order
>>>>to connect "THE COMPUTER", you need a tap.
>>>
>>> You are playing with the meaning of the word. In listening to
>>>private conversations, "tap" refers not to the physical connection,
>>>but to the actual conversation monitoring.
>>
>>No, I am not and no it does not. The tap refers to the connection
>>whereever it goes. If they want to tape record the conversation and don't
>>end up listening to it, they still did the tap. If a computer listens to
>>it, it is still a tap.
>>
>>> Computers ALREADY are hooked into EVERY stream
>>that the phone
>>>utilities carry.
>>
>>Hooked == tap
>
> Digital == computer
>
> You == dipshit
>
> infrastructure == already in place
>
> can't blame Bush for what was already in place and took literally
>decades to get that way.

The mail service is in place too, but the gov't isn't supposed to read your
mail.

>The US people, and the government of this
>country has had the telephone system constructed this way over several
>decades. Thank the FCC, you military, and you various administrations
>over the years.
>
> I do.
>
>>> No "physical tap" is required, disphit.
>>
>>but...but you just said it was already there.
>
> Not a physical tap. ALL digital signals are piped through
>computers, dork. All gear is already in place. Are you capable of
>grasping that concept, or have you been this naive for decades?
>

Again, for the gov't to access it is supposed to require a warrant.

> You still seem to think Johnny Jack Attacher is out on the phone
>pole clamping alligator clips to you phone line. Wrong.
>
>>> No private
>>>conversation is individually listened to by a person without a
>>>warrant. The computer monitors ALL streams for keywords. The duly
>>>appointed officer of the court issues the warrants.
>>
>>Listening to the conversations of many people is just many cases of
>>listening to a conversation.
>>
>
> You seem to be oblivious to this one, as well as the several others.
>So, even when listening, you are as deaf as a pile of horseshit.