This is a sad reflection on our education system. Unfortunately we are a country of many education systems and they are extremely localized and the locals have gotten what they've asked for.

I didn't actually "believe" that Obama would make things better. I did hope though. On the other hand, I did believe that Romney would have made it worse.

Seeing as how I haven't really heard anything to the contrary, this is what I expect will happen. And even if I had heard something to the contrary, this is what I would expect.

Who are the "they" that are selling the list. Let's see names, addresses, phone numbers, family member names, etc..

How dare you collect and analyze personal data on our clients! That's our job!

I send my uncensored opinions to whitehouse.gov just to make sure the NSA sees it.

Washington Post:
"Last month, we reported on LOVEINT, the facetious term used to describe NSA analysts who misuse their surveillance powers to spy on romantic interests instead of terrorists. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) asked the NSA to get more specific about the misconduct the NSA had uncovered. So the NSA sent Grassley a letter with details of the 12 LOVEINT incidents it has uncovered since 2003.

The incidents have a number of things in common. Almost all of them involved spying on foreigners outside of the United States (one man targeted his American girlfriend, and a few others spied on communications involving both Americans and foreigners). In seven of the 12 cases, the misbehaving employee resigned while the disciplinary process was ongoing. The rest received letters of reprimand, got demoted, lost pay, were denied security clearances or faced other punishments. None of the individuals were prosecuted for their actions."

"Not prosecuted"? No wonder they're not getting any support. (amongst many, many, many other reasons)

Absolutely! Talking on a cell phone is often like talking on a walkie-talkie, --over-- The pauses and delay are extremely annoying --over--

So, if the phone companies will save "vast" amounts of money by doing away with POTS, they why aren't they upgrading their lines already on their dime? Are they waiting for the tax payer to foot the bill? And by "lines", I mean replacing the last mile of copper with fiber, not cell phones.

Your personal information is accessible.

• School
• Military
• Employment
• Health
• Financial
• Communication: email, phone, internet, mail, social network, skype
• Legal
• Relationships
• Purchases
• Insurance
• Driving: cameras, radar, black boxes, On-Star (etc)
• Travel
• TV watching, TV watching you
• Surveillance
• Current location of you or your electronics
• Possibly live audio and video feeds
• Anything you type or save to your computer or show on your screen and webcam
• Biometrics: DNA, finger prints

"Well what happened you see was," said the Captain, "our planet, the world from which we have come, was, so to speak, doomed." "Doomed?" "Oh yes. So what everyone thought was, let's pack the whole population into some giant spaceships and go and settle on another planet." Having told this much of his story, he settled back with a satisfied grunt. "You mean a less doomed one?" prompted Arthur.

"Large" is a relative term. Original estimate for healthcare.gov was 5 billion. They went with the cheapest bidder for 1 billion.

I hadn't used SF in a while but I was expecting the same straight forward, no BS install I've always had. I didn't navigate the fine print and whamo! "Conduit" is installed. OK, uninstall Conduit. Not so much. It inserted itself all over the place. I had to resort to regedit and directory deletion to (mostly) wipe it out. I still have someplace that's causing a "cannot find .dll" pop-up to show. SF you are now flagged as "BAD-BAD-BAD" in my list.

+1 I've had to argue with more than one health insurance company to get them to not use my SSN as an ID number. Tell you what, along with publishing numbers lets also guarantee duplicate SSNs. That'll fix 'em.

Thank you G.O.P. and the Tea Party

+1. My last place was so ridiculous in this regard that I decided to take early retirement.