Federally-Funded Street Lights Capable of “Recording Conversations”

November 2nd, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Orwellian ‘Intellistreets’ system now being installed in major cities

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Federally-funded high-tech street lights now being installed in American cities are not only set to aid the DHS in making “security announcements” and acting as talking surveillance cameras, they are also capable of “recording conversations,” bringing the potential privacy threat posed by ‘Intellistreets’ to a whole new level.

In the days after we first brought attention to the privacy concerns surrounding the new street lights, with our story featuring prominently on the Drudge Report website, the company behind them, Illuminating Concepts, went on the defensive, issuing a press release claiming the devices didn’t represent a “big brother” intrusion.

However, as you can see from the video above, ‘Intellistreets’ is big brother on steroids. George Orwell himself would probably have considered the concept too far-fetched to appear in the dystopian classic 1984.

Not only can the street lights, now being rolled out in Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh with Department of Energy backing, act as surveillance cameras, Minority Report-style advertising hubs, and Homeland Security alert systems, they are “also capable of recording conversations,” reports ABC 7.

In their press release, the company behind the street lights also denied that they had received DHS funding for the system. In the aftermath of the controversy generated last week, ABC 7 reports that owner Ron Harwood is now “working with Homeland Security” to implement the high tech network, which is connected via a ubiquitous wi-fi system.

Harwood told the Detroit Free Press that the street lights will “make us feel not only safer, but happier,” representing how “business and government can work together for economic, environmental and social benefits.”

Harwood’s claim that the technology doesn’t represent a privacy threat simply because its rollout it “transparent” carries no weight whatsoever. Just because the installation of these street lights is being done publicly and not in secret has no bearing whatsoever on the frightening implications for privacy this development poses.

A d v e r t i s e m e n t

The video clip includes creepy footage of the street lights being used to transmit Orwellian security alerts, including “pay attention please….please stand by for a public safety announcement,” and “this is a security alert”. Every “security” announcement you’ve heard in airports and subways can now be brought to steet level.

The street lights can also give audible warnings to individuals, mimicking the talking surveillance cameras in the UK that shout out orders through loudspeakers telling people to pick up litter or leave the area.

“By Spring of next year there is a good chance you could see them pop up in your city,” states the report.

It goes without saying that this is a complete violation of the 4th amendment and represents a whole new level in America’s transformation into a high-tech police state. Not even the most out-there dystopian films featured technology as sophisticated and as potentially invasive as ‘Intellistreets’.

Without any public discourse, without any legal oversight, these systems are now being installed on the streets of America. Citizens already browbeaten into accepting the fact that their every movement can be tracked and traced by surveillance cameras will now be told to accept that the government recording private conversations on the street is a necessary step to provide “safety and security,” as the Homeland Security occupation of America takes on a whole new dimension.

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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.

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mpennery Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:12 am

How could they also make us feel ‘happy’ as the owner is quoted as saying? Sounds like a psychological experiment and they plan to transmit signals intended to make us docile.
While our government is being run by mafia criminals, NOTHING they do can be trusted.

Matt

Lexington, ky

ectoendomezo Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:45 am

HOW COULD THEY MAKE US FEEL….HAPPY?

WELL..I ADMIT..IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL..”HAPPY”..TO EXPLAIN..WITH MY BEST OSCAR PERFORMANCE EVER “EXPRESSION” AS I EXPLAIN TO THE LOCAL PIGMEN:

“I DUNNO..I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND A KID RAN OUT INTO THE STREET AND I HAD………..NO CHOICE……..BUT TO RUN INTO THAT STREET LIGHT WITH MY CAR AND..SORRY…BUT..WELL..RUIN IT COMPLETELY..GOSH…I AM REALLY..SORRY.”

YUP!

I FEEL HAPPY!

Ohio Militia Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:24 am

Defense Supply Center(DSCC)-Columbus located in whitehall, Ohio is currently massing equipment to put down any insurrection or uprising. Troop carriers, armor and supplie vehicals. I have videos of all of this. Will post to Youtube for all to see tommrow. You need to check your areas ASAP. They are preparing to strike.
Thanks

Doctor Zhivago Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:34 am

Taxation without Representation.

ENSUINGANARCHY Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:23 am

I WILL B BLASTING (MEGADEATH) INTO THOSE RECORDING DEVICES WITH MY HOME MADE BOOM BOXES 15 INCH WOOFERS BABY AND A REDRYDER WAGON

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:51 pm

“Foreclosure of a Dream”. How ironic?
Just more big brother “protecting” us from ourselfs.

Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:29 am

BUT WILL THESE RECORD POLICE BEATING PEOPLE TO DEATH ?
That is invading your private conversations public street or not . B.S. i say . This country has gone to hell in a hand basket .

Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:17 am

THIS IS THE SAME AS QUARTERING TROOPS IN ….OUR HOMES AND ON THE STREETS.

A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE DONT HAVE SPY CAMS WATCHING OUR EVERY MOVE.

REVOLUTION, ALTHOUGH UNLAWFUL UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT…, IS IN FACT AS PER THE FOUNDERS, JUSTIFIED AND CONSTITUTIONAL.

PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR WITH LESS EVIDENCE THEN WE GOT TO PROVE OUR LEADERS ARE IN FACT SOVIET MARXIST SPIES AND TRAITORS !

Sam_Wheat Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:26 pm

You talk the talk, troll…

Do you walk the walk?

Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:09 pm

FK YOU PUSSY

HOME WAS RAIDED IN 99 2 TIMES BY FEDS.

LED 1250 PEOPLE TO SURROUND FED AT INDIANA BAPTIST TEMPLE STAND OFF IN 99

I’M ON PASTOR DIXIONS IMMEDIATE RIGHT IN THE PIX OF HIM AND REPS FROM 11 MILITIA’S ON THE STEPS OF THE CHURCH. AMERICAN FREE PRESS HAS THE PIX.

RANDY WEAVER WAS THERE
BO GRITZ WAS THERE
EVEN THIS GIRL MILITIA CHICK I KNOW, STELLA FROM OUMAAC ( OHIO UNORGANIZED MILITIA ASSISTANCE AND ADVISORY COMETEE)

WHERE THE FK WERE YOU ?

I LIVE THE WALK YOU TALK OF.

GOT A SLUG IN MY BACK FROM BREAKING UP A CHOLD MOLESTATION AND PROSTITUTION RING RUN BY COPS AND CITY OFFICIALS IN AURORA OHIO IN 87.

21 YRS OLD AND I SINGLE HANDEDLY TOOK ON THE MOB IN MY HOME TOWN.

AND THEY ARE MOB.

AND I WON !…..PEOPLE WENT TO PRISON FOR 16 YR STINTS.

YOU PUSSY, YOU ARNT EVEN FIT TO LICK MY BOOTS !
the guy representing this a puss filled bastard

litosweed Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:19 pm

Yes … “YES HE IS” !

And i would expect any freedom loving citizen to slap the piss out of Ron if you see him on

those streets !
in a revolution these fucking things will be targets easy targets

Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:18 am

FIND THIS COMPANY AND OCCUPY THEIR LOCATION, LET THESE POLICE STATE BASTARDS KNOW, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU LIVE, OH, AND YOUR LITTLE DAUGHTER ALMOST MISSED THE SCHOOL BUS THIS MORN..

GOOD THING WE WERE THERE TO HOLD THE BUSS FOR HER !
Paul needs to re-read the Constitution. His writing clearly shows that he completely misunderstands the content of this document. “It goes without saying that this is a complete violation of the 4th amendment…”

How so? This device constitutes neither a search or seizure. The Supreme Court ruled that a search occurs only when 1) a person expects privacy in the thing searched and 2) society believes that expectation is reasonable in Katz v. United States (1967). Neither of which applies to a street corner, subway station or airport.

The 4th Amendment applies to governmental searches and seizures, but not those done by private citizens or organizations who are not acting on behalf of a government. Just because a company may work with DHS, that does not mean they are also acting on their behalf. The Bill of Rights originally only restricted the power of the federal government. However, in Wolf v. Colorado, the Supreme Court ruled that the 4th Amendment is applicable to state governments by way of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Moreover, all state constitutions contain an analogous provision.

Not only that, but the Supreme Court has approved routine warrantless seizures, for example “where there is probable cause to believe that a criminal offense has been or is being committed.” Thus, the reasonableness requirement and the warrant requirement are somewhat different.

The 4th Amendment only protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. If no search or seizure has occurred, the court ends its analysis.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 8:49 am

I have to agree. I, personally, think these are great tools however, I am not so blind to think the technology won’t be abused, of course.
Goes along the same lines as paparazzi taking pictures in public. Sorry, you are in “the public”.
Like any thing else; I don’t think guns kill people. People kill people.
These devices won’t remove any rights (you already waived them but, you gotta figure that one out, I’m tired of telling you.).
The only issue I see here is, when they are abused (and they certainly will be) the people need to put the government in its place and exercise control.

I suggest, when these things roll out, the people have dissinformation parties. Get a group to hang around one and talk bull shit. Make drug deals, gun running plans, murder and rape plans, anti-government or what ever else entertains you.
You can certainly use these against the establishment, for your own entertainment.
Besides, they can’t use information they acquire against you. Unless of course, you let them.
Sorry though, they catch you on camera mugging some one, that’s when they can, and should.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 8:58 am

“Besides, they can’t use information they acquire against you.”

How long have you been living in America, now? So naive. You can get a ticket just by looking at a cop funny. These cameras make no difference either when it comes that issue. Grow up!

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:04 am

It’s not naivety. I’m not trying to bust your balls but, you can’t get a ticket by looking at a cop wrong. I know (assume) you didn’t mean that literally but, just for example.

To suggest that the “State” or “Gov” has such power, you need to re-address who you think is naive. If you feel that way, then I would guess that you have givin up and will allow what ever happens, to happen.

I’m sure that these devices are for no good but, for right now, a banana is just a banana. If we start demonizing every thing that could possibly be “used against us”,….well, that’s just silly. That’s like saying “terrorism succeeded” and we have to be afraid of every thing.

