Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Too much power..or too much free time?

I wake up this morning to find that the FBI decided to sue Wikipedia over the picture of their government seal...Not a badge...just a picture of some guy standing in front of the seal...All I can think of is...Are we REALLY paying these dipshits to do this kind of thing? THIS is where all our tax dollars go? So that the FBI in a fit of childish rage can target people with fraudulent claims and misquoted laws? Frankly...I'd like a refund please..And I'd like each and everyone of you to clean out your desk by Monday and go join congress, the President and every other fat old crony on the capital hill in the unemployment line. This is our government acting like high school bullies and thugs..Not like the professionals we expect them to be. The attempt to twist the law to suit their agenda at the time only shows how little they care about the law..and the constitution to begin with. In closing..FBI...go hunt some real bad guys...and maybe hire better lawyers. Oh. And heres the link for those who havent seen it http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100803/od_yblog_upshot/fbi-will-fight-valiantly-to-protect-the-integrity-of-its-seal-from-internet-encyclopedians

you cant do that on Wikipedia!



So i just read an article that the FBI is trying to take the website Wikipedia to court over the use of the image of its seal (shown above)because it is a crime to use it. While they tried to make a strong case as to why the website could not use the bureaus iconic image the response was even better I think that Wikipedia lawyers gave in response to the allegeded crime
"While we appreciate your desire to revise the statute to reflect your expansive vision of it," the site's lawyers wrote, "the fact is that we must work with the actual language of the statute, not the aspirational version ... that you forwarded to us." The site went on to politely decline the request and indicate it would gladly see the feds in court: "Badges and identification cards are physical manifestations that may be used by a possessor to invoke the authority of the federal government. An encyclopedia article is not."


So really what else does our crack team of federal investigators have to do with their time other that than be butt hurt over the use of an image they use as a reference picture (not used to impersonate an officer)? I think the FBI should be out there actually looking for the bad guys instead of meandering around with their thumbs up their bums picking fights for no reason...just my nugget of the day