# US Government Developing To Monitor The Press and Opinions

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**Created:** [October 5, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-government-developing-to-monitor-the-press-and-opinions/18481 "2006-10-05T06:47:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-government-developing-to-monitor-the-press-and-opinions/18481/8 "2006-10-05T16:39:02Z")

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> [@FightinMike](#):
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> Read a book back in high school called, The Shockwave Rider, your basic 1984 type doomsday book. In it there were Delphi pools, in which you could bet on anything. Who’s going to win the election, whos going to have the next sex scandal, everything. Point is they were actually set up by the government to monitor public opinions, and were also manipulated to change the tide of public opinion. Looks like we’re getting closer
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> /doomsday rant

Are you the guy I saw on the side of the road with the aluminum foil hat with a coat hanger sticking out of it?

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