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Posted on 12/18/2005 12:13:41 AM PST by Deek1969
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posted on
12/19/2005 6:23:10 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
To: B4Ranch
I don't believe the story at all. I think it's agitprop, similar to made up "racist vandalism" agitprop.
62
posted on
12/19/2005 7:34:27 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: Deek1969
This is very, very frightening. What's more frightening is that when I scroll down this thread to read the responses, a lot of people are going to be cheering having government spy on what people are reading. I wonder what president hillary will consider "subversive reading material" and who will be on her "watch list?"
63
posted on
12/19/2005 7:38:03 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: Gribbles141
>I checked out Revenge of the Sith, hardcover, and about 2 days later got a little visit from homeland security and Mace Windu
Well, I guess that means
I will be spending today
driving around to
local libraries
taking out all copies of
both Pamela books . . .
To: Sir Gawain
Any freepers that defend this action better keep their hypocrital mouths shut when Democrats abuse this power against conservatives. I agree -- IF this really happened at all. Failing to name the student sets off alarms in my head.
65
posted on
12/19/2005 7:43:38 AM PST
by
Sloth
(Freedom of speech doesn't mean the rest of us have to shut up.)
To: Deek1969
This story sounds fishy as hell to me. First, I can't imagine any decent sized university that would not already have Mao's rants in their collection. Second, it's available in it's entirety,
Online.
66
posted on
12/19/2005 7:53:41 AM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: Eagles Talon IV
Wait a minute. Who says this even happened? He refuses to release his own name? How about the names of the agents he was allegedly interviewed by? I do not for one minute put it past lefties to completely fabricate a story such as this, not for ONE minute.My BS meter went off too. There are no sources. In fact, I would bet this whole story is fabricated.
To: mysterio
"This is very, very frightening."
No, this is very, very B.S.
"What's more frightening is that when I scroll down this thread to read the responses, a lot of people are going to be cheering having government spy on what people are reading."
I haven't been getting that from what I've read in the threads on this story. I've seen the majority of posters question the legitimacy of this story, and I've seen a couple of libertarians hyperventilating. I have not seen anyone openly cheer the government watching people who are checking out Mao's book. I have seen one thing occasionally that is disturbing on these threads. I have seen a could of libertarians taking a newspaper story and the testimony of a couple of professors as unimpeachable, and then immediately running to the top of the soap box to proclaim their horror. I really don't understand why any self respecting libertarian would use this story as their battle cry for freedom.
68
posted on
12/19/2005 10:24:35 AM PST
by
dbehsman
(One Wellstone memorial (rave party) is enough, thank you!)
To: Deek1969
He was later visited at his parents' home in New Bedford by two agents of the Department of Homeland Security, the professors told the Standard-Times. The professors said the student was told by the agents that the book is on a "watch list," and that his background, which included significant time abroad, triggered them to investigate the student further. Good. Nice to know DHS is doing its job.
Of course, the MSM would have us believe that even an investigation amounts to shocking, reprehensible abuse of an American citizen by thugs in black helicopters.
69
posted on
12/19/2005 10:29:52 AM PST
by
TChris
("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
To: Deek1969
This entire article is NOT passing the smell test. What's the student's name? What were the names of the agents? Has the reporter actually seen the inter-library request? And why on earth would someone need to check out "Little Red Book" via an inter-library loan when the dang thing is available online from thousands of sources. This is usually reserved for books that are rare or hard to come by, not something so readily availble as Mao's "work".
70
posted on
12/19/2005 10:32:35 AM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: didi; KarlInOhio
It is perfectly acceptable to cite an Internet source. Most (American) professors recognize this since Harbrace released the edition with instructions on citing Internet sources.
71
posted on
12/19/2005 10:40:45 AM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: 1rudeboy
Riiight. I do that all the time.You wouldn't believe the college students out there who put their Social on fairly public documents (tests, papers, etc) as a matter of habit. In the last class my wife taught, nearly 3/4 of the students wrote their Social right under their name. I almost had a heart attack the first one I saw, and did convulse just a little bit when I found that almost all of them did it.
72
posted on
12/19/2005 10:45:07 AM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: numberonepal
I must say that I almost had a heart attack when I read your post there too.
Do these kids even realize what their setting themselves up for?!?!?!?!
YIKES!
73
posted on
12/19/2005 11:10:47 AM PST
by
dbehsman
(NRA Life member and loving every minute of it!)
To: dbehsman
Do these kids even realize what their setting themselves up for?These kids are apparently growing up thinking that privacy isn't something they will enjoy. They have also been trained in the Gumint Indoctrination Centers that your Social is not private. Danger Will Robinson! Danger!
74
posted on
12/19/2005 11:18:57 AM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: numberonepal; dbehsman; 1rudeboy
>You wouldn't believe the college students out there who put their Social on fairly public documents
I don't know about
nowadays, but at college
in the 70s,
the main ID was
your social security
number, and the school
based ALL its tracking
on it, ALWAYS asked for it.
It was just normal
for students -- back then --
to put it on everything.
At least at my schools.
To: theFIRMbss
Sure your Social was on all official school forms, but I'd never seen kids turning in work with there Social on it before that.
They tried to make your DL# here in GA your Social, and that didn't fly too well with the voters.
76
posted on
12/19/2005 1:38:06 PM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: Kay Syrah
" They brought the book with them, but did not leave it with the student, the professors said. Maybe they were Communist recruiters posing as Homeland Security agents.
Make at least as much sense as the other drivel in the story.
77
posted on
12/21/2005 3:02:55 PM PST
by
Fido969
("And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32).)
To: Sir Gawain
I'm sorry but you can not equate the writings of Mao, Marx and Hitler with those of Madison and Hamilton.
78
posted on
12/21/2005 3:32:04 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Slings and Arrows
79
posted on
12/25/2005 6:16:34 AM PST
by
paltz
To: Deek1969
Everyone here IS aware by now that this entire story was a fabrication and that none of it ever happened, right?
The student from UMass Dartmouth has now admitted to having made up the entire story of his having been visited by Homeland Security representatives.
Official follow up story by the same author
80
posted on
12/25/2005 6:35:22 AM PST
by
Lloyd227
(and may God bless Oriana Fallaci)
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