Snitch App

Ahh, remember the good old days of Joe McCarthy and his hunt for Communists. Where average citiizens were bullied into turning in anyone they knew that might, in any way, be acting strangely, belong to subversive groups, like labor unions,  or are critical of those in power?

Remember how they told us that if those communists were allowed to run wild in our nation it would destroy our way of life and our freedoms? (Something they wanted the monopoly on.)

Fast forward fifty years, replace the word “communism” with “terrorism” and you have history repeating itself. Only this time, the government is using modern technology.

Introducing the “PatriotApp.” Yes, you can turn your iphone or ipod touch into a snitching machine. With one simple downloaded app, you can connect to multiple government agencies and let them know that the people down the street, you know the ones who dress differently than you, talk differently or believe differently, must be up to no good. Why bother phoning or writing. Just get out your trusted smartphone and tell “Big Brother” all about it.

After all, isn’t it better to have the government investigate those strange people because they just might be “terrorists.”  And by reporting them, you might be able to sleep just a little bit better.

Or, you can realize this is nothing more  than a repeat of McCarthyism and do the opposite instead:

—report every TSA violation you see or experience.

—report any government official that goes beyond the boundaries of the law.

—complain about Janet Napolitano and John Pistole who truly believe they can make their own rules regardless of what the Constitution says and will never apologize for anything.

Or is it possible that they are using the app to monitor……you?

BTW—starting soon, when you shop at Wal-Mart, I don’t, you’ll see TV screens at the checkout instructing you on how to snitch on others.  That’s right, Nappy herself will tell you how to spy on your neighbors.

 Now, what does all of this have to do with travel?  It’s simple. DHS is becoming more and more invasive in our lives. They are now coming up with new equipment that willl not only take nude photos of you but will scan your face as well. The machine will then decide if you are a  threat from your facial expressions. This will allow DHS to start questioning you about your trip, why you’re taking it, and who you’ll be seeing. A complete violation of the Constitution unless we roll over and play sheep. What will come next, requesting permission from the government weeks in advance to be allowed to fly or take the train or even start our cars?

Comments

[K-eM]

Another very good reason not to shop at Walmart. So shall we start calling all this foolishness Napolitanoism?

[Monte]

When I read the article about Walmart offering this service I thought, "Good grief, that's all we need a bunch of people who call 911 when the pizza dilivery is late putting their paranoia to work making life difficult for the rest of us." This is just sick! I shopped at Walmart once, to buy shaving oil since that was the only source at that time. We also went once as tourists to the opening of a new store near us. That's enough for me.

I like the suggestion of reporting malfiesance of government employees. Maybe if enough people participated we could wikilplug up the system.