I hate to sound overly paranoid, and I truly love this site, but...

Howdy Son Hawk & welcome to the Chordie Forums!

Nice to hear from you.  On to your concerns about the internet being a breach in the hull of our privacy.... maybe it is a little late for that worry.  In the grand scheme of things, it is doubtful that any government agency is all that worked up about a bunch of us old folks chatting about music and making connections with others with similar interests, regardless of our politics etc..  There are active monitoring programs running that are searching the chat logs and IM traffic along with the forums on "radical" websites.  Sifting through the torrent of words seeking out the references that have become the catch-phrases of organizations seeking to promote hostility..... but honestly there still aren't enough resources available to do the kind of searching required to infringe on anyone personally, unless you are on some active watch list somewhere because of something you have been publicly vocal about.

  Vigilance is always a good thing, but don't lose any sleep over it for the moment.  This is still the Land of The Free, and even though it doesn't always seem like the People have the power, and those people who we are most concerned about really are OUR Employees (even though they often forget that).  Freedom isn't free though, we have to keep earning it by using the rights we do have to ensure they aren't arbitrarily taken from us by our own inaction.

Semper Fi;
Doug

long live big brother...no not that brainless TV show.

let's remember that the US government wanted to deport JOHN LENNON, why? cos he admitted taking drugs in the 60's...personally i didnt but a whole lot of people including many US government officials did! UK MP's did too.

long live the X files.

SHOUT AS LOUD AS YOU LIKE, they'll do it anyway...it's just closet communism; we're not but they are, no matter what party they supposedly represent, it's themselves they ultimately cater for.

as gitardocphil said; "here lies a politician and an honest man, didn't know you could get two people in one grave!"

phill

Just don't put your credit card number or SSN in any songs you write and you'll be fine.  Welcome to Chordie.

Hee hee Love it.

speechless here!!!

Sorry if my posting's intent has been misunderstood.  It was brought about after reading of a "mid-term" election team using a shared site to locate voters who could be swayed to their person.  It was not ment to be negative to this site, or to the music we all love, and had nothing to do with the ideas shared.  I just feel it is wrong when our computer's can be turned into individule Watergates, and a company can access info. not related to this site for their own use.

Hey topdown I really like the headgear!!!. Son hawk I do not think the government would waste thier time here they dont have enough people besides. But just in case I am going to hide my stash of rogaine and viagra.

Whoooaa, Wayne, that photo is very disturbing on so many levels.

History teaches us that the first order of business during a revolutionary takeover is to round up the poets, writers, musicians and journalist. The pen is mightier than the sword. I will never provoke but will always defend.
Johnny V