Mike Powell wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MP> # o They use all sorts of gee-whiz technology,  half of which
 MP> doesn't exist and # the other half of which doesn't do what they
 MP> show it doing.  Like being able to
 MP> # zoom in endlessly on a photo for ever-increasing levels of
 MP> detail,  to cite # just one example.
 MP> ##[RJT=>All]

 MP> I have noticed similar things on "CSI Miami" when I happen to watch
 MP> it.  The episode with the CART race was full of error.

Yep,  I've seen that one on there too.

 MP> # o They present "the patriot act" and other aspects of their
 MP> anti-terror # propaganda as a "good thing".
 MP> ##[RJT=>All]

 MP> Well, I was thinking about this one just the other day.  I find it
 MP> ironic that our liberal media had no problem with the many things
 MP> the previous administration attempted to do that were 
 MP> unconstitutional.  However, some of them are jumping up and down
 MP> over this one.  What I find even more ironic is that the example
 MP> they often site is the 9/11 suspect that was detained. He is not a
 MP> citizen and is not guaranteed any consitutional rights, as best as
 MP> I can tell.

Heh.  That's just their excuse to holler about it...

 MP> I may side with your sweetie on this one.  It is not like most of
 MP> Hollywood to go along with anything the current administration is
 MP> doing. If the Patriot Act were an Act of the Clinton Whitehouse,
 MP> I'd agree with the "good thing" line of thinking, but not with that
 MP> evil, evil W in the house.  

We'll see where it goes.  I guess we're living in "interesting times"...

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