Monday, November 18, 2002

Secret U.S. court OKs electronic spying. A secretive federal court grants police broad authority to monitor Internet usage, record keystrokes and employ other surveillance methods against terror and espionage suspects. [CNET News.com] I've got a really bad feeling about this. Too much unchecked power, particularly secretive power, is always, always a bad thing. It's all heppening too quickly - the hawks in our society are grabbing power in the name of patriotism. I fear for my daughter's future. 7:26:46 PM

I really hope that John Robb's take on Bush politics is wrong. I don't want to suffer through a decade of this; nor do I want America to become the singular policeman for the world. As much as I despised the Clinton presidency, I'm beginning to feel nostalgic about it. 1:56:31 PM

Wow. Once again it's feast or famine in the solo consulting business. Between new project, old project, trying to keep a life and futzing around with both Mac and PC environments, my days are too full. Old project has to die before things get better. And, the holidays lurk out there, too close for comfort. 1:27:52 PM

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