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Obama: More Traffic Cameras Needed to 'Monitor' People
Blog, Newsy, and Washington Times ^ | 5/15/09

Posted on 05/15/2009 6:30:18 AM PDT by What127

Peter Hudler FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON- In an "off-the-record" conversation with reporters, President Barack Obama unveiled a plan to distribute traffic cameras in moderately populated residential and commercial areas in order to 'monitor' the people who live and work there.

The conversation was leaked to the media this afternoon. "People drive fast, people drive poorly, and people die," the President said in the discussion. "We now have cameras at traffic lights to prevent this and catch those who break the law. But we could do so much more.

"Think about the possibilities if we expand the traffic cameras. At every light, we could monitor bad drivers and at every light we can lower crime. The benefits are large."

The President then paused. "But even those possibilities are short-sighted. If we are able to improve the technology behind these surveillance devices, we can observe anyone. Anyone who breaks the law and everyone on the street can be viewed. The drop in crime will be astounding."

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; camera; newsy; obama; satire
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I think we may be in trouble if Obama gets his way
1 posted on 05/15/2009 6:30:18 AM PDT by What127
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To: What127

Please tell me this is satire.


2 posted on 05/15/2009 6:31:57 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: What127

let’s s start with black neighhoods, shall we? No loss of privacy there?

or is the messiah proposing to focus on right wing extremist suburbanites with their ACORN-marked GPS homes


3 posted on 05/15/2009 6:32:55 AM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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To: What127

New Jersey had cameras on the Turnpike until they proved that African-Americans were disproportionally “bad drivers”. The cameras came down and the study buried.


4 posted on 05/15/2009 6:33:07 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: What127

Yes sureee that’s what we need Big Brother ... more surveillance of innocent people. Wouldn’t want the peasants to get testy with what is being planned for them


5 posted on 05/15/2009 6:33:26 AM PDT by clamper1797 (FUBO ... protege of the unholy union of Karl Marx and affirmative action)
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To: What127
Abject marxist control freak.

Obama and his administration are marxist ideologs who are only true to that ideology which has them drunk on what they perceive as their path to more and more power, and who twist their interpretation of everything else to that end.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS

NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

6 posted on 05/15/2009 6:34:57 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: 3catsanadog

I think that it is but it’s hard to tell.


7 posted on 05/15/2009 6:35:31 AM PDT by Nickname
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To: clamper1797

Zero wants control over the masses and this is part of the technology to do it.


8 posted on 05/15/2009 6:36:01 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Liberals wouldn't just free Barrabas, they would elect him to represent them.)
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To: What127

Paging Mr. Orwell.


9 posted on 05/15/2009 6:36:20 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective.)
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To: What127
Anyone who breaks the law and everyone on the street can be viewed. The drop in crime will be astounding."

Since most street criminals are would-be democrat voters, any effort to punish that constituency would be curtailed. Instead, the cameras would be used to enforce civil penalties (fines) against normal, honest citizens who present no danger, but who can finance government spending (on favored democrat constituencies).

10 posted on 05/15/2009 6:36:28 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: What127
State rights.

Fortunately, my glorious state of Texas has not only told the feds to back the fu*k off, but has recently outlawed traffic cameras.

11 posted on 05/15/2009 6:38:00 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: Nickname

The Onion is going to go out of business because what was once satire is now reality.


12 posted on 05/15/2009 6:38:01 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: y'all
THIS IS SATIRE.

13 posted on 05/15/2009 6:38:45 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Nickname

Surely this is a joke


14 posted on 05/15/2009 6:39:04 AM PDT by Pantera
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To: silverleaf

GO where the criminals are ... But I bet that isn’t what he means. How about we put cameras on the drug dealer corners?


15 posted on 05/15/2009 6:39:26 AM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
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To: Constitution Day

Yeah, but it’s plausible.


16 posted on 05/15/2009 6:40:57 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: What127

New Jersey had cameras on the Turnpike until they proved that African-Americans were disproportionally “bad drivers”. The cameras came down and the study buried.


17 posted on 05/15/2009 6:41:36 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: What127

New Jersey had cameras on the Turnpike until they proved that African-Americans were disproportionally “bad drivers”. The cameras came down and the study buried.


18 posted on 05/15/2009 6:41:47 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: 3catsanadog
He can monitor me, I will flip him off every minute of the day.
19 posted on 05/15/2009 6:41:54 AM PDT by angcat ("When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe".)
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To: 3catsanadog

well under keywords it does say satire


20 posted on 05/15/2009 6:43:27 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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