If you dislike Political Rants, please skip this post. More adventures in Knitting will be appearing in the next post.
Today I felt that I had to write a letter to my Senators in protest against them voting to give the Telecoms retroactive immunity. I feel passionately about the issue of spying on the common everyday "Joe". This is not about whether I am a Republican or a Democrat, but how I feel about my Telecom collecting data on where I visit on the web, who I send email to, what I post on my blog.
While I know that the information that they will collect on me will be useless to them or anyone else for that matter (does the Government really need to know about knitting patterns or stitches or yarn or me lolcats to my Mom?), I dislike that they will be doing it at all.
I believe in my freedom, and I believe in my Senators upholding my Constitution which grants me my freedom. Here is a copy of what I sent:
Mr. XXXXXXX,
I'm disappointed that you would choose to vote for giving Telecoms retroactive immunity. Do you remember the Constitution, which you swore to uphold?
According to Article 1, Section 9:
No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law (ex post facto laws are seen as a violation of the rule of law as it applies in a free and democratic society. ) shall be passed.
The rights of the people that you serve are being violated Mr. XXXXXX. All citizens must have legal recourse when their rights are infringed upon, and companies must bear the responsibility for breaking the law.
I feel that the you and your fellow GA representatives have completely lost touch with their constituents (as in "We, the people...", not "We, the corporations and PACs who gave you cash...) and all of you who have voted for this legislation have completely lost my confidence and my future vote.
The saying that "Big Brother is watching" has never been true or appropriate. After writing this letter to you I fully expect to be watched very closely. It is unfortunate that the government will be wasting it's money by spying on a middle class American Housewife, don't you think?
Sincerely,
SHEA
I am positive that I have wasted my time in sending the letter and ranting about it here, but I feel better now, thanks.
PS - I would like to hear about what my fellow knitters and bloggers think about this issue - please leave me a comment and let me know!
from the other side of the longest undefended border in the world, i'm with you! why should any government really care about what everyday jane blogs about, reads on the net, borrows from the library? in some respects here our privacy is very closely guarded, to the point where it is difficult for ill patients to have a companion / advocate with them for medical conversations, but in other respects, it seems to all be fair game.
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