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As a young man the militarized police enforcer image had some appeal – the old POLICE officer over PEACE officer thing Hollywood did their level best (and still does) to propagandize. But a dozen years or so ago the implication of POLICE over PEACE has become readily apparent with some pretty outrageous abuses of police powers. Today there is an interesting article on the growing militarization of U.S. police that is worth some serious consideration on how do we de-escalate it? To me it is a grass roots, ground up type problem with local police and sheriff agencies that are more or less directly accountable to the people (Sheriff’s typipcally through direct election and police departments through mayors offices or councils).

But the abuses by Federal agencies are considerably harder to deal with as the Federal agencies have been consolidation their powers since Bill Clinton refused to rein in Janet Reno – not saying she was the first but one of the most notable at that level.

GW didn’t help much with the formation of Homeland Security which the Democrats only knocked until they were able to grab the reins for themselves. So this isn’t as much a Democrat or Republican thing as it is Statism vs Federalism. And though there are more Statists in the Democrat party there is certainly no shortage of them in the Republican party including a couple of recent failed Presidential contenders.

I keep hearing from the leftists that “no one is coming to take your guns” but then I read things like David Schmecker’s story… never trust a politician or person of authority to not abuse what ever authority they are given.

And the money quote:

"The global temperature standstill shows that climate models are diverging from observations," says David Whitehouse of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

"If we have not passed it already, we are on the threshold of global observations becoming incompatible with the consensus theory of climate change," he says.

via The Australian.

Here is a case in Delaware which is a stark reminder that you must know your rights or you will lose them! No one is safe.

In case you’ve not read up on it lately with all the national level stuff going on here is a reminder that the UN Gun Grab on Pace for March. And with Kerry representing us I have this queasy feeling in my stomach….

If you believe in a United States by the people, for the people they you’re likely considered a hate group. Especially if you’re vocal about your beliefs.

It reminds me of Chavez, Putin and other 2 bit dictator wanna’be’s which is appropriate considering they all lean hard left.

When 2nd Amendment Civil Rights activist makes a comment about the Administration wanting to ban guns some astroturfing commentor will surely counter with “no one wants to come take your guns”. But only a shill would be so dishonest when Missouri Democrats have introduced legislation which would give gun owners 90 days to turn in their weapons. Only takes one to disprove the assertion no one wants to take our guns…

Mark Kelly and his wife, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, testified against AR15 and other so-called “assault weapons” in Colorado yet the same Mark Kelly made sure he got his.

If AR’s in particular are such evil “assault weapons” why are they “personal defense weapons” in the hands of Homeland Security? And what they’re buying are select-fire not semi-auto’s.

“[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.”

Tench Coxe

A guy stopped at a local gas station, and after filling his tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and watched a couple of men working along the roadside.

One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The other man came along behind him and filled in the hole. While one was digging a new hole, the other was 25 feet behind filling in the hole.

The men worked right past the guy with the soft drink and went on down the road. “I can’t stand this,” said the man tossing the can into a trash container and headed down the road toward the men.

“Hold it, hold it,” he said to the men. “Can you tell me what’s going on here with all this digging and refilling?” “Well, we work for the government and we’re just doing our job,” one of the men said.

“But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You’re not accomplishing anything. Aren’t you wasting the taxpayers’ money?”
“You don’t understand, mister,” one of the men said, leaning on his shovel and wiping his brow. “Normally there’s three of us: me, Elmer and Roy.

I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, and Roy here puts the dirt back.

Elmer’s job’s been cut … so now it’s just me an’ Roy.