I don’t live like that; I live in a free country. I am a free man. Unfortunately, there is a cost of constantly defending that. I can’t even consider that a “cost” at this point. Put up your street lights in the name of safety. Sure, I can see it but, abuse them and, we’ll need to explain how the system is supposed to work, as you wonder why the court awarded me your pension.
Funny thing, the way this “government” operates; they accept responsibility for nothing if you misinturpreted their “rules”, that goes both ways, for those who think they are enforcing the rules too.

Now, I’m not all supportive of AJisAbigFATidiot’s views but, we need to look further than our own pretenses.

I’m an American and, I am very well aware that I am the enemy in my own country. I could give two shits less about a smart street lamp. I think it’s pretty cool.

Any one got an Iphone? They are just as dangerous to your freedoms and liberties as this street post but, I guess people can rationalize that away because they have cool apps.
I bet if I could pour a draft out of these posts, people would accept them better, no?

Tom Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:12 pm

Chrisballs — Yes, he does mean that literally. The Patriot Act even goes as far as to dissolve Habeas Corpus, the Posse Comittatus Act, and the Miranda reading. You can be held indefinately, that’s why the Gitmo thing made the news so much. The cop can ticket you for “looking at him wrong” and then tase you to death, and he won’t get in one lick of trouble.

AJisAbigFATidiot – is a big fat idiot. The street lights that record your converstaion are treason against the USA. He minces words to show that it “doesn’t” violate this or that Amendment when in fact it’s an intrusion of the very worst sort. He’ll never understand; the NWO paid off his mortgage.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:54 pm

Tom, you need to read the act. Sit with your Black’s Law and read and understand. It has the illusion of dissolving Habeas and Posse but, it doesn’t. The Act is very specific to who is being addressed.
That’s why these people cannot be held on treason against the people, because that Act doesn’t address the people. Neither does the 14th Amendment.

It’s word play. It’s the same “arguement” they will propose against the street lights being constitutional. Just like the Health Care Bill, it is very constitutional but, that is in no way saying it necessarily applies to you. It would be unconstitutional if it wasn’t an option. It most certainly is voluntary. You just need to know how they presume you volunteer and, there are rules if you volunteer.
There in, lies the question; Does this mean YOU?

I’m not arguing with you, you just aren’t seeing it as it really is. These bastards, legally, are not commiting crimes. They are not “forcing” you to do any thing. They ARE enforcing the rules of a game that they presume you WANT to participate in because everything we are set up to do gives them “evidence” that we want to be governed. There’s a lot of rules. Way too many for even them to remember. Oh no, never forget, if they actually FORCE you to do something, then you have treason but, only if they act in an official capacity. Well, that’s out the window too so,…good luck.

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:17 am

I’m always amazed at how some people can only see evil in everything. Metal detectors? Nope, evil. They give cancer. Well what about finding weapons and protecting people? Nope, evil. Nope, infringing on my rights. Ok, well what about these street lights that could warn people in case of emergencies? Nope, evil. DHS will use them to spy on me. Well that seems pessimistic. Nope, infringing on my rights. It’s like a knee jerk reaction without even thinking about the positive uses this and any new technology will have.

I think some people hide behind the Constitution and throw it around whenever they think that they are being oppressed because then anyone who disagrees with them obviously hates America. Just like in Paul’s article, he clearly demonstrates that he has no idea what the 4th Amendment means or what it protects, but that didn’t stop him from just throwing it out there and without a doubt, some people will bite and repeat his very incorrect statement.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:01 am

Dude, if someone had a gun pointed at you after witnessing him killing your friend, you are probably one of those guys who says, “Oh, just because he killed my friend, doesn’t mean he will kill me.” Of course not. He must like you better. Tell that to the Globalists when they have a gun pointed at your face. “You’re not going to shoot me. I am no one.” EXACTLY! BANG!! You’re dead.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:28 am

That really didn’t help you to put your point into perspective.
I understand what you are trying to say but, it’s off point.
Just because I see some one with a gun, that doesn’t mean he’s a criminal and wants to shoot me BUT, it will be a consideration I may have not had till that moment.

and to AJisA; Not many people understand the Constitution. They all seem to waive it like they have “Constitutional Rights”. The Constitution DOES NOT GIVE OR GRANT YOU RIGHTS. GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS!!!!!!!
If you think it does then, you have no rights so, go stand under a lamp post and give confession.

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:18 am

Chris…you’re spot on. People hide behind the Constitution and think that anything they perceive as a threat is somehow going against “what the Founders intended.” You don’t have the freedom of speech, but you are protected from being persecuted for SOME of the things you MAY say. I hate to use the tired old “fire in a theatre argument” but it applies. You could go screaming that, but there are consequences. Conversely, no one is going to arrest AJ simply for having his radio show and voicing his opinions.

If people thought OUR government and Congress were screwed up, they’d crap their pants if they could actually see how business was done in 1776.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:30 am

I’m not sure I follow you. I DO have freedom of speech but, the constitution does not grant that to me. Government, the de facto acting one, is NOT what the document or the founders intended for. “Freedom of Speech” is a binder to the government. It shall not infringe on that right. ANY law created that is repugnant to the Constitution fails on its face, as if it were never drafted at all.
We are a Republic. NOT a democratic society.

