Good Americans LIKE Government Spying Programs… Posted by Harvey on 2 July 2013, 7:00 pm [High Praise! to Irritable Pundit]
I am against it all because no matter what it will be turned on American citizens when the eventual dictator takes over. oops it already happened. Reply to this comment
It’s a crazy world. Now, any weapon that you can bring against foes, the government might employ against its citizens. Sad. Reply to this comment
There used to be things like posse comitatus, though, and restrictions on CIA activity within the U.S., I naively thought. . . . A difference between us and foreign enemies that the government was held to. Bygone era, or illusion. Reply to this comment
I also thought the government couldn’t seize private property and give it to private developers, until Kelo v. New London. Goodbye, 4th Amendment…. Reply to this comment
Àmen. A quote that should. — should — sum up the 21st century.
I am against it all because no matter what it will be turned on American citizens when the eventual dictator takes over. oops it already happened.
Yeah, you’re right. I was thinking short-term, anti-enemy. But you’re correct.
It’s a crazy world. Now, any weapon that you can bring against foes, the government might employ against its citizens. Sad.
@4 Oppo
it has always been thus.
There used to be things like posse comitatus, though, and restrictions on CIA activity within the U.S., I naively thought. . . . A difference between us and foreign enemies that the government was held to. Bygone era, or illusion.
I also thought the government couldn’t seize private property and give it to private developers, until Kelo v. New London. Goodbye, 4th Amendment….