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October 08, 2008
Pushing My Paranoia Buttons
A couple of things have pushed my paranoia buttons this week in terms of our seemingly escalating move toward a heavily "big brother" government and perhaps even the proverbial "new world order."
First, let me quote French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking about "real and complete reform of the international financial system":
"We want a new world to come out of this."
I immediately thought of the first President Bush's now infamous September 11, 1990 "New World Order" speech (11 years to the day before 9/11), in which the phrase was first uttered publicly. The effort to accomplish this new world was mapped out by the Project for the New American Century, also known colloquially as PNAC, a group which, prior to 9/11, felt that "a new Pearl Harbor" was needed to push America in the desired direction.
Moving on, last night's second presidential debate didn't make me feel a whole lot better. Barack Obama disappointed me with his tired and vague campaign stump speech rhetoric, which was little better in my opinion than that offered up by John McCain. The Drudge Report's main headline this morning was "BORING," which about sums it up. But on the matter of health care, both candidates said something that pushed my paranoia button and made me sit up and take notice.
Obama: "We're going to work with your employer to lower the cost of your premiums by up to $2,500 a year... We're going to do it by making sure that we use information technology so that medical records are actually on computers instead of you filling forms out in triplicate when you go to the hospital."
McCain: "And we need to do all of the things that are necessary to make it more efficient. Let's put health records online..."
I'm sorry, but I don't want my health records computerized and accessible online. That's very private stuff and none of the government's business.
Here's a little bonus reading for those who don't see a problem:
Public Mistrust of Government Collection, Use, and Protection of Personal Information
Have a nice day!
Posted by Becky at October 8, 2008 09:42 AM