..and again…there is NO acting, American government. That’s precisely why they are not accountable to the constitution. It is a private, foreign corporation. They trick you into being an employee of that corp. and, in turn, waive your rights, rights, rights, rights,….scratch….(sorry, broken record).

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:40 am

What I mean is that yes, you COULD say anything you want…nothing is stopping you physically from running into a room and yelling out “I’M GOING TO KILL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM!” but would you? And if you did, there would be legal consequences. However, there are some people who would argue that the Constitution protects their right to say that…which like you said, it does not.

And if you believe AJ, the U.S. is “recognized globally as the most oppressive police state on earth.” What? Huh? By who?

Peter Wolf Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 1:06 pm

“You cant get a ticket by looking at a cop wrong”

In theory no you cant but in reality you can be shot in the face when you are 2 feet away from a cop at a protest for no justifiable reason so its not difficult to imagine a scenario where you have increasingly out of control and aggressive and unlawful cops abusing their power routinely where you get ticketed for looking at them wrong and you dont need to imagine it anymore.They beat up and kill homeless people and assault and intimidate elderly women and all the rest of it.All of these things they supposedly cant do but it doesnt seem to stop them doing it.

Tom Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:13 pm

AJisAbigFATidiot — We see the evil wherever it is. Not in everything there is. Just where it ACTUALLY is. So if it seems like we see evil in everything, maybe that means evil is in so many things that it is now a case of “where is there NO evil”?

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:05 pm

“What I mean is that yes, you COULD say anything you want…nothing is stopping you physically from running into a room and yelling out “I’M GOING TO KILL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM!” but would you? And if you did, there would be legal consequences”.

Well that’s not the smartest thing to do, I’ll admit and, that would upset those people so, they would have a valid complaint but, unless I am hurting some one else or doing something stupid like using the “F” word at an eight year old’s party, NO, there is no legal consequence. You might get punched, and you’ll deserve it but, if you think otherwise, then you are mistaken.

If i am overheard talkin about a fat joint I just enjoyed and then the cops show up, sorry boys, you still have nothing. Besides, for argument, pot isn’t illegal to begin with. The illegality is not paying a tax on it. Then, it is PRESUMED that you did not pay tax on it because you don’t have a tax stamp. The crime isn’t posession. It never was.

What I’m trying to get across, i suppose, is that nothing is what it seems to be. Same with the Patriot Act. That has very key words that tell the tale. They can’t hide it. They just put those definitions elsewhere. It’s pretty apparent that it confuses every one.

Peter Wolf Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:10 pm

“What about finding weapons and protecting people ?”

WHat about operation Fast and Furious ??

Is that evil ??

Stupid shit for brains troll with half baked arguments pretending to be objective and intelligent.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:12 pm

One more that’ll fry your minds; it is VERY LEGAL if at a peacefull protest that if the police fire upon you, to fire back. It is ABSOLUTLY LEGAL that if military weapons are deployed against the American People by a police force, that you can shoot back (those sonic weapons). You just need to be sure you are an American People and not a federal employee.
It is VERY LEGAL that if you are arrested without cause, you can resist, even to the point of killing the officer.
I wouldn’t suggest trying this out though, until you understand it and all that it implies.

This has been repeatedly echoed in courts across America, including the Supreme Court.

libertyorslavery Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:19 pm

Are you serious BIG FAT?…

I would waist my time responding in detail… but I have to ask that question.

I will say this: The U.S. Constitution reeks in its every line and in its totality… of a conviction that government power with malevolently aggregate… become increasingly corrupt… and gradually begin to accrue power from the individual and the States.

The Bill of Rights and the Constitution itself taken as a whole… are an attempt to structure a federal government so that its powers are always secondary to an individual’s Liberty (responsibility/freedom) and beyond that government’s powers to give or to take away.

As for the Supreme Court this and the Supreme Court that… the Supreme Court and the Judicial system was never meant to be equal to the executive or the legislative or to the founding documents basic idea… to mold or to interpret the Constitution let alone alter that Constitution’s basic function of protection an individual’s Liberty. AND the Supreme Court obviously has been infiltrated by the same Banking Cartel/CFR et al. entity that occupies media, the FED and some parts of the CIA and now IS HLS… and many other nexuses of power within the federal bureaucracy.

Most of us hear start with an understanding at least that 911… was a Banking Cartel and their tools… False Flag intelligence operation… so… defending the government’s good intentions is meat to the dragon in these parts… .

The story mentions Katrina… as though a camera on every street corner recording our picture and conversations!!!!@!!!!!!! would have somehow have helped New Orleans… . What is clear about Katrina is that it was a STAND DOWN to allow CFR Bush to be painted with racism so that CFR Barry S. could be brought in to continue with the Cartel’s bailouts/world conquest.

Some here call you naive … no… again I ask… are you serious?

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:30 pm

Right down to a language we can all understand; The Constitution binds the government from the people. Easy enough. The only way the government can remove that binding is if they convert the people. They did.
They dissolved the government through bankruptcy, converted “people” into “persons” but, that’s gotta be done voluntarily. They managed that without revealing it.
Then, penned a couple acts declaring “people” as enemies.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 8:53 am

AJisAbigFATidiot is your name DAVE?

