[Anchoragite]

The speaker also warned that the Feds were spying on library cards and had service techs who enter your house, look for guns or any other signs of illegal activity (drugs).

Actually, that sounds a lot like TIPS, which, regrettably, did come from the homeland security.

What's with these folks anyway? Did they think "1984" was a How-To manual?

[Eva]

I know that the speakers was referring to the Homeland Security, but these white, rural Democrats have nothing to fear from the surveillance. On the other hand, this is Bellingham, WA that we are talking about, if they had been a little more vigilant, alot of people in the Maryland/DC area would not have suffered.

The new chief of police here, last fall, made a statement that he would not waste time or man power, chasing down illegal aliens or visa violators.