Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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talking about once a year or once every five years. These employees need to be monitored 24-7 365 days a years. They need to know what you do, who you hang with, your e-mails, phone calls, financial status and everything these is to know about you always and as soon as anything pops up, they should call you in and
tell you the relationship has to stop, these things need to be corrected or you won't have a job in the next 30 days or so. No it will not be hard to find someone who can put up with this if they have a full understanding of what is being watched from day one and know the consequences and if someone doesn’t want to take on this scrutiny the that’s okay, just don’t get a job with the government , we don’t need you. This must however apply from the top down and that includes the whitehouse and ALL government workers of any kind, appointed, elected, or hired
March 12, 2014 at 1:00 PM"
Therein lies the rub. These rules need only apply to certain lower levels of government and management. If not this will not achieve the attend goal.
March 12, 2014 at 1:08 PM"
Like who will do the science? Seriously Americans do not do science and engineering any more. And the ones that do go into science have the pants beat off by the foreign nationals.
March 12, 2014 at 4:45 PM
Americans don't do math, history, or any subject that requires real intellectual effort any more either. The complete failure of our public school system, the complete disinterest of parents in the education of their children, the push towards community colleges that "train" people for non-existent jobs, the failure of the government to disincentivize teenage pregnancy and single-motherhood, the tendency of poor families to have many more children than they can afford, the epidemic of unfit parents, all mean that the US is no longer capable of competing economically in the world. The few who work and produce more than they consume will no longer be able to support all the takers, as the government purposely creates more and more takers. we are now a nation of people dependent on the government, which has nothing to give except what it borrows from China.
The answer is YES, as long as it is made very clear YOU are being watch 24-7 365 and anything you do, think, say or where you go, who you associate with, funds obtained and spend are in fact being watched at all time and if there is any flags raised for any reason you will have to fill out the appropriate paperwork to justify your actions or acquaintances. After X amount of offenses, you’re gone and never able to obtain a clearance for any reason again.
Americans don't do math, history, or any subject that requires real intellectual effort any more either. The complete failure of our public school system, the complete disinterest of parents in the education of their children, the push towards community colleges that "train" people for non-existent jobs, the failure of the government to disincentivize teenage pregnancy and single-motherhood, the tendency of poor families to have many more children than they can afford, the epidemic of unfit parents, all mean that the US is no longer capable of competing economically in the world. The few who work and produce more than they consume will no longer be able to support all the takers, as the government purposely creates more and more takers. we are now a nation of people dependent on the government, which has nothing to give except what it borrows from China.
It is our own fault we've lost the country to foreign nationals, what a shame. America use to be a great place to be but now that immigration has successfully divided and concurred, we're screwed and America is gone forever.
The recent IRS targeting should be a red flag!
8:30 AM is a true patriot.
Yes we need to monitor the people 24/7 365 days and everything they do. If you have nothing to hide than you need to worry. Only those that can be trusted or how have earned the right will be exempt from this as it should be. The 1% earned their right, most of us are just parasites on the their hard earned gains. We live off their money, their wealth what they created. The least we can do is be loyal and earn their trust. For those of us that are loyal we will be allowed to have a good life and perhaps even if you are good enough we will get a shot at true wealth. For the others they must be kept in line or be elimi...not allowed to get a clearance. I say that in order to be considered a citizen one must first have a security clearance. We are already to 5 million why not get it to 25 million, and the rest will earn their wages by serving the pure.
Remember we are at war, we do not know who the enemy is but we know they are there and they could be anyone of the 99%. Be loyal and you will be rewarded.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Hate to inform you, but you're dead wrong. I was replying t the other dude. Not very bright for sure bozo. This is one more reason why you people with clearances need GPS tracking with open mic's 24-7 365
March 15, 2014 at 5:20 AM: "you people with clearances need GPS tracking with open mic's 24-7 365"
Different people? I think not.
March 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM"
Very different, very very different. I am not trying to be insulting but you seem just a tad slow.
