I watch very little TV. I will not be buying that Big Brother compulsory gadget to allow the US government to peer into my private life and that of my fellow unwitting citizens. Eight years ago, I would have thought this line of thinking was paranoid. But now, with our constitutional rights boiled away while we stew in a pot like oblivious frogs, I believe no blow is too low for those in power to strike.
Starting in 2009, in our house, the TV will be for video-use only officially, as it already unofficially is. I got this idea from a friend yesterday and, to me, it’s brillant. Don’t know what I’ll do once the old analogue TV dies. Maybe I better go buy one now before the only ones available are the ones with Big Brother pre-installed.
“Big Brother” by Stevie Wonder
Click the video to listen now, please, for the full interactive experience and the woo-ooh-woo Twilight Zone creepy effect that our current times demand. In case you can’t understand the actor’s first line, he says, “Thought crime is death.” Ain’t that the truth in a Bush state? Come on everybody, let’s make sure it’s not so going forward after the November election.
Learn more about the Big Brother gadget here.
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