[snipenekkid]

most all people are not on static IP's anyway. Sure the ISP has logs but if the fasicist Big Brother sorts want to accuse people they need to be required to have a judge issue a warrant for the wire tap and then the ability to decrypt the packets. If they can't do this then, well, none of us deserve andy freedoms because we are not finally putting our feet down with enough is enough.

I forget what it was, but the SS, errr, Dept. of Homeland Security has now been given powers which extend far beyond the reasons for issuing a new line of designer jackboots. I would need to do some research but I was not surprised because here in the US powers granted to any government organization are NEVER rescinded or reigned in because those organizations look for ways to continue to spend money with the contractors who were the actual creators of whatever department it may be.

I find it scary and have lost a lot of respect for several members of this board who feel the sort of unrestricted powers are being granted to remove yet more freedoms from a society that is already more of a police run state than most would care to admit. The blind Rush Limbaugh-esque support for this by one user in particular has completely lost any respect I might have had at one time. Bummer, but life goes on and it's yet another addition to my ignore list.