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:08 am

Nope.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 8:54 am

AJisAbigFATidiot says, “Just because a company may work with DHS, that does not mean they are also acting on their behalf.”

Wow. Were you born yesterday? How naive can you get.

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:11 am

If I said something incorrect, please prove me wrong. I realize that so much of what AJ says is all about “connecting the dots” which in cray person terms means, “there is no credible evidence to support my theory, but there also questions that I feel are either unanswered or the answers don’t suite my theory so that means it must be a cover up.”

Yes, I stand by what I said and if you have evidence to the contrary…not some jingoistic phrase like “the DHS are all pedohpiles and evil and 666 so therefore I’m right”…then by all means, please make your case.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:12 am

Dude, common sense goes right over your head. I don’t even listen to Alex half the time. I analyze my own information, too. USING COMMON SENSE!!! Something, evidently you don’t have at this point. You’re right. You are entitled to your opinion. A naive opinion at that. If a company knows it is selling a product to DHS, I don’t think you need to have a rocket science education to know that the company knows that DHS will use it to further monitor everyone. (Hence, acting on their behalf, openly or not) And don’t give me that crap about, “Oh, they are just a business trying to make a profit like everyone else.” While that may be true, there is this two things that they used to teach at school (maybe not yours) that’s called BUSINESS ETHICS and MORALITY which this would completely go against. So stop reading your court cases and start creating some values in life, asshole!

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:23 am

There is a big difference between common sense and fact. If they were the same, would we even have such a thing as the Flat Earth Society or would we have people who still think that we didn’t land on the moon? Those things can be proven with facts…yet some people use their own “common sense” to deny them.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:09 am

For all intensive purposes (and I’m not sorry to say I am not defending AJis…) the DHS is a corporation. Contractors that provide them office supplies are probably not acting on the DHS’ behalf either.
Open the door to your four-walled world.
I think the DHS is evil, my self, I would like to punch Janet square in the face but, I’m not going to boycott the company that provides their coffee.

Figure out who you are fighting/opposing. Then we can all meet in the common.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:22 am

Who said anything about BOYCOTTING? I could give a carealess whether they continue working or not. That is not my point. I am just saying the company is assisting the whole thing whether they want to publicly state it or not. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs their head examined. I also don’t want those damn things spying on me while I watching a sexy girl walking by in public and being declared a sex offender.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:01 am

“Intellistreets” has a great product. I don’t invest in them nor have any affiliation with them. It’s just friggin’ brilliant but, I have to sit with you when we realize that they will be an abused tool for the DHS.
If we lived in a truely free country and were not so suspicious of the government and what they do, we’d be able to enumerate dozens of ways these things would benefit us.

I guess that’s really my point. We can’t demonize the company that made them. Now, if they add laser tracking, stun units to them, now I have an issue with the company.

A spoon is just a spoon, until i take your eyes out with it.

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:46 am

“A spoon is just a spoon, until i take your eyes out with it.” Unless it was bought by the DHS, in which case it’s really a fork that has a camera and microphone in it and will record everything you’re doing.

See how crazy that sounds? Kind of like light bulbs that spy on people. Riiiiiiiight.

Peter Wolf Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 12:55 pm

I dont really see what is brilliant about them or how everyones lives are going to be improved by this technology and its use and misuse because this will all be about misuse.

Everyone got along just fine without these but now they are “brilliant” ??

They record conversations.why would you want to record conversations ??

There is only one reason for that.

Broadcasting security announcements.Yes everyone wants to hear their security announcements.Thats a good thing if you like that sort of thing.

Anyway the argument above is pointless as its obvious why these things are appearing in public and its just one more indication of a society and its govt in decline.These things will be abused and so i dont get the pointless argument of wether they will be or not as its a foregone conclusion.Of course if the situation was different and there wasnt an increasingly oppressive govt in power then these things would not be misused but that isnt the situation and because of that its pointless to talk up how “brilliant” they are hypothetically which doesnt alter the fact they will be misused.

We could talk about how brilliant taser drones would be under a different system but what is the point ??

“WOW !! Amazing technology !!! they could be used for catching criminals and Mexicans crossing the borders and gangbangers !!!”

The fact they will be potentially used against YOU cancels out all of the positive benefits of them.

Its just a side issue that isnt relevent to the topic at all.

Finally there is very very good reason to object to the presence of these streetlights and the reasons why are self evident so there is no maybe about it and on that basis they should be objected to vociferously.

When the next phase of the incremental police state is unrolled then you can either be concerned about it or you can attempt to rationalise it like a lot of the comments above when you still think that it wont be used against you as its just spy camera or a tracking device that is “brilliant” technology.Its only as lampost so dont worry about it but it could be misused but maybe it wont and then if i worry about it i am being irrational as there is still the possibility that they wont be misused.

Nonsense.

“When we realise that they will be an abused tool for the DHS”

When will “we” realise ?

Its obvious they will be abused so everyone can realise it right now so need to wait for it to happen before you realise it.

