Let's Protest the NSA Wiretapping
I haven't really dipped into any political issues in this blog... heck, I haven't actually even posted here in a long time. But the growing NSA-wiretapping/domestic spying scandal has really disturbed me for quite some time.
Unfortunately, in recent weeks, it's become clear that the Congress, even if they had the spine to place an actual check on the President's power, would simply be ignored by the President once they actually did attempt to slow our current descent into dictatorship. (The President would probably just issue a signing statement dictating that he could ignore any laws passed to curtail his power.)
So, that said, what can ordinary citizens do to protest this latest abuse of power?
I think that the best course of action would be something that was non-violent (of course), bypasses Congress completely, and sends a clear message directly to the perpetrators of this latest outrage.
So, pick up your phone and dial: 1-382-596-8492.
You'll get a message that this is a number that is not in service. But that's OK. They are only tracking the numbers you call, not the conversations you are having. (You believe that, right?)
(Note that I checked this number just before posting this and believe it to be an inactive/invalid number. I do not want to make some poor innocent persons life miserable by flooding them with a million phone calls a day. So, if you call this number and a human does pick up, let me know immediately and I'll post a retraction.)
Why this particular number? Well, drag out your cell phone and look at the letters that go along with these digits.... Read a certain way, they spell out a little message for the President. I'll give you a hint: 1-F82-5Y6-8GWB.
So, imagine that this number starts showing up hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of times a day in the NSA fishing net. And they investigate, and the President asks what it's all about.
I'm pretty sure the words are small enough that he'll understand.
Diz
Unfortunately, in recent weeks, it's become clear that the Congress, even if they had the spine to place an actual check on the President's power, would simply be ignored by the President once they actually did attempt to slow our current descent into dictatorship. (The President would probably just issue a signing statement dictating that he could ignore any laws passed to curtail his power.)
So, that said, what can ordinary citizens do to protest this latest abuse of power?
I think that the best course of action would be something that was non-violent (of course), bypasses Congress completely, and sends a clear message directly to the perpetrators of this latest outrage.
So, pick up your phone and dial: 1-382-596-8492.
You'll get a message that this is a number that is not in service. But that's OK. They are only tracking the numbers you call, not the conversations you are having. (You believe that, right?)
(Note that I checked this number just before posting this and believe it to be an inactive/invalid number. I do not want to make some poor innocent persons life miserable by flooding them with a million phone calls a day. So, if you call this number and a human does pick up, let me know immediately and I'll post a retraction.)
Why this particular number? Well, drag out your cell phone and look at the letters that go along with these digits.... Read a certain way, they spell out a little message for the President. I'll give you a hint: 1-F82-5Y6-8GWB.
So, imagine that this number starts showing up hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of times a day in the NSA fishing net. And they investigate, and the President asks what it's all about.
I'm pretty sure the words are small enough that he'll understand.
Diz
posted by Diz at 4:34 PM
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