tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post687851111619401828..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Does this count as a 'drone'? If cell-phone towers can fly, why not a 'Stingray'?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35220450607707712482013-06-04T09:07:15.318-05:002013-06-04T09:07:15.318-05:00This is the first step in the process, And how the...This is the first step in the process, And how the Terminators started. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58167366822739403192013-06-04T08:34:53.444-05:002013-06-04T08:34:53.444-05:007:58 writes, "I'm afraid you're begin...7:58 writes, "I'm afraid you're beginning to lose the interest of a significant portion of your readership"<br /><br />Do not fear. I write this stuff for my own purposes. It's just not about you. Feel free to get your criminal justice information elsewhere, or I'm always happy to refund your admission fee.<br /><br />I agree with the Tea Party when they're right and disagree with them when they're wrong. In this case I oppose the Tea Party backed drone bill and this post criticizes it for overreach. I'm not sure how you get from there to tin-foil hats and paranoia.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67243372421650921542013-06-04T07:58:24.483-05:002013-06-04T07:58:24.483-05:00I tend to agree with watchpaintdry. It seems like ...I tend to agree with watchpaintdry. It seems like every other Grits' post these days has to do with drones or cell phone tracking. Enough already! This may be a topic that genuinely interests you, Grits, but I'm afraid you're beginning to lose the interest of a significant portion of your readership. I'm as conservative as they come and look to your blog for a little balance in my criminal justice system information. Now I'm starting to have a hard time distinguishing your positions from those of the tea party. If people are that paranoid about the government knowing where they're using their cell phones, then they should stick to the land lines. Problem solved. I'm also pretty sure that the government has had the capability via satellites to monitor our public movements. I haven't lost much sleep over that and I won't over the drone thing either. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82371011617232159292013-06-04T05:55:39.126-05:002013-06-04T05:55:39.126-05:00@watchpaintdry, this site isn't here for your ...@watchpaintdry, this site isn't here for your daily news coverage but for my own purposes and interests, which lately have skewed toward electronic surveillance.<br /><br />I could write, say, about prison closures but that's mere news - I was writing prolifically about prison closures 3-5 years ago pitching the idea. This site is often interested in what's next more than what is. That's what's going on here.<br /><br />Finally, I'm not sure how it's paranoid to discuss a publicly reported technology (cell tower on a drone) and how it would be affected by a law that's passed the Lege and is awaiting the Governor's signature. It may sound futuristic but those are things happening today in the real world - all I'm doing is fleshing out the implications. Somebody has to.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64679329624053734992013-06-04T03:29:36.844-05:002013-06-04T03:29:36.844-05:00Drones should be used for border patrols, rescuing...Drones should be used for border patrols, rescuing people, for natural disasters not for the govt to have its head up our ass and I'm sick of having the govt up our ass. I worry less about the terrorists than a govt that acts like one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49390213755066744152013-06-04T03:25:04.158-05:002013-06-04T03:25:04.158-05:00@ watchpaintdry What specifically is an example...@ watchpaintdry What specifically is an example of "put on your tin hat ranting?" Its great this site covers drones. You can't stick your head in the sand & hope this paranoia will go away. I use to state that the govt was planning to put up to 30,000 drones over the USA & I can't count the times I heard the nutjob, tin foil comment & I'll be damned if King Obama didn't sign it into law. Drones have been used on Nebraska, Iowa....farmers because the EPA's BS. Do you know what hay is considered to be? Go look it up. Since 911 the US govt has been overstepping its bounds by a long shot, taking away States rights as stated in the Constitution. The fed govt won't secure the borders but lets throw up 30,000 drones and this ain't no "tin foil ranting, just ranting. Hitler would be proud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70242766852816562182013-06-03T21:14:35.510-05:002013-06-03T21:14:35.510-05:00Damn if this site hasn't turned into nothing m...Damn if this site hasn't turned into nothing more than "put-on-your-tin-hat" ranting!<br />This site used to cover many more topics of interest. Shit, enough already with the paranoia.watchpaintdrynoreply@blogger.com