March 16, 2014 at 8:23 AM"
They might also be coming for you.
March 16, 2014 at 8:23 AM
What is your accused crime?
March 16, 2014 at 8:23 AM
What is your accused crime?
March 16, 2014 at 10:30 AM"
You have to remember that we are at war right now, the usual rights and liberal bleeding heart crap like warrants can allow the enemy to escape. After 9/11 we now longer have the luxury of letting our guard down for freedoms that only serve criminals or the enemy. The idea that ones needs a specific crime to be spelled out for a warrant or detention is a very dangerous idea in the current state of the world.
March 16, 2014 at 8:43 PM
Oh, really? For offensive blogging? The subject was "the sociopathic psychos contributing to this cesspool" i.e., this blog. So you think that judges all over the country are going to buy into your fascist crap by issuing baseless warrants? The Constitution is to be scrapped because you are afraid of someone exercising "freedoms that only serve criminals or the enemy"?? There are Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms that we don't need? Do you realize you are parroting the Nazi propaganda of 80 years ago? Have you learned nothing from history? "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" indeed. Not if you are what we have to show for it. Despicable, spineless slime.
To believe otherwise in this Brave New World of cheap & easy surveillance is to be very naive. Just don't expect to government to come clean about all this monitoring of US citizens. They won't because it's likely illegal. Heck, they even spy on the work of the Senate Intelligence Committee as Sen. Feinstein recently discovered.
March 16, 2014 at 10:38 PM"
There is no going back now, embrace it or risk your job.
March 16, 2014 at 8:59 PM"
Hey liberal bleeding heart, you do realize that during WWII the United States did all sorts of things that you would deem "unconstitutional" in order to keep the nation secure. Right now we are at war and we are probably at an even more dangerous time, because the enemy is much more evasive so we must do what we have to do. After the war on terror is over than you can go back to your "I am so righteous" bit.
You do realize that unlike liberals and Obama, not all conservatives supported Bush?
March 18, 2014 at 9:28 AM"
Yes I know as I was one of them.
Start thinking Rand Paul.
March 18, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Nope. Given the current status of world power politics, it would be suicide for the US to adopt an isolationist policy, as Paul seems to want. One would think that the lessons of the pre-WWII retreat would be remembered. We need a strong foreign policy without the bias of a swaggering bully like Bush, and without the bias of a simpering fool like Obama. Just a clear-eyed, reality-based policy that puts US national interest first, seeks to protect our strategic alliances, and seeks to contain attempts at expansion of regimes that stifle freedom. No more "preemptive wars" and no more "red lines" without severe consequences. For the US to disengage from the world now would place us even more firmly in the "irrelevant" category, which would be extremely dangerous to our way of life.
Lesson from history: You don't prevent wars by failing to stand up to dictators early in their "careers." You also don't preserve freedom that way.
We are in desperate need of some adults in Washington.
Better do a little investigating into your new badges with that fancy chip in it and ask, what information does this contain and it is an RFID that can be pinged any time to find your location. I wouldn't put anything pass them and I really don't mind.
March 26, 2014 at 6:16 AM
I wouldn't mind either if they expressed the reasons why they think it is necessary and were open about doing it. The secrecy inherent in everything that is done for "security" is mindless and insulting to people who are actually loyal.
"Have you learned nothing from history? "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" indeed. Not if you are what we have to show for it. Despicable, spineless slime.
March 16, 2014 at 8:59 PM"
Hey liberal bleeding heart, you do realize that during WWII the United States did all sorts of things that you would deem "unconstitutional" in order to keep the nation secure. Right now we are at war and we are probably at an even more dangerous time, because the enemy is much more evasive so we must do what we have to do. After the war on terror is over than you can go back to your "I am so righteous" bit.
March 17, 2014 at 9:22 PM "
Hey right/wrong wing nut job - Did you learn Heil Hitler at your daddy's knee or did you learn to be such a nasty piece of work all on your own? The likes of you are what is going wrong in this world.