Good old Big Brother - he's alive and kicking well after 1984 has receded into the dim past. Our wonderful government has decided, in it's wisdom, to insinuate itself even more deeply into our daily lives. The recent tabling of a bill to force ISP's to give personal information to the authorities and to allow the police to monitor internet communications will mean that no ones information or communications will be safe. There is also a provision to use tracking devices that are now part of our cell 'phones and cars to keep a wary eye on us. Now, it's easy to say that if you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about. What a a pile of horse dung! Everyone, and I mean everyone, has something to hide in one way or another. This is just a way of our police wanting to see what we are all doing and to hell with our privacy or basic human rights. If you believe the government, we are beset by terrorists, pedophiles and other unsavory characters such as illegal file downloaders at every turn and we must be protected from ourselves. Nonsense, I say. Fight this bill!
On another note; notice how little information has been seen on our news channels regarding the row in the UK over MP's expense claims. I think our own politicians are a little worried that they could (and should) be under the same scrutiny. My opinion? Of course they should. The addition of a weblink to see exactly what MP's have been claiming is now available in Britain and is quite illuminating. I think it's time we did the same here - we have had too many stories over the years about our public officials and their spurious claims. Time to shine a spotlight on the whole pack of them and see what scurries out. I feel that our politicians (our employees) are running scared and they should be. Big Brother should be watching you instead.
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