If value is based upon scarcity, then privacy is no doubt at a premium in America these days. Here are two news stories from mainstream sources that document well the government’s infringement on our basic rights as free citizens of a supposedly free country. One documents the FBI spending one billion dollars to build a huge database with all our personal information - including palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mappings and more. The other story comes from south Florida, where the local authorities are working with the Feds to fly small spy-drones throughout the city and countryside. Imagine walking along with a small government spy-drone flying overhead, recording your every move. Well, that is soon to be a reality for the people of Miami and south Florida. Land of the free, home of the brave? More like land of the closely watched, scared rabbits.
March 26, 08
