{"id":6164,"date":"2013-09-16T09:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T13:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6164"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:35:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:35:21","slug":"great-cartoon-obscene-surveillance-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/great-cartoon-obscene-surveillance-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Cartoon on our Obscene Surveillance State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This great cartoon from Tom Toles this morn almost compensated for all the idiotic editorials the Washington Post publishes on Syria and other subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing the cartoon was missing was a couple of deranged TSA agents descending on the spectator to force him to produce a DNA sample.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scott Adams has done a superb series on the National Security Agency and its outrages. \u00a0You can see the whole story at \u00a0www.dilbert.com. \u00a0The Saturday installment proffered one technique to respond to federal intrusions:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This great cartoon from Tom Toles this morn almost compensated for all the idiotic editorials the Washington Post publishes on Syria and other subjects. 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