“WOW !!! What a neat bit of technology that is !!! I could think of so many uses for that that could help everyone and make them happy !!!!”

“I wont consider the possibility that this technology will be misused until it happens”

Was there any public consultation before these lights were rolled out ??

Or did they just appear unannounced ??

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:54 pm

They’d be fuckin awesome at Mardi Gras! Lit up LEDs and music.

Tom Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:14 pm

AJisAbigFATidiot — If someone is working with DHS, then they are committing treason against the USA. How can you not know that? Your TV intake needs to be cut back.

litosweed Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:27 pm

What about the

Electronic Communications Privacy Act … ?

Does this apply ? What if im talking on my cell phone ???????????????

Any bootlicker wish to comment ?

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:23 pm

Sure, If you have a cell phone and, you have a Social Security number attached to that account then, it is presumed by the government that that service was contracted in the capacity of a federal employee and, is under federal jurisdiction, 24/7.

The issue “they” are having is seperating the “employee” from the “private citizen”. It’s a delicate situation and they are constantly working on getting around it.
You know, I am in China right now and have been for a few years and I just noticed that the Chinese government has also just installed these types of cameras on every street corner, too. Believe me, it gives me the creeps. Big Brother is watching…..They never had them before, but now all of a sudden they do. And, gee, golly, whiz. The U.S. government (who wants to so be like China in every way, despite the fact that our U.S. citizens dislike them in every way), definitely seems to be following in their footsteps. However, unlike the U.S. cameras, the Chinese cameras don’t have recording capabilities yet. Half-assed China for ya. At least that’s in a good way. All I see from viewing both sides of the countries is that China wants to become more like the U.S. and the U.S. wants to become more like China. Completely dangerous and it must be stopped at all costs or our world is fucked. Now Europe is trying to get China to bail them out and go bankrupt, but trust me, China is not that stupid. They know that this is what Europe wants and China will not give them money without a return on their investment or risk the same problems they have with the U.S. The Globalists want this, but China doesn’t, which to me is hilarious and I love every minute of it when I hear that China won’t play ball with them. Not that I love China, but compared to the Globalists, I see them as the lesser of two evils at this point. The Chinese are trickier businessmen than any Western businessmen I know. It is almost impossible to outsmart them in negotiations. They are not as dumb as people think. Yeah they sell cheap products but that is because they know how to screw you for your money. I feel the Globalists will meet their match with China as far as trying to screw them. If anyone can beat the Globalists at their own game it’s the Chinese. (As sad as I am to say that) But like they say, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”. That’s how I view China at this point.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 8:34 am

Also in regards to the Chinese cameras in relation to the U.S. cameras, the Chinese cameras DO NOT have speakers or public announcements in them nor do they have LED displays next to them. So…who is more of a police state people? The U.S. or China? Big Brother is watching…I’m scared of my country now.
This is STUPID. We have to pay to maintain THIS? And who wants it? I don’t!

I don’t want my conversations listened to and then used against me!

And I don’t want to pay for it either! DISBAND THE DHS

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 8:55 am

AGREED!!!
You know the female news reporter in this news clip at the end has a big grin on her face as to imply to everyone that she is happy that Big Brother is watching her. Fuck her! And as the guy in charge of that system looks like a loser at the highest levels. Does he even realize there hasn’t been one terrorist in the U.S. ever and he is saying this will help protect against terrorists? He looks like a paid sheeple. Also, his quote: “As far as privacy concerns on recording are concerned, this is basically transparent for everyone to see and to help them.” Let’s see, what part of PRIVACY do you not understand asshole!!! I don’t want to GET RID of privacy. I WANT MORE PRIVACY!!! That’s the opposite of TRANSPARENT!!!

You know, it’s becoming more clear how stupid law enforcement is these days. Like Alex Jones episode with the border cops. The cop says, “We are not looking for drugs. We are looking for narcotics.” WOW. I’m speechless. Do these law enforcement officers have a brain. How did they ever finish elementary school. Not even high school. Let’s see, DRUGS is the same fucking thing as NARCOTICS!!! WTF!!!??? And now we have another asshole who says, “it doesn’t invade your PRIVACY because it is TRANSPARENT”??? I’m just speechless. Our country is fucked with intelligence like this. That’s all I can say.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:35 am

Drugs are not narcotics. You need to read the definitions set forth by the Fed. Vitamin C is a drug. Heroin is a narcotic.
It’s seems “tomato toma’to” but, they need to have strict definitions so they know how much they can levy against you for the “crime”.
are they powered with telsa wireless power?

dhsn Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:43 am

LOL!

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:12 am

Hey, that’s a really good point! Do these things have solar cells on them? If not, they probably violate some code or statute for the whole green/carbon credit thing. Will their energy use be a black mark against the State or Town that uses them? Uh-Oh, back to the drawing board.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:25 am

Ok that comment was gay.
My Uncle Jim became an expert marksman because, when he was a child, he would shoot out the streetlights in Portland with his .22.

I encourage all of you, including your children, to pick up on this time-honored tradition.
I think what I find most amazing about this is the fact that for over a year now cities across the U.S. have been screaming that they have NO money. But boy, they certainly are finding the cash to buy these.

