[ale] OT: Go Vote!

[Jay Finch]

Not sure if you knew this, but *USA Today* retracted that story on June 
30th:
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/06/26/daily46.html?from_rss=1


  USA TODAY retracts BellSouth/NSA story


      Atlanta Business Chronicle - June 30, 2006

USA TODAY has retracted a May news story in which it accused *BellSouth 
Corp.* <http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/gen/BellSouth_Corp_1174.html> 
and other telecommunications companies of participating in a National 
Security Agency 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q=%22National%20Security%20Agency%22&t=atlanta> 
surveillance program.

USA TODAY claimed in a news story in May that Atlanta-based BellSouth 
(NYSE: BLS), Verizon Wireless 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q=%22Verizon%20Wireless%22&t=atlanta>, 
*Sprint Nextel Corp.* 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/gen/Sprint_Nextel_Corp_290596.html> 
(NYSE: S) and *AT&T Inc.* 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/gen/AT&T_Inc_318879.html> (NYSE: T) 
had been participating in a NSA surveillance program since after the 
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Following the story, BellSouth quickly 
sought a retraction from the McLean, Va.-based newspaper. BellSouth and 
the other telecoms were soon after hit with class-action suits 
<http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/06/12/newscolumn3.html> 
from customers following the USA TODAY story.

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But it doesn't matter to me anyway - the government brainscanners won't 
get through my tinfoil skullcap.  I'll bounce the rays back up to their 
Mind Control Satellites, and let them control the Alien Overlord Xenu. 
;-)   (I won't play in their little Illuminati games. heh)

Cheers!
Jay

PS - Please regard the last paragraph as humor.  Your Mileage May Vary.  
Please, try the veal.  30-second Warranty not included.  Beware of the 
Leopard.

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> You have all now been added to a government list because Dan is using a
> Bellsouth account.  I doubt the NSA has stopped at getting phone records
> from the phone companies.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Dan
> Lambert
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:45 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Go Vote!
>
> On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 19:10 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>   
>> James P. Kinney III wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>> Along the same line..... am I the only one who voted in a Church? 
>> Doesn't that equate with government sponsored religion?
>>
>> -Jim P.
>>     
>
> Nope. I vote in a church. Maybe we better not say anything. ACLU will be
> after them to stop that, too.
>
> Dan
>
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