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but it would seem that a plan for security that made it through the House and Senate was both, well questioned and well defended
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Ha...lots of stuff have made it through Congress that's been in-fucking-sane. McCarthy case in point. There are innumerable other examples. And sorry to disagree, JR, but I don't trust my government, per se, either. One thing that supposedly made a conservative a conservative in times past was the ojbection to BIG GOVERNMENT. They should keep their noses out of a lot of stuff they're stuck in already, not be invading privacy under the guise of security.
I have a BIG problem with anyone checking my credit or bank accounts simply because I want to fly to Phoenix. There's a reason why I don't have a SENTRI pass (the little card that lets you skip the lines at the border). I'm not willing to let Big Brother know every single freaking thing I do.
I agree with everyone so far that's said that this has a big potential for error. Just think of how a little screwup could get you banned from planes for life. They're talking about the possibility of retaining this information for 50 YEARS?? Just imagine if you have the same name as a bad guy, what happens to you?
The quotes about Hitler were right on. Am I more likely to be a terrorist if I owe Macy's 140 bucks? What if I just sold my domain (I wish), porn.com and got 100K deposited in my bank account. Does that make me a potential terrorist? Who is going to be analyzing this data?
I'm starting to wonder if I'm really as conservative as I'd always thought, cause I have serious Big Brother concerns with this.
And just to lighten things up, I caught this in PD's post:
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in my left foot that sometimes results in my car exceeding the speed limit
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Yeah, you have a medical condition if your left foot's on the accelerator, PD :P