Semper Fi

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:03 am

No shit! $3,000 for what? How will that help out our economy and jobs? What, it will give a job to someone who wants to sit and spy on the camera all day? Sounds like TSA undercover. Sounds like Emperor Palpatine saying, “Light them up. All of them!” I say, “KILL THEM ALL!!!!”

Sam_Wheat Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:28 pm

More likely these will give more jobs to the Chinese, because that’s where these devices are made!
“DSHS IS AND ARMY OF DARKNESS”
if i was trying to get the last 100 people on earth to kill each other,who would i have fire them up?
If I didn’t think education was a waste of childhood and an abrogation of freedom then I would make Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four compulsory reading. Once listening lampposts are installed, we can kiss goodbye to our freedoms once and for all. I am particularly sorry that the USA is leading the way on this. So much for Land of the Free.

godsofold Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:24 am

Of course you’re correct. And just think about this: what argument would a law abiding citizen have against these things? None. Know why? Because DHS will claim that the recording was made in a public domain. Gotcha.

captain obvious Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:53 pm

meantime the “police” will bash heads for daring record THEM…?
Economy’s gutted, the inner cities turning into a wasteland, but we’ll have all those nice new street lamps, until the copper thieves get to them.

Captain Ron Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 9:49 am

Yeah right!!!!

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:14 am

High impact plastic made and imported from China! lol

AandO Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:27 am

You can however, shoot them with your AK using Russian ammo of course.

wiggins Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:51 am

It’ll burn.

dhsn Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:29 pm

It’s a witch?

Captain Ron Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:49 pm

It’ll burn…

But will it blend?

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:35 pm

Be some harsh shit I bet. Russia is gonna start growing industrial hemp again though! Might mellow it out.
We’re a gazillion dollars in debt but we got $$$$ for this and drones. Way to go govt.
And some cities are having st. lights turned off because they can’t pay the bills, but you know these will keep on recording.

captain obvious Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:54 pm

but are they tazerproof?
“Just because a company may work with DHS, that does not mean they are also acting on their behalf.”

Newspeak/doublespeak

Yeah, and you’re just a bigfatgovtsponsoredtroll

MARK OF THE BEAST Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

Proganda is useless. Go try it on the brain washed liberal wackos in CA they are stubborn in their blindness and ignorance. Greed and self serving motivations have consumed their soul. They shall not make the cutt.
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Good news. Stephie is blessed, intelligent and witty. She who brings smiles and makes others happy will always see the light.

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:28 am

How is that doublespeak? I own an iPhone and I own other Apple products, but that doesn’t mean I endorse only Apple, nor does anything I say about them qualify as an endorsement.

That’s the difference between working WITH another agency and working FOR another agency.

George_Costanza Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Vote with your wallet.
and you did

Tom Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:39 pm

What’s the difference? If you help DHS, you are a traitor.

Peter Wolf Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 5:23 pm

Why are they working for an agency ??

To help implement their initiatives and agenda ?

What about if they are working with an agency for the same purpose ??

What difference does it make ?

“How is that doublespeak? I own an iPhone and I own other Apple products, but that doesn’t mean I endorse only Apple, nor does anything I say about them qualify as an endorsement.

That’s the difference between working WITH another agency and working FOR another agency.”

Rubbish.

No it is not as that doesnt translate and its a weak strawman just to help you make a point that is irrelevent anyway.Owning Apple products does not equate with working with or for a fedral govt agency.
The thing is; if a State doesn’t permit them in their budget, then the Fed uses it against them and will deny them funding for other things.
We need to stop doing business with the Fed, as states. It’s conditional welfare.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:27 am

Ok, while your previous statement was gay, I, however, agree with your point on this one.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:04 am

Givin, lol. But seriously, no solar cells? C’mon.
Worried about being listened to sure, but being talked to is just so freaking over the top. Statist messages being spewed from street lights is just programming and reminders that you are watched and controlled. It’s fucking perverse.

dhsn Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Drug up just a small % of the people and watch the fun with “the voices.”

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:41 pm

Been havin fun with that at other’s expense for some time now. there’s a huge% drugged up these days.
Kids come on in — the street lights are on.

Baseball game over, come under the concrete pillars. Delicious gmo helper is on the ledge near the edge of the free way.
At the present time DHS does not yet have the staff or funding to monitor, enforce, or effectively monitor the NWO sheople. NWO is terribly afraid of the masses. Thats you. In all probability the NWO shall fail to control or reshape America and the resulting muck of chaos and disorder shall become BABYLON RISING and many other roads to take. Choose wisely. There is no going back.

Odumba’s Jobs plan is about large $$$ theft and it shall be used to enslave you and fund WWIII.

