[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Andrea

Dead bacteria to be used to test T sensors

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/05/17/homeland_security_to_release_bacteria_in_subway_st ations_during_testing_of_sensors_in_cambridge_and_ somerville/

This did not give me the warm and fuzzies: "Authorities do not believe the small amounts being used pose threats to anyone, regardless of their health condition."

Wish I could say I felt Homeland Security was acting in the best interests of the country. My gut tells me this is just more of the governmental experiments that have been conducted on the military, the disabled, minorities etc over the years. Only difference is those were cloaked in secrecy, while this stuff is meant to give us the false illusion of transparency.

Still think Homeland Security and TSA and all those folks looking to protect us pose a greater risk to us than terrorists ever will.

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Well no worries now.

It’s impossible to help those individuals who consistently vote/make decisions that are in total opposition to their own best interests. If this sort of occurrence was an aberration or perhaps just a few misguided souls with alarmingly poor judgment one could understand. But it isn’t. These kinds of insane self-injuring political decisions are being made by people everywhere. It is as though people have gone mad. Despite evidence to the extreme contrary the majority of people insist on voting into office individuals who act in the best interest of the rich and the powerful to the detriment of the rest of society and call it good and sane voting judgment. We all act as though there are two political ways to go, liberal and conservative, and that they are equal just different ways to handle the same issues. This is so far from the truth it is frightening. Liberal and conservative are not two ways to think about and deal with the same issues and goals. Liberal and conservative political parties have two completely distinct and separate goals. They are not different versions of the same politic. They are not just benign but different political choices concerned with the same ends. But the reality of politics, finance and government in the world today is so purposely convoluted and obscured that shedding any lasting light on the truth of it is as likely as catching a leprechaun. That’s why I’ve decided to just play video games.

Agree with you here. Amazing the reasons people use to decide on the candidate of their choice even when the choice is clearly not in their best interest. Women voting for republicans who have mounted the war on women astounds me. Female republicans waging a war on other females confounds the heck out of me.

For the first time in this election year, I am getting antsy about Obama being able to win reelection. And, I am antsy because voters focus on weird shit.

There is, it seems, another economic downturn coming before the election. Has nothing to do with Obama and his policies. It was a forced and subsidized recovery to begin with not a market recovery. To expect it to last would be kind of nutty to me.

I am worried about how voters will deal with Obama and his stances on queers. I am fearful they will focus on doma and his support for gay marriage while conveniently forgetting Romney was the governor of Massachusetts when gay marriage became law here.

I am worried people are still stuck on Obamacare even tho Obamacare is just
Romneycare implemented on a nationwide scale. The only difference was Obama did it to help people have access to insurance and care while Romney made health insurance mandatory in Massachusetts so health care providers didnt have to provide free care.

Scary times. Unpredictable voters. Tick plays video games. I just go to the beach. LOL.