That is really scary...
Although, when I think of it, it might be the result of the law that
where political parties get their money from must be public (I think
there's a law like that, although I'm not sure, maybe I'm getting my
countries confused again g). In which case it seems like pretty
annoying misuse of initially reasonable information.
Weronika
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:57:05PM -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
Got this from DS, and am forwarding to the chat-at-large (rather than
through the subterrenean route), because, while somewhat political,
it's unbiased, just reporting facts. And, I suspect, it's also
fascinating (if I could only learn how to navigate it properly and
milk it for all the info it contains g).
It is also an interesting addendum to the -- periodically resurfacing
on chat -- issue of privacy (and how much of it we have. Or not. As the
case seems to be g). Having your lace postings bandied on Google
may be unpleasant and, personally, I'm not overfond of the yearly Visa
summary of my spending, but this is something else. To people who
still have illusions of being able to keep themselves to themselves,
it's *beyond* a bit scary... I had no idea that a track of the
*checks* I write is a matter of public record; just as well I never
could afford (or justify g) big political donations :)
From: D.D.
Dunno if you've seen this site:
http://www.fundrace.org/
The money maps are pretty cool [...]
The site also lets you look up what people have contributed, by address
or by name. See who's contributed how much to whom in your
neighborhood
and bake them a cake / toilet paper their yard!
(Yes, it's a bit scary.)
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