Beyond Big Brother

From Maggies Notebook There can be no slicker way to violate your civil liberties and the lives of those you love, than arming local police with weapons of war, and telling you that it’s about protecting you and yours. You know the well-worn, but well-accepted practice of government giving the states ‘stuff’ beyond handouts to feed the needy — stuff like vehicles used for withstanding IEDs, battle gear for police worthy of Taliban territory, unprecedented quantities of ammo, and drones in the hands of police and sheriffs, already used to spy on Americans while on their own property. Without whistleblowers, we wouldn’t know half of what we know. By the way, whistleblowers need prayer for safety.

Salina, California Police

Note: I am not targeting the city of Salinas, California. I’m simply making a point that there may be numerous instances of heavily-armored law enforcement around the country, perhaps with tight allegiance to this administration.

A contact within the DHS claims that Obama’s administration has been working long and hard to finalize plans “to respond to a crisis of unprecedented magnitude.” Now when you hear something like this, you would think “shouldn’t the government be prepared for an incident like this?” And you are exactly right, but here’s the thing, the government is preparing for a dystopian future where the main cause of our current government’s falling is an act that they themselves set into place. Mr. Conservative, read more about government induced “catastrophe” here. January 28, 2014

At the National Governors Association meeting with Obama last weekend, rhetoric from the president that “chilled the room” set the tone, according to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, threats and promises (translation: payback), telling governors not to complain about his proposed cuts to the National Guard, which also changes the Guard’s aviation abilities through changes of equipment, and a cut of 8 percent in that equipment.


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