J. Ojanpera

Last night me and J were talking about how the US might have been carrying on Great Britain's imperial pursuits ever since the whole tea party thing. Then we discussed The Roman Empire, and how it grew so large that no one had any idea what was on the fringes. Some locations under Rome's thumb didn't even have governors present. Empires have always been glorified, presumably because they control popular culture; or rather consume it. We decided that it made for very interesting history, and that maybe one day the current state of the US could be analyzed in the same way. It all seems so horrid and impersonal now. We humans tend to glorify the past though, so future generations may view our actions as noble -in a science fiction sort of way. Though I doubt it now. The only difference in warfare through the ages has to be our ever-expanding reach. Instead of meeting on a field with hundreds of troops and horses, we can spy on every corner of the Earth from space, or ...

Apparently, the hacktivists around the world are easily bought. It isn't hard when your other option is prison. America's cornerstone spy agency has some very effective recruiting techniques. Military recruiters look like snake oil salesmen next to the bureau's tactics. Hopefully our armed forces will not begin recruiting with threats like this. Recruiters of branch military use criminals every day, because they line up with the ancient philosophy of the lowest, most uneducated class of society being the most easily marched into certain death as a condition of "opportunity" and free college. It is really a genius plan, as uneducated soldiers seldom use the G.I. bill to better themselves for the red tape. If education was never encouraged in the home, there really is no incentive to take in knowledge. I heard today that 25% of "Anons" are in cahoots with the FBI. I have had mixed suspicions and concerns about the group since I first heard of them. They h...