Little Lies

Big Brother Is Watching
A senior at the University of Massachusetts doing a research paper on communism filled out a form requesting a copy of Mao Tse-tung's Little Red Book from the university's interlibrary loan program. What he got for his trouble was a little lesson in how a police state works. According to The Daily Standard of New Bedford, the student was visited shortly afterward by two agents from the Department of Homeland Security, who told him that the compendium of quotes and speeches by Chairman Mao is on the government's "watch list." Also, the fact that the kid had travelled a lot apparently raised a few eyebrows, too. Another nice touch: The student declined to give his name to the paper, or even to be interviewed, fearing repercussions. So the machinery of coercion is working pretty well. Nice little country we got going here. -- Tony Long, Wired News

Seems we get conflicting news, some say this is originally a Dartmouth story. Maybe the whole story is fake. How well versed are you on MAO TSE-TUNG. Is Communism still considered a major threat by the US Government? Time for Tony Long to do his research.