Florida town to use surveillance cameras (on everybody)

[DoNotRefill]

"One of the nation's wealthiest towns will soon have cameras and computers running background checks on every car and driver that passes through.

Police Chief Clay Walker said cameras will take infrared photos recording a car's tag number, then software will automatically run the numbers through law enforcement databases. A 911 dispatcher is alerted if the car is stolen or is the subject of a "be on the lookout" warning."


http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040427_985.html

Big Brother is Watching YOU!!!!

[Newsjock]

1. Remember...

... they hate us for our freedom.

[Earth_First]

9. This is exactly what I thought after reading this...

"They hate us for our freedom"

[progressiveBadger]

2. One town I will NEVER visit

without my ass hanging out of my window. :spank:

[BlueJazz]

3. I've been through the town and it is a nice....

looking place. Very expensive houses and all that...
Actually I live fairly close to the town..200 Miles! :)

[DoNotRefill]

4. Next time you go through....

they'll do a background check on you for daring to drive on their streets. Better hope your income is high enough to satisfy their criteria for using their roads, or you'll end up in jail for driving while poor.

[saigon68]

5. Don't do a DWB DWOT DAWT DWY

Good way to get your car "inspected" for drugs

DWB= driving while black/brown

DWOT= driving without teeth

DAWT= driving as white trash

DWY= driving while young

[BiggJawn]

16. "DWP"...Been pulled over for that before...

The old "Your vehicle matches the description of a suspiscous vehicle seen in town last night..." ploy.

This was while I was driving a VW Microbus hand-painted in the finest "Summer of Love" style...

[frank frankly]

6. welcome to Amerikkka

get ready for more and more urban surveillance.

:puke:

[KamaAina]

7. Wasn't the "Truman Show" town in Florida?

Creepy...

...and how, exactly, is the town allowed to use its spycams on a state highway: A1A, the main drag through Manalapan, which is just south of Palm Beach (a/k/a the Graveyard of Democracy)? Not that Jeb! would ever voice an objection to a nice little fascist plan like this, but...

[walmartsucks]

8. Isn't it the American way?

Guilty until proven innocent, right? Oh, wait a minute.....

[frankly_fedup2]

15. You know your point has always had me asking questions too.

If we are innocent until proved guilty, then why when we are arrested, but presumed innocent, do we have to post a bail to get out of the jail? I've never been arrested; however, I've never understood why an innocent person cannot just give their word they will be back for their hearing. Also, if we are presumed innocent, then how can they keep someone in jail until their hearing date?

I know the difference between felonies and misdemeanors; however, if we were presumed innocent until proved guilty, no matter what law we are accused of breaking, then we should be set free.

If this were the case, murderers, rapists, and child molesters, would be set free, and would never show up for their hearings.

So why don't they change it as guilty until prooven innocent, because that is the way that everyone is treated . . . whether you've created a misdemeanor or a felony.

[NashVegas]

10. Just a Bunch of Powerful Rich Folks Living in Total Fear

if only *I* were one of *them,* how sweet life would be.

[w4rma]

11. Manalapan appears to elect Republicans to their council

Town of Manalapan:
Mayor: William Benjamin
Commissioner and Vice Mayor Peter Blum
Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem Anthony Mauro
Commissioner William Quigley
http://www.yrpb.org/Elected_Local.htm

[Nihil]

12. Sounds like someone's been to London ...

... and been picking up ideas from there ...

[slaveplanet]

13. It's not just for elite folk

attention attention: civilian Slaveplanet workers

standby for Slavemaster transmission:

begin transmission/

We're planning on installing it on the turnpike ....WE WILL GET OUR WAY..resistance is futile!!!
Submit slaves submit!!!

It won't be long till all you happy little slaves are stopped routinely.

we will track you...Late on your credit payments, parking fines, outstanding warrants, child support payments , draft registration, outstanding taxes...you will be red flagged.

You cannot hide... we will fine you , we will implant you , we will revoke your food rations...

After our brief conditioning period we will Tax your road usage.

you will comply, there is nowhere to run , nowhere to hide , we are everywhere....you'll take it and you'll like it ....it's sooo good.

keep your nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel and enjoy the rest of your day on the slaveplanet.

1216 GMT - looks like rain everywhere-

:end of Slavemaster transmission:





PS Highway Patrol Pulls Scanner Request
April 20, 2004

Confronted with concerns about the Big Brother aspect of digitally scanning license plates at the speed of light, the State Highway Patrol pulled a request for $61,000 to put the equipment on the Ohio Turnpike.

The scanners could give law-enforcement officers instant access to information such as registrations and arrest warrants.
The patrol wants to use federal Homeland Security funds to buy four automated license-plate recognition devices from an Italian
company.

But members of the State Controlling Board yesterday had some questions, such as how much information would be gathered and how it would be used.
Board members also had concerns about buying the system from a foreign manufacturer rather than an American company.

The patrol plans to get some answers and resubmit the request.

http://www.onnnews.com/story.php?record=29916

[BiggJawn]

17. "Homeland Security Funds"....That says it all.

A little 12-member volunteer fire department in Podunk, Indiana (pop. 476) gets a 1.2 Mega-buck "First Response Vehicle", and Ohio gets spy equipment for use on the Public highway, yet NYC has to close firehouses and lay-off or delay hiring new Firefighters...

PORK! the OTHER Funding Source!

[lostnfound]

14. Note: unlimited funds to protect property; life is cheap & poverty a given

In the new American century, more now than ever, not even a pretense otherwise.