Do I have to be a grandfather to not be considered a kid?
No, but take it as a compliment, graciously. I am feeling old tonight.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Striking back, the Obama administration branded the WikiLeaks release of more than a quarter-million sensitive files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecutions in connection with the exposure. The Pentagon detailed new security safeguards, including restraints on small computer flash drives, to make it harder for any one person to copy and reveal so many secrets.
The young Army Pfc. suspected of stealing the diplomatic memos, many of them classified, and feeding them to WikiLeaks may have defeated Pentagon security systems using little more than a Lady Gaga CD and a portable computer memory stick.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Striking back, the Obama administration branded the WikiLeaks release of more than a quarter-million sensitive files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecutions in connection with the exposure. The Pentagon detailed new security safeguards, including restraints on small computer flash drives, to make it harder for any one person to copy and reveal so many secrets.
The young Army Pfc. suspected of stealing the diplomatic memos, many of them classified, and feeding them to WikiLeaks may have defeated Pentagon security systems using little more than a Lady Gaga CD and a portable computer memory stick.
Even after 9/11 it was that easy to defeat the Pentagon security system!
Makes me wonder if it hadn't been tried earlier because no one thought the Pentagon could be that dumb.
I've been thinking about this statement. I understand your point, so don't get me wrong. But if you don't expect your goverment to be above board when dealing with "enemies", is it logical to think it will be above board with it's citizens? Just thinking out loud here.
It's very complicated, I think. The diplomacy required to negotiate with many governments that are less free than our own will always look like hypocrisy if all things are revealed. Our spy network is alive and well amongst our enemies. Deception is at it's core of course.
The question is not are we being "above board", but rather, "Are we protecting the vital secrecy required to achieve the maximum influence for democracy and freedom in the world"?
Our ambassadors and elected officials should be accountable for their every move - including those that are classified. That does not mean they should be disseminated for the public via mass media.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Even after 9/11 it was that easy to defeat the Pentagon security system!
Makes me wonder if it hadn't been tried earlier because no one thought the Pentagon could be that dumb.
It makes me wonder, at least a wee bit, whether these leaks were not intentional. The US has been embarrassed - yes. But what else might come out of this?
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
I agree it's complicated. And I'm not saying that state secrets should be exposed. But what struck me was that Ferd was okay with certain goverment agencies not being "above board". And yet there have been quite a few threads complaining about other goverment agencies. Just struck me as a double standard, that's all.
It makes me wonder, at least a wee bit, whether these leaks were not intentional. The US has been embarrassed - yes. But what else might come out of this?
Quote:
Pfc. Bradley Manning – a young man who should not have been in the Army because he was a homosexual
Was involved with the leaking. I doubt the PC police can connect the dots.
I agree it's complicated. And I'm not saying that state secrets should be exposed. But what struck me was that Ferd was okay with certain goverment agencies not being "above board". And yet there have been quite a few threads complaining about other goverment agencies. Just struck me as a double standard, that's all.
in what respect? I will be happy to iron out any precieved double standard on my part.
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I've been thinking about this statement. I understand your point, so don't get me wrong. But if you don't expect your goverment to be above board when dealing with "enemies", is it logical to think it will be above board with it's citizens? Just thinking out loud here.
yes entirely logical.
national security is vastly different than things like nathionalized healthcare or tax rates or methods for stimulating the economy or even things like the impact of regulating green house gas emmissions.
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