Topic: This story isn't doing much to assuage my fears that we are in a police state!

[Libertas]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/former-marine-detained-for-ominous-facebook-posts-speaks-out-for-the-first-time-it-made-me-scared-for-my-country/

Three points - 1) Stay the hell off Facebook, or, if you must use any social media, be more clever than the statist trash trolling it; 2) never agree to talk to the authorities, don't go out of your home to talk to them, don't say sh*t but "no warrant? GTFO my property!" ; 3) people ought to be very concerned over stories like this.

[IronDioPriest]

That there is police state bullsh*t.

[AlanS]

Well, we're screwed.

[Pandora]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/former-marine-detained-for-ominous-facebook-posts-speaks-out-for-the-first-time-it-made-me-scared-for-my-country/

Three points - 1) Stay the hell off Facebook, or, if you must use any social media, be more clever than the statist trash trolling it; 2) never agree to talk to the authorities, don't go out of your home to talk to them, don't say sh*t but "no warrant? GTFO my property!" ; 3) people ought to be very concerned over stories like this.

4) do NOT invite them in your house either; once they're in, they leave when they want to do so and not before.

I made that mistake a long time ago, in NJ.  "Can we come in and talk?  You don't want everybody in the neighborhood watching what's going on, do you?"

[Libertas]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/former-marine-detained-for-ominous-facebook-posts-speaks-out-for-the-first-time-it-made-me-scared-for-my-country/

Three points - 1) Stay the hell off Facebook, or, if you must use any social media, be more clever than the statist trash trolling it; 2) never agree to talk to the authorities, don't go out of your home to talk to them, don't say sh*t but "no warrant? GTFO my property!" ; 3) people ought to be very concerned over stories like this.

4) do NOT invite them in your house either; once they're in, they leave when they want to do so and not before.

I made that mistake a long time ago, in NJ.  "Can we come in and talk?  You don't want everybody in the neighborhood watching what's going on, do you?"

Another good reason to have Castle Law too!  (Or original Founding law with respect to arms, if you will.  We should NOT be begging for our God given rights!)

[Libertas]

Might as well keep documenting more examples for this thread, perhaps hundreds of years from now if there is a human race (or whatever) interested in why we destroyed ourselves, they can add stuff like this to their "Don't do this sh*t" list:

Recording cops, still seen as bad form in some circles...if they such good upstanding cops what is it they fear, eh?

http://www.infowars.com/california-man-jailed-four-days-for-recording-cops/

Flu shots still voluntary at my place of work, these unfortunate people though were canned for not getting theirs -

http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/cincinnati/TriHealth-fires-150-employees-for-not-getting-flu-shots/-/13549970/17523386/-/3khe3s/-/index.html

I'm sure the advent of ObamaCare is going to make all of this so much more streamlined and efficient...kinda Nazi-efficient, but, whatever, it's for your own good, you understand, right?!  I SAID, RIGHT?!

San Antonio kids low-jacked, yeah, no violation of civil liberty there, they're in a government pen, er skool, so...

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/25/schools-tracking-devices-causes-controversy/

While others use palm scanners at school, it's OK though, just top pay for those tasty gubmint lunches, nothing nefarious here, any abuse would be quickly discovered and rectified to be sure!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/25/palm-scanners-technology-schools/1726175/

Isn't documenting our descent into Hell fun?!  I bet it's one of the few growth industries in this country now!

[Libertas]

I reckon this fits here.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/gov-dossiers-on-us-citizens/

Hey Eric, we in Libertyville have our dossiers too.   

[Pandora]

... Holder would also allow databases containing information about U.S. citizens to be shared with foreign governments for their own analysis.

"But the changes come with strict guidelines about how the information may be used ... ".

Right.  Oklahoma swampland anybody?

eta:

The changes to the rules for the NCTC were sought in large part after authorities failed to catch Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he boarded a plane on Christmas Day in 2009 with explosives sewn into his underwear. Abdulmutallab wasn’t on the FBI watchlist, but the NCTC had received tips about him, and yet failed to search other government databases to connect dots that might have helped prevent him from boarding the plane.

Right again.  Just the price we have to pay for enjoying the cultural-enriching vibrancy of allowing such people into our country.

[Libertas]

I bet that Oklahoma swampland is pricey too! 

"...cultural-enriching vibrancy..."

Yeah, if they kept it from coming IN we wouldn't need our rights trampled, right?  Well, Hell, can't have that now can we, we are FORCED to accept such vibrancy!

Force.  What's good for the goose is good for the gander.   

[Libertas]

In context with the efforts to disarm We the Militia this makes perfect sense...

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/28/congress-approves-warrantless-wiretapping-program/

[AlanS]

Nothing to see here. Move along....

[Libertas]

Egg Zachary.  It is what they count on, and sheeple make it possible...

[charlesoakwood]

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020096770_shooting10m.html

...[junkie] Theoharis was shot about 16 times and plans to file a civil suit in which a key issue will be whether the officers had justification [no warrant] to enter the room in which he was shot, Heipt [his lawyer] said.

"We think it's pretty clear that they didn't," Heipt said.
...
No firearms were found in the room.
A flashlight was found in a pool of blood next to the bed,
and an end table within reaching distance contained
aluminum cans and a variety of objects, including two
remote controls, according to the prosecutors' summary.
...

[AlanS]

No firearms were found in the room.
A flashlight was found in a pool of blood next to the bed,
and an end table within reaching distance contained
aluminum cans and a variety of objects, including two
remote controls, according to the prosecutors' summary.
...

Hmmm. I wonder if these were pre-ban remotes? Did they have the capacity to carry extra channels? Were they registered?

[Libertas]

No firearms were found in the room.
A flashlight was found in a pool of blood next to the bed,
and an end table within reaching distance contained
aluminum cans and a variety of objects, including two
remote controls, according to the prosecutors' summary.
...

Hmmm. I wonder if these were pre-ban remotes? Did they have the capacity to carry extra channels? Were they registered?

I guess 16 shots indicated a severe breach of the law, eh?

 


Police state?  Nah!  That's crazy talk!

 

[Glock32]

"Only the police should have guns"

[warpmine]

I've come to the conclusion that in the near future, police will not be allowed to carry anything other than a whistle and in the Charlie Rangle train of "limited" thought, liberals will have to serve as policeman for a period of no less that ten years. If they survive they can be permitted to vote.

[Libertas]

It's all coming together for SkyNet.

CO posted an update here re: blimps -

http://itsaboutliberty.com/index.php/topic,5375.0.html

Add in this to everything else -

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-13/guest-post-meet-stingray-surveillance-unconstitutional-all-you-can-eat-data-buffet

Yup, tell me again we are not in a police state and real criminals are a target, not we the people!

It's not just little kids that live in fantasyland...the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy...global warming/climate change, sustainable growth, smart-meters, zero-based budgeting, spending your way to prosperity, fair elections...thinking you don't live in a police state...fricken delusional bastards everywhere!!!

[charlesoakwood]

It wouldn't require a TEOTWAWKI just a general PO'd and towers and/or other data transmission systems could easily become disabled.  In other words, ham or other radios becoming a necessity are a much higher probability than a SHTF scenario is.