{"id":1133,"date":"2010-01-12T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2010-01-12T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T17:12:00","slug":"privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this pathetic article in a local paper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldextra.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/article_7244c6fd-9bcf-55eb-841f-6c6776cbee55.html\">http:\/\/www.heraldextra.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/article_7244c6fd-9bcf-55eb-841f-6c6776cbee55.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:worddocument>   <w:view>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:punctuationkerning\/>   <w:validateagainstschemas\/>   <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:ignoremixedcontent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:compatibility>    <w:breakwrappedtables\/>    <w:snaptogridincell\/>    <w:wraptextwithpunct\/>    <w:useasianbreakrules\/>    <w:dontgrowautofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:latentstyles deflockedstate=\"false\" latentstylecount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-parent:\"\";  margin:0in;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:\"Times New Roman\";  mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1  {size:8.5in 11.0in;  margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;  mso-header-margin:.5in;  mso-footer-margin:.5in;  mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1  {page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:\"\";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:\"Times New Roman\";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Congressman Chaffetz is doing the right thing by curbing the expansion of government.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>That requires a lot of NO votes.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>This is exactly what I want him to do.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>As for the author of this article, I wonder where he would draw the line.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Where would you, o reader, say &#8220;enough is enough&#8221;?<span style=\"\">  <\/span>If you were stopped at a random checkpoint on the highway and asked to pass through a full-body scanner, would you do it?<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Constitution (and I say God Himself) gives you certain rights that can&#8217;t be taken away by government.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>They are inalienable.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>One of those is to be secure in your person, possessions and papers.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>A government agent cannot search you except on a warrant issued on probable cause.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I resent airport searches.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>It is a misallocation of resources.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>There is no reason to search me.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>If the Feds wanted to keep us safe they should &#8220;declare war&#8221; on drunk drivers or cancer, real threats. There are no TSA agents outside of bars with breathalyzers.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>How is that?<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I would feel differently if it were the airlines themselves conducting the searches.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>There are good reasons to limit the power of a central government<span style=\"\">  <\/span>As for Jason Chaffetz, he can count on my vote and my donations come election time.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>He is a Champion of Liberty, humble and unpolished though he may be.<\/p>\n<p>PS- this is an undeveloped train of thought, I realize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this pathetic article in a local paper. http:\/\/www.heraldextra.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/article_7244c6fd-9bcf-55eb-841f-6c6776cbee55.html Congressman Chaffetz is doing the right thing by curbing the expansion of government. That requires a lot of NO votes. This is exactly what I want him to do. As for the author of this article, I wonder where he would draw the line. 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