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Old 12-24-2005, 05:57 PM
JackWhite JackWhite is offline
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A few days ago a poster referenced an example of our civil liberties being violated. It involved a UMASS student who was questioned by Homeland Security officials after he checked out Mao's "Little Red Book" from the school library. The guy now admits he made the whole thing up. He wanted the publicity and he got it from this hoax.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily...5/a01lo719.htm
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Old 12-24-2005, 06:04 PM
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d Book" by Mao Zedong has admitted to making up the entire story.
The 22-year-old student tearfully admitted he made the story up to his history professor, Dr. Brian Glyn Williams, and his parents,

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lmao
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Old 12-24-2005, 06:30 PM
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This happens alot. Reminds me of the women who pretended to be the victim of a hate crime.
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Old 12-25-2005, 03:24 AM
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Out draws happen!
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Old 12-25-2005, 03:38 AM
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Mao's book is so 2004. Nowadays the FBI only watches The Moosewood Guide to Vegetarianism and Herbert Sees a Who.

Those readers are the real terrorists.
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Old 12-25-2005, 04:43 AM
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I have eaten at the original Moosewood restaraunt -- no doubt they have some agents watching me here in Viet Nam. I did see a couple of guys in suits and dark glasses diving with me this morning!!!
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Old 12-25-2005, 05:00 AM
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meh...

GWB is still a douchebag who is violating American Law with his illegal wiretapping of Americans...

doesn't change a thing about that - the Impeachment word is still coming up in mainstream press these days...

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Old 12-25-2005, 11:55 AM
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fake but accurate?
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Old 12-25-2005, 10:16 PM
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fake but accurate?

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Good enough for Dan Rather -- good enough for Whiskeytown.
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Old 12-26-2005, 05:18 AM
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A few days ago a poster referenced an example of our civil liberties being violated. It involved a UMASS student who was questioned by Homeland Security officials after he checked out Mao's "Little Red Book" from the school library. The guy now admits he made the whole thing up. He wanted the publicity and he got it from this hoax.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily...5/a01lo719.htm

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To dismiss the threat to American civil liberties because this one particular case turned out to be a fake is inexcusable for supposedly "advantage poker players", as it constitutes short-term results oriented thinking, pure and simple.

The monitoring is real. What Americans are reading, watching and talking about is being monitored with less restraints, checks and balances than ever. That's no hoax.

And if the monitoring is being done, following up on it is only to be expected.
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