This was a theory that dave (the Birk) bircumshaw and I worked out between
us as to why occasionally we'd have problems on the phone.
It *only* happened when the Birk and I were talking to each other, and the
only explanation that we could come up with was that some poor sod in MI5
arrived at work each morning to a postit note stating, "Monitor any call
between Hamilton and bircumshaw."
... this had to be the most boring duty in creation, add to which that it
had to involve at least three separate operatives to decode the tapes since
dave and I have accents (Glasgow and Brummie) that you could cut with a
knife and store in a drawer for porridge, but then ...
What bothered me more than dave was just how much this had to be
*costing* -- talk about the expense of futility in a waste of bureaucracy,
and it was my tax dollars were paying for this.
So sure, *everyone* who grew-up in the sixties is more than mildly paranoid
(I watched them burn the ballot papers for everyone who voted for Danny the
Red before he was a Respectable Green MEP and as it turned out, that wasn't
paranoia but Sensible Forethought as by 71, by a strange coincidence,
virtually *everyone* who could be identified by a paper trail as voting
Cohn-Bendit for Rector got wasted.)
Then I find myself haunted by The Ghost of Guy Debord.
Makes you wunner, but ...
{and avoid identifying with the Fourth International}
A Sad Situationist
["The revolution will come when the last bourgoisie is hung from a lampost
by the guts of the last capitalist" -- all so long ago.]
Sweet Friday
Copying this to dave as he's currently banned from here.
<g>
Senator Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "judy prince" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 5:55 PM
Subject: Your messages of late
Dear Dr. Hamilton:
We have noted with pleasure your recent postings to peers and superiors. We
have, however, found it necessary to hold them temporarily in our
"Questionably Motivated" files.
If you should, in the future, wish more information regarding the status of
your postings, do not hesitate to email us.
Most sincerely,
The U.S.A. Government and prolly other governments, as well
P.S. We feel your pain.
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