who feels paranoid talking politics on the phone?

[LSK]

I was just talking to my brother in law about politics and the wiretaps and how they use fear on everyone. In the back of my mind I feel a little paranoid about even talking about politics. Like Im worried about saying some key word and then they start listening.

Anyone else feel like this?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Nope. That's what they want.

Come and get me, Agent Mike.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. Only once, when I was talking to a DUer in Britain...

Still bothers me.

[EFerrari]

11. Why did that bother you, Tom? I mean, more than talking

domestically?

[Lusted4]

3. You don't plan on flying anywhere for awhile do ya? n/t

[havocmom]

4. My daughter repeats the juicy stuff, just so they get it down right

She's SOOOO bad :D

[FogerRox]

19. LOL havocmom, thats great.....

[EFerrari]

30. I love your daughter. My mom and I do that, too!

Don't tell anyone but my mom is the most subversive person I know! She'd pretty much make any agent's head EXPLODE.

:hi:

[havocmom]

42. hey, sfexpat2000, maybe we should schedule a conference call!

The subsequent kick in of computers around Langley might cause another power grid threat :rofl:

[EFerrari]

43. Lol! Can you imagine what would happen if all the liberal moms

and daughters got on the phone at the same time?

:rofl:

[helderheid]

5. yes I do but I do it anyway - half the time saying hi to Agent Mike

[flyarm]

16. ME TOO!! AGENT MIKE AND I ARE ON COZY TERMS!!

but i do like to shock him once in a while and switch conversation to menstrual flow!!

right AGENT MIKE???..BET YOU GET YOUR ROCKS OFF AGENT MIKE!! LMAO...

fly

[helderheid]

22. LMFAO!!!

[Redstone]

6. Not me. Fuck 'em if they don't like it.

L'audace, et encore l'audace, et toujours l'audace!

Redstone

[EFerrari]

14. French! You're on The List, buddy!

lol
:hi:

[FogerRox]

24. Right on Redstone... right on ....FUCK 'EM

[Staph]

7. My mom and I talk politics via cell phone regularly.

And occasionally, we say hello to Agent Mike. Mom thinks the Agent Mike idea is a hoot. She's pretty cool for 82 years old!

[EFerrari]

8. Yes. I feel that way all the time. And I do it anyway and usually

there is some point in the conversation where I say out loud, "So, Special Agent, where the f#ck is bin Laden and why don't you get a real job that you don't have to be ashamed of?"

lol

:hi:

[Land Shark]

9. Think about it and laugh. Hope whoever's listening has health care....

[Kurovski]

10. For five years I've always said "hello" to the agents "listening in"

when discussing politics. It used to be a joke, but now my greetings are more sincere and heartfelt since learning that there REALLY is someone listening in.

One doesn't want to be rude, and that applies equally to phone etiquette.

[EFerrari]

13. Lol!

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

28. Hi.

:hug:

[Red Right and BLUE]

12. Yes, even in chat.

But I do it anyway.

"F**K YOU ALL, CORRUPT LIARS AND MURDERERS!"

Occasionally I throw in a 'hi' for Agent Mike, also.

[LSK]

15. ok folks, but what if its really Agent Pete?

And we have been calling him by the wrong name all this time?

Thanks everyone for sharing that you feel that way too and do it anyways.

[EFerrari]

20. That's why I pulled back to just "Special Agent". merh says

that's their title. I don't want to be rude to the jerk that is invading my effen' privacy. It might even be a girl!

lol

:)

[flyarm]

21. WELL HE IS IN FOR A DANG SHOCK..BECAUSE I ONLY TALK TO AGENT MIKE!!

AND I DO LIKE TO TELL AGENT MIKE TITTY JOKES!!


LMAOOOO

he loves me..i can just feel it through the lines....and mmmmmm..i like to get him worked up!!

lmaoooooooo

fly

[FogerRox]

17. I am not paranoid, they are after me..........

Dude, you are way off base. I organize & go to protests, work in a house campaign for a DEM. I am the political opposition. I dont give a shit, the gubermint was taping my parents phones back in '69. So do you think I give a shit... no I dont.....
.... just tell a dirty joke for the NSA, they will enjoy it.

[EFerrari]

23. Now I feel bad for all those times when I wasn't entertaining.

:rofl:

[FogerRox]

29. I expect you to make up for lost time as soon as possible

I used my microwave gun on a bunny, it was just a test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSpg4zpdso8

[CarlVK]

18. Nah. I already have a rap sheet with these guys.

I cannot make it worse. fuck em.

[Posteritatis]

25. Bah, I cast about for said key word randomly. Bring it on! (n/t)

[The Traveler]

26. Sure

Just remember. "Courage is just the realization that something else is more important than your fear." So I say what I think and I say what I feel and if Agent Mike doesn't like it, then fuck 'm.

I refuse to bow down to these bastards.

With no respect for the man, but great regard for the office he appropriated, I remain in the loyal opposition. Loyal to the Constitution, not the man. Fuck'm.

[niyad]

27. I refuse to be afraid--they have been listening to me for years anyway-

HI mikey, and boys. Please note that my schedule has changed, and you may now listen in at the new hours. . . .

[ContraBass Black]

31. No.

And I talk politics in the presence of law enforcement and in government buildings too.

[EFerrari]

33. You bad.

Lol

[SeattleGirl]

32. Not me. I always say Howdy to the NSA!

I'm a nice person......:rofl:

[EFerrari]

34. That's so funny! What IS the etiquette for dealing with people

who are INVADING your privacy? I think I missed that lesson in charm school.

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

35. Well, I was taught by my southern grandmother to ALWAYS

be polite! Even with assholes! (She also taught me a lot about making them look foolish.) :rofl:

[Raksha]

36. Yeah, I feel a little bit paranoid, and sometimes even mention it

to the person I'm talking to. But I don't let it stop me from saying whatever I want. I figure there's nothing I know that a few million other Internet junkies don't know just as well or better.

[lisainmilo]

37. I could care less if they hear me!

They hell with them! I will not live in a Dictatorship! F*em'

[Nutmegger]

38. Shout out to Agent Mike combing this thread!!!

:hi:

:yoiks:

[orleans]

39. i'm used to it. our phone has been tapped for YEARS

used to really freak me out & my family--we would hear clicks and sometimes even breathing (including if we called someone and the line was ringing we could hear someone else breathing--and there were no extensions in the house--we just had one telephone)

it started in the late 1970's

every five years or so it would get so bothersome & i'd reach my pissed off limit i'd call the phone company out to check the lines. the phone guys would climb the phone pole in the back of the yard and wait for our phone to ring--sometimes they would tell me to call a friend have have the friend call me right back.

they'd climb down from the phone pole, shaking their heads, and always tell me--yep, there's someone in on your line. but they never had a clue as to where it was coming from. they could tell that it was an open line (sometimes they would tell me they heard the "third" party or whoever was listening)

[windbreeze]

40. YES....because there ARE key words that flag your conversation

for interest...I won't live in fear, but there is no sense asking for trouble you don't want, as I do have kids, g.kids...I am very careful what I say over the open lines...
especially knowing everything is listened too...
wb...

[Nabia2004]

41. Agreed, same here - nt