tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post6915336670195853699..comments2023-11-03T02:47:54.900-05:00Comments on The Cumberland Post: Nashville, the Athens of the SouthDapper Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-6936789733400150072010-02-07T09:46:39.254-06:002010-02-07T09:46:39.254-06:00Thanks Chris for the comment. I'm not a conspi...Thanks Chris for the comment. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, although for a while I read most everything I could about JFK's assassination. Right now, I'm not too worried about this collaboration. China like radical Islam is a real threat and until the Christmas bomber, NSA and the Patriot Act had protected us well. In times like these when faced with conflicting values, we have to be very careful. Still, survival always trumps privacy in my book.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-4154481954198941712010-02-06T15:56:03.279-06:002010-02-06T15:56:03.279-06:00If you’re a government conspiracy theorist, you pr...If you’re a government conspiracy theorist, you probably shouldn’t read this post. You won’t sleep for weeks.<br />The National Security Agency is rumored to be working with Google in light of the cyber attacks that reportedly came from China.<br />Think about that for a second. Big Brother just partnered with big brother, to try and fight off communist China.<br />Doesn’t that make you just feel so warm and fuzzy? I know I'm feeling it. No one is publicly admitted that the NSA and Google are collaborating, but the source of the story isn’t some blogger looking for publicity, it’s The Washington Post–so there must be some smoke surrounding this alleged fire.<br /><br />“The critical question is: At what level will the American public be comfortable with Google sharing information with NSA?” said Ellen McCarthy, president of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.<br /><br />While it’s unlikely that Google’s going to hand over any user information, I still don’t like how close–and how quickly–Google is snuggling up with perhaps the scariest of all government agencies. This is the same agency that tapped your phones and emails without a warrant after 9/11. We’re supposed to feel confident it won’t take a poke around Google’s sensitive data?<br />Don’t get me wrong, Google is of the utmost importance to the USA. We can all agree on that, right? But, I still have an uneasy feeling about it working with the NSA. Especially when it’s a relationship that even Google doesn’t want to confirm publicly!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905362327313044045noreply@blogger.com