interesting memo.......................
Google, at $814,000, was the fourth largest contributor to Obama for the 2008 election.
You are probably aware that Google, while driving through neighborhoods gathering information for their “street view” maps, also was surreptitiously gathering information on home Wi-Fi devices including passwords, emails, banking information and other sensitive data.
When confronted, Google’s response was “whoops,” “gee, we had no idea that this was happening.” “That humongous hard drive over there, pay no attention.” “Nah, not us, must have been ‘a rogue employee.’”
It’s been three years since this was exposed and, to date, Obama’s FTC has taken no action.
Fast forward to March 1, 2012, to when Google’s new “privacy” policy kicked in. Again, to paraphrase: Privacy? You don’t have any. They have full rights to any Gmail messages and full rights to monitor, store and use information on all Google searches. Recently, when searching subjects looking for the truth about the left’s activities, Google has returned worthless sites, leaving out pertinent sites that I was able to find via Bing.
With Google’s political donation history, Wi-Fi harvesting activity and their apparent immunity from FTC prosecution, it is not a giant leap to assume that they are gathering sensitive data at the behest of the administration.
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What an awkward time to complain about "no action," since the FCC is pushing for fines on Google over the information-gathering. Granted, the fines are a slap on the wrist, but we haven't exactly struck back at the financial wizards who broke the economy or the companies who flooded the Gulf with oil, either.
Wait, now the government is supposed to regulated businesses? Make up your minds, Republicans!
Google is a free service which you are under no obligation to use. They certainly qualify as the mystical "job creators" that the right wing worships. And now you're going to complain about these might captains of industry who give you a wonderful service for free? What a bunch of worthless whiners!
I knew this was BS when it said something positive about bing.
dave
Perhaps the timing of this has to do with the heat (Fox) News Corp is taking from the phone hacking scandal in the UK. Murdoch has been declared by a Brit committee 'unfit to lead' the corp. Now their license to broadcast in the USA is being reviewed. So all in all, a good time to dig up some dirt on other corps. This will make it easier when they claim other corps get away with spying, while News Corp is singled out.
It is frigging confusing keeping up with the so-called conservative-libertarian mind set. Are we supposed to regulate businesses or not? Is it OK to spy on citizens or not?
Just who or what am I supposed to be insanely pissed off with today????
Thx 4 Fish may have read between the lines correctly cuz ya gotta know that "Sir" Rupert has been (still is???) phone & email hacking here in Team USA. However, I doubt seriously that Murdoch'll be even tapped on the wrist here, as the PTB are in cahoots with him and/or Murdoch's got too many "goods" on certain 1%ers, ala J. Edgar Hoover in days of yore.
And, duly noted, this RWF contains a typical lie that "... Obama's FTC has taken no action." That's the main "Tell," bc the dog whistle is: that blackity black black bastard KenyanNaziSochulistMUzlinz is not doing his job!!!111!!!!111!!!!
Hey mi amigo ferschitz: Did you make sure to apply for your E.I.C. on your taxes this year? Just checking....sigh! ;-)
E.I.T.C. = Good stuff, amigo! Gubment cheese muy bueno, tambien! ;-)
Are you really dissing the EITC? An effective tax cut for working class families with children (who still pay plenty of taxes) which was signed into place by GOP President? This is a target for mockery now?
Just the right touch of RW paranoia, as always.
Actually, it IS a giant leap to assume they are gathering info at the behest of Obama. But that's a leap you can make with your eyes closed while wearing lead combat boots. And what did you think the warrantless NSA wiretaps were doing?
Google is, at this very moment, under investigation by the FCC, not the FTC. As of now, it is an FCC jurisdiction.
Yes sir, the EITC is a "winner"!!! Not!!!
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/17941710/undercover-investigation-tax-dollars-stolen-from-federal-government
Yes sir, the EITC is a "winner"!!! Not!!!
That's all you got? Some penny-ante fraud that doesn't add up to 1 tenth of 1 tenth of 1% of the money that gets bilked out of the public coffers by the likes of Mitt Romney, Citibank or Halliburton on a daily basis? Where were you when we we statrted pissing away billions by the hour in Iraq?
Nice logic though: if something has potential for fraud, no matter how miniscule, its not a good thing. So I guess we ought to shut down... just about everything. Police, firefighters, the DOD, Medicare, SS, border patrol agents, doctors, hospitals, the construction industry...
Hell, why even have a country at all?
Anonymous - You are too busy engaging in oral flatulence (liberal talking points) to bother with the facts....Just sayin'...LMAO ;-)
Stop watching MSNBC so much and partaking of the Kool-Aid!
Can we get a better troll please? This one is pretty pathetic, even by troll standards.
Google is the secret arm of Obama's statist dreams? Of course, why didn't I see it before. Well played, right wing, well played.
I totally don't understand what the troll is talking about. I mean that seriously.
I agree: can we please get a new troll who at least makes *some* kind of sense?
Paging David Koch to the WHITE courtesy telephone!
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