Thursday, October 12, 2006

Big Richard is Watching You

"By the time 2016 [rolls around], we'll have more cameras than Washington, D.C. ... Our technology is more advanced than any other city in the world -- even compared to London -- dealing with our cameras and the sophistication of cameras and retro-fitting all the cameras downtown in new buildings, doing the CTA cameras," Daley said.

And we all know how well they work in DC.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can you say "paintball gun"? I knew you could!

Anonymous said...

Why do some people believe that technology will magically solve the problem all by itself? We have the same problem in the business world.

And when the technology doesn't deliver as expected...just add more technology! Cameras on every interstate, every corner, inside every building.

E. David Quammen said...

Allowing the citizens to practice their God-given, Inherent and Natural, Constitutionally protected Right of Keeping and Bearing Arms would be far more effective.

me said...

Mike, I've long been screaming that if they think it's so good then EVERY office, government building, and sleaze bag, err, politician's home should have one with live streaming webcasts and a special community access cable channel. Since all our new laws have to have a catchy acronym as a title, how about P.O.K.E.Y. Political Observation Keeping and Eye on You