If you are not concerned about your future. You are quite simply either insane, ignorant, a welfare monkey or even worse, a liberal.
Private?Get up to date.Theres nothing private these days.The Brits have been spying on us here in the north of Ireland since the LATE NINETEEN SIXTIES!Permanent listening devices on street lights,bus stops,taxi stands etc.and temporary limpet type devices stuck to the outside walls of peoples private houses.
Of course they don’t need those now as everyones got a pc and Google(CIA) can switch your cam and microphone on WITHOUT YOU KNOWING!This is in addition to the information that Zionist Zukerberg(FBIbook) and the GPS in your car are sending to the “security” forces.
how long until these things begin blaring martial music for pedestrian citizenry? Or – depending which grotesque creature holds TSA/Fed/Urban Affairs Czar/ Whatever role at the time, sexually explicit music, Hava Nagila 24 hours/day, maybe jazz or some chic Libyan nomad tunes. Then the next step will be accompanying orders from those selfsame lampposts, commanding the citizenry to dance or sing along with the music. Maybe it’ll lead to a secretly-funded Government genre of music, something like “strip scream”. Maybe the whole NWO/Zionist/banker plan is to nuke us or haul us off at that point – a totally harangued, rdecorded dancing nude citizenry which will see its destruction or removal as relief. Come on, don’t delete these comments. We have psychopaths in power, and these are the actions of psychopaths. It’s not psychopathic to tell what psychopaths are doing.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:33 am

I have been thinking that same thing when it comes to your last two sentences about psychopaths. The normal people are psychopaths and the psychopaths are now the normal people. What a great world we have now.

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 4:50 pm

Years ago, when I first started sayin “Wait, something is wrong here.” After awhile, people were starting to think I was nuts (well, maybe I am but, I feel fine), their comments, their disbelief, even almost getting physical defending something which they had no fkn clue about but, refused to hear any thing could be any way else than how they thought it was. How they were told it was.
It took a few years to settle it. I’m not the crazy one. The real crazy ones are in denial. The really sad are the ones who also know “something” is wrong but, they”ll settle for being told it’s them and these meds will help.
Those of you who do not have a problem with these light posts better wake up. If you think these devices will only monitor the area around them think again. With todays technology they will be listening to conversations in your house and monitoring what is going on on your property, who is coming and going. Say the wrong thing inside your home and you might get a visit from HLS or put on a watch list, no fly list or maybe it will trigger them to turn the video cameras on in your new tv or computer to get a closer look. Hell you might even get a notice from your township that you arent cutting your grass often enough or to trim your bushes. Stop drinking the coolaide and talk to your town officials and let them know you do not want these in your town.

The owner of this company doesn’t care about your civil rights, just his big fat government check he receives.

FreeAmericaNow Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:41 am

“The owner of this company doesn’t care about your civil rights, just his big fat government check he receives.”

My point exactly! Are you reading this Chrisgayballs and IDIOT?

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:23 am

Why yes, yes I am. Step back and breathe. They WILL be abused by the DHS. No doubt. It isn’t the “light post” I have issue with. If you think about it for a bit, they are really great (although they need solar cells and a back-up battery IMO), I can think of a dozen ways they can be helpful and useful.
My whole thing is; I don’t want to live in fear of a government, constantly second guessing thier intent. Which is where we are at. Has nothing to do with the light posts, really.
They have no right to do what they do and get away with. I am all about stopping that. I’m not going to live in a world where “some one” tells me we can’t use this or do that because it’s evil and the government will use it against us.
It is the same rhetoric we get from the government. It seems we are willing to trade one prison for another.
Who is the “watchdog” here? One way or the other, from both sides, MY rights would be infringed.
I’d like to live in the country where we can say; “Wow, these things are cool and we can use them to help this or that and blah, blah, blah. NOT in a country where you hear “*chirp* we have possible dissent on the corner of 5th and Main. Dispatch a riot crew to apprehend those teenagers and get enforcement over to their parent’s houses and fine them.”.
Don’t worry about the lamp posts. The issue is bigger than that.
This guy might have designed them for Disney. In that application, they’d be great! Of course, I think Disney is evil too but,….that’s another post.

To stay in your dialect; consider this guy DOES care about civil rights. We know well he’ll be shot (no, he’ll commit suicide like most, like Wendy-O Williams?), the patent will be turned over to a patsy contractor and business will continue.

“Fk the G-ride, I want the machines that are makin them!”

AJisAbigFATidiot Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:34 am

Chris, you are making valid points, but look around at some other posts and responses…most of the people who comment here leave gems like, “fUCk the Dept of WHOREland Sexcurity” and other stupid nonsense that has no substance. If you dare and actually form a complete sentence and try to bring up a counter point using facts and reasoning, you are labeled as a troll or they just say “wake up, asshole” which again, doesn’t add anything to the conversation.

Just remember that arguing with someone on the internet is like winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics; even if you win, you’re still retarded.

Peter Wolf Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 11:54 am

“Just remember that arguing with someone on the internet is like winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics; even if you win, you’re still retarded.”

You can talk for yourself there.

Sam_Wheat Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 1:08 pm

Peter,

LOL!

Good one!

Peter Wolf Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 1:17 pm

I wasnt meaning it to be funny and i find that comment annoying and stupid and juvenile.

dhsn Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:37 pm

In short, Obama-esque.

Tom Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 3:41 pm

Peter Wolf — LMAO!!!

Chrisballs Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Yea, AJ, I’m not arguing i’m sharing a point, right or wrong and listening to others and, that comment was pretty fuckin ignorant. No getting away from that one.