by Floyd Smoots » Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:21 am
Dat dere ol' 'nutherdrew, he fer sure got dat 'un rite, dang his ol' smartass se'f! And yes, drewster, I'm totally blown away and amazed that you made your point better than you might realize, because, I just started "radenig" your post, and it flowed into my cognitive center almost as easily as if it were "slpeled crotrecly". Dang you.<br><br>But, seriously, fellow R.I.ers, what should we, or more to the point of Jeff's OP, what CAN we do about it? The government created what we now call the internet. They effectively own it, and the only reasons we are allowed on it at all are, at least, twofold. There may be more "folds", so feel free to weigh in here.<br><br>1. There is some serious money to be made from this technology, advertising, on-line shopping, failed dot-com's, etc.<br><br>2. How better to keep track of what the better educated and/or patriotic people are really talking and thinking about? Not to mention (from "their" point of view), the ability to spread any and all forms of disinformation. Remember, the Communists (just another historic branch of "business as usual" by the PTB), first came for the intellectuals, followed by the partisans, and then the religious folk of any stripe.<br><br>This, I think, gets close to the nub of what's really going on behind the curtain.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>