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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:


> That's the part I don't believe. I watch bureaucrats struggle, trying to 
> figure out who I am or where my information went...I can't imagine that 
> 'they' could manage anything so complex.


**** That was the point of the NYT article.  Gathering so much information , 
including minutia, in a useful manner for an effectuve purpose 'is' complex.  
But, once the math is done, the algoriths discovered; the complexity is just 
another nano-second function for a machine.  And then the information becomes 
harder to protect than it was to identify



 If, for example, my appendix were to get inflammed, I'd have to decide if I 
risk dying or risk losing everything through bankruptcy...not a pretty 
choice.That's the kind of thing I worry about. It's not a 'potential'
problem; it's real and people are struggling  right now because of it.


***** That is the kind of thinking tht brought us the patr*iot act ( I'm not 
comdemning your thinking, just saying what I think is true, about our society 
acceptance of our governance in general).  Things were so terrible, so "real" 
immediate' and 'imminent', that we'll worry about 'potential' problems later. 
 Let us make everyone safe "right now"

p.s.  The struggle with the issue of medical care affects almost everyone.  
It is certainly a big deal in all of my choices.  bobf
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> Lynn Wigglesworth