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Our Dress Rehearsal for a Police State

May 2, 2020

by Rick Olson

All my life, I have dismissed paranoids on the right (“America is headed to communism”) and the left (“It can happen here” — referring to fascism). It’s not that I’ve ever believed liberty was guaranteed. Being familiar with history and a pessimist regarding the human condition, I never believed that.

But the ease with which police state tactics have been employed and the equal ease with which most Americans have accepted them have been breathtaking.

People will argue that a temporary police state has been justified because of the allegedly unique threat to life posed by the new coronavirus. I do not believe the data will bear that out. Regardless, let us at least agree that we are closer to a police state than ever in American history.

Vermont Escalates to Threats of Fines or Prison for Those Who Violate Stay-at-Home Order

April 6, 2020

by Steve MacDonald

Early on in this ridiculous virus police-state nonsense, I posed a question. Where do you confine people for violating the stay-at-home order if it’s unjust to confine people who might then get the thing (in confinement) for which we are all being told to say home?

Robert Francis O’Rourke Says He’ll Make America a Police-State … and the Socialist Mob Cheers Wildly

September 15, 2019

by Ed Mosca

This: Bobby Francis O’Rourke is never going to be President of the United States. But there is a chance that one the DemocRATS he shared the debate stage will. (I use DemocRATS to refer to the politicians, pundits, operatives etc. … not the rank-and-file Democrat voters … many of whom are god people and many … Read more

The Left is No Longer Hiding from the Tyranny of Their Worldview – They are Preaching It.

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Frederica Wilson (D – Big Shiny Hats) is convinced the government should silence and prosecute people who criticize members of Congress. I can only assume that means she supports extra-judicial silencing of the same.

Coming Soon To A Tea Party Rally Near You

September 26, 2018February 5, 2013

by Steve MacDonald

I bet the Obama Police State wants to get them some of these…(and I’m not saying they don’t already have some). The Scandinavian-designed Black Hornet Nano weighs as little as 16 grams (roughly half an ounce) — the same as a finch. The 4-inch (10-centimeter) -long helicopter is fitted with a tiny camera which relays … Read more

“Rights? We don’t need no steekin’ rights!”

September 26, 2018January 29, 2013

by Tim Condon

But, hey, you’ll be “safe”! Here’s a report from Paragould, Arkansas, where police SWAT teams will be patrolling the streets and stopping every person they encounter:

That’s How I Was Raised…

September 26, 2018December 23, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

I was wandering through a retail store yesterday when I happened through the baby section. There was what the folks in manufacturing call a bottleneck–where things being what they are create a pinch point that slows or stops progress. In this instance the “things” were people, with carriages (sleighs?) loaded down with goodies, placed at angles in the aisle to optimize the stoppage of movement in both directions, while they chatted with animated voices and nonthreatening hand gestures.

No threatening hand gestures from the other shoppers who were being inconvenienced but that may have come later. I had no “sleigh” so I scooted around through children’s where I happened upon the cribs and baby monitors and that was when it occurred to me.

A Progressive Fairy Tale: When The Police State Fails – Punish Local Business Owner

September 26, 2018December 22, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

Guy has small business. Guy Succeeds and manages to keep his business open in a rough neighborhood for decades even though police State can’t control crime in local area. Police State doesn’t like his customer base. Police State blames business owner for crime they can’t contain. (He didn’t build the business right? but he must … Read more

The Promise of The Democrat Police State

September 26, 2018August 13, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

Inconvenient Speech Equals handcuffs in the Democrat Police State

Democrats obstructing speech they object to continued… after yesterdays post, which produced some necessary followup. Obama campaign officials obstructed a Pennsylvania reporter from speaking to Obama supporters waiting outside, in line for an Obama rally. A Commenter, C. dog, responded with a link to this story from 2008, at the Democrat National Convention, in Denver.

ABC reporter Asa Eslocker was filming for a story about the financial influence of lobbyists and wealthy donors. While taking pictures of Democrat Senators and others on a public sidewalk he was arrested and detained by the police.

Do we live in a police state? No. Unconstitutional police action is challenged in New Hampshire.

September 26, 2018August 10, 2012

Do the police have the right to stop anyone driving down a road, for any reason or no reason, demanding “your papers”? No. Not in New Hampshire at least. Read all about it and watch it HERE, and read about why police sobriety checkpoints are unconstitutional and a very bad idea HERE. Excellent, excellent, excellent: … Read more

WORTH READING: A rumination on government and the sociopathic personality.

September 26, 2018March 25, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

This from Doug Casey at Casey Research: “The Ascendance of Sociopaths in U.S. Governance,” wherein Mr. Casey makes a number of trenchant observations. You need not agree with all of them to gain insight into a different way of thinking about the problems facing America. Here are some quotes from the article…food for thought:

All the institutions that made America exceptional – including a belief in capitalism, individualism, self-reliance and the restraints of the Constitution – are now only historical artifacts.
Have you ever wondered where the 50,000 people employed by the TSA to inspect and degrade you came from? Most of them are middle-aged. Did they have jobs before they started doing something that any normal person would consider demeaning? Most did, but they were attracted to – not repelled by – a job where they wear a costume and abuse their fellow citizens all day.
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Hope Has Changed…

September 26, 2018January 5, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

Speaks for itself.

DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE YOU UNDER SURVEILLANCE?

September 26, 2018October 11, 2011

by Rick Olson

“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” —Justice William O Douglas

Perhaps some will read this and the knee-jerk reaction might be, “Oh, there goes one of those tin-foil-lined hat rants again…Like the government doesn’t have anything better to do than watch, “me.” Perhaps on some level, thinking of the government having citizens under surveillance harkens back to Soviet-style citizen oppression, much less being an inefficient and wasteful use of valuable resources. This issue, however, focuses on the incidental happenstance of average citizens and the likelihood of being caught up in something few contemplate or even envision.

You’re watching the news and a story about bombs and explosives airs and part of the interview features some law enforcement mouthpiece claiming, “The bomb was constructed from instructions readily available on the internet…and materials bought at local hardware and home goods retailers…” You have never given thought about building a bomb, much less how to build one. So, being bored you grab your laptop and Google, “How to build a bomb” Sorting through the various hits the topic garners, you spend all of ten minutes searching and reading. All you really want to know is if the claims made have any credibility.