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Look Out for the Blimp That Doesn't Blink

by Jim Hightower

I've always wondered: What was the guy who invented bagpipes really trying to make?

Well, at least that wheezing, whining invention turned out to be merely irritating, not actually dangerous. Leave it to the Dr. Strangelovian schemers at the Pentagon, however, to come up with an invention that is both irritating and truly dangerous, as well as being a galloping rip-off of us taxpayers.

It's a blimp. But not at all like the friendly "Snoopy" dirigible that MetLife deplo ...

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Posted by: Paul M. Petkovsek
Comment: #1
Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:55 AM

I like my privacy as much as the next guy, but this blimp seems to be just a cheaper alternative to what we have had for years: spy satellites. Security cameras have become as pervasive in stores and parking lots as in casinos, to say nothing of cell phone cameras with which an individual can record you any time or place. Just be careful about scratching, cursing, or otherwise behaving in public in a way you wouldn't want to see on the news this evening.

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