Many Americans do love their police state
Civil Liberties Examiner
by JD Tucille
01/05/09
Scattered through the comments to yesterday’s column about a Customs and Border Patrol stop of a passenger train that never crossed the boundaries of the United States are little gems of the sort that I’ve come to dread and anticipate in equal parts: praise for the government for behaving in an arbitrary and heavy-handed manner. Unfortunately, all too many of our friends, neighbors and relations have come to relish acting like bit players in a bad Cold War film. They’re more than happy to bow down to the nearest uniform so long as somebody assures them it will ‘keep us safe’ — from whom, it doesn’t matter, though it’s certainly not from overbearing authorities...
http://tinyurl.com/9u4dow
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=JD+Tucille
by JD Tucille
01/05/09
Scattered through the comments to yesterday’s column about a Customs and Border Patrol stop of a passenger train that never crossed the boundaries of the United States are little gems of the sort that I’ve come to dread and anticipate in equal parts: praise for the government for behaving in an arbitrary and heavy-handed manner. Unfortunately, all too many of our friends, neighbors and relations have come to relish acting like bit players in a bad Cold War film. They’re more than happy to bow down to the nearest uniform so long as somebody assures them it will ‘keep us safe’ — from whom, it doesn’t matter, though it’s certainly not from overbearing authorities...
http://tinyurl.com/9u4dow
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=JD+Tucille
rudkla - 8. Jan, 11:00
