Another bipartisan big brother action on the way folks...

One could always buy a supply of phones before the legislation takes effect. But I have been watching the progression of this nanny-state, big brother government and it's not just ridiculous and frightening, it's really unstoppable. The generation coming up is easily seduced by socialism and the concept of government as parent, guardian and ultimate provider. Someone remarked to me the other day about the difference in how things would have been handled when they were kids and the way they are handled today. What might have been considered a teen prank, is now a terrorist crime. There's no intent considered, only zero tolerance. A school-girl with a steak knife in her lunch bag to cut the steak she brought for lunch is immediately arrested for having a "weapon". Yet no one realizes that these restrictions on our liberties haven't resulted in a safer world. It has only resulted in a citizenry that is more scared and less able to defend itself. A citizenry that is losing the confidence in their own ability to self-govern. The Republicans have spent years practicing to look like Democrats so they can get elected (or so they believe). The Democrats are scrambling to try to figure out which side to be on - they really don't want their President to look bad so they've got to go along, they figure. This is why I am only interested in candidates who can state that their views mirror those in the Constitution. Only someone dedicated to those ideals and willing to make hard decisions to come down on the right side of the Constitution can turn us around. Otherwise, we are going to continue to slip further and further away from our history and our foundations. And nothing can stand if it doesn't have a strong foundation.

I am ready to get into the bipartisan spirit because I am sick and tired of these political lines. I met with one of my local senators a few weeks, and she said there is nothing that can really be done about California's budget right now. I am sick of hearing words like that. Things aren't getting better in this country, they are just getting worse and we are all relying on the politicians to do their jobs and they aren't.

A year or two after 9/11 a couple of college students were arrested for purchasing all the pre paid cell phones in a community. When the police searched their car they found over 400 pre paid cell phones that they had been buying across the country. They were college students traveling for the summer and were offered a way to pay for the trip by purchasing the phones for a dealer in the south near the college. There was no follow up to this story so I don't know what happened to them. This shows that people will find a way around any stupid law our leaders can dream up. Laws like this convince me that our leaders have too much time on their hands and need to get a real job.

x - in this article http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/08/politics/main6560321.shtml they mention a bill, but I cannot find hide nor hair of it on opencongress.org so I am thinking they have not presented it yet. But a good point to make is, Jack Cloonan, a former FBI special agent and counterterrorism specialist, said the legislation would not prevent terror plotters from getting access to the communication tools they need. Terrorrists are dumbing down with technology. They are not using the latest and greatest. As far as ideas for Big Brother - how about requiring a fingerprint scan to use a pay phone or using an id to purchase fertilizer? How about a background check for clocks?

I'm so glad to hear that these morons are willing to come together in a show of unity to monitor and control out lives. Bipartisanship at its f#@king finest.

This is the same government that allows illegal immigrants to run rampant with no real consequences. Anyone else see the irony here?

That's pointless anyway as those phones of ten get sold on and you can just replace the sim card and it's untracebale anyway. Whoever actually bought the phone is irreleavent by the time it's been passed around groups of friends a hundred times and had the number changed etc.

Well d*mn, I am going to have to stop my evil stalking ways... Well, Republican is spelled "Republican" and Democrat is spelled "Democrat"...

I hate it when they slip crap like this past me. I try to keep up with them but sometimes stuff gets done and I don't know about it.They can be tricky little weasels. I am sure most of the world did not know about it. The media sure as heck did not cover it. Why should we have to show ID to buy a prepaid cell phone. Nothing illegal in buying a prepaid phone. Why should our information be kept on record? Isn't this an invasion of privacy? Before you know it...we won't have a right to any privacy at all. There is NO difference really between the democratic and republican parties. THey are just two sides of the same coin. Neither respects our rights or our constitution. Both sides us BS "issues" to try and keep people on "their" side and pitted against the "other" side just to stay in power. As BCMike has said it is all a bull fight. We are the bull...the politicans are the fighter...and the red cape is the BS they distract us with so we don't really see what is happening to us or this country.

The Repubs. and the Demo.s are not different they are politicians in every sense of the word and if they have control over everything then they have jobs longer. Everyone needs to step up and start voting for other parties or for those with the brains to do so get out there and run for something!