Big Brother ? NO PROBLEM!

Why JU needs to wake up

Published on December 29, 2005 By Deference In Politics

I recently posted an article Link detailing a Senator's brave fight to remove cameras from intersections. Though there were many good reasons for the legislation the Senator proposes, the primary in my mind was simply the fact that cameras monitoring public places are an inappropriate use of the technology. No one posting has thus far touched on the aspect, seemed surprised of the camera presence, or even really expressed any outrage about it's abuse.

It is because of this I more deeply concerned then ever that the 'frog in a pot' is already boiled. You may have heard of the analogy - a frog, if you attempt to put it in a pot of boiling water - will immediately leap out and away from it's scalding death. However, it is easy to trick the frog in to willingly staying within the pot and cooking itself if one simply puts it in room temperature water, then apply gradually increasing heat. The frog becomes sluggish at some point before boiling to death and becomes unable to muster the wherewithal to fight against the overpowering heat cooking it's vital organs.

It's becoming increasingly evident to me that American people and JU citizens are becoming more and more lethargic. Like the frog in the pot, the ability, or the sheer will, to jump from the scalding water is becoming dangerously faint. I recently engaged in an argument with a respected JU regular that the press should remain free and unregulated by the state; the lust for Big Brother to cozy us in it's Herculean arms has grown so great.

Some have gone to great lengths to justify the Patriot Act, one piece of legislation that effectively renders the fourth amendment moot. Though there have been some spirited discussions regarding whether it has or hasn't, most parties seem to have digressed to the point that if it has few have any actual problem with that intrusive Big Brother cock in their @$$. People like to rationalize away those troubling pieces of erect meat stabbing their prostate as they claim that is the price they pay for tranquility. Tranquility with a cock up my ass, I love it! The same goes for roving wiretaps and unwarranted searches.

Governments' sole reason for birth was our protection, as many here are quick to point out -all the other goodies are icing on the cake. Our forefathers believed that cake could be improved upon and so formed the tenuously best piece of three - layer (cake) possible consisting of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Within those documents one finds themes and amendments that build up a state bound in servitude to it's citizens. This government is powerful enough to protect it's citizens but not so powerful that it may rule them without regard to their own autonomy. This autonomy is defined by the rights of the individual so stated in the Bill of Rights. To abridge, circumvent, destroy, or amend the original Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments) is to destroy the autonomous individual envisioned by the founding fathers.

Yet we have allowed Lady Liberty to slip into something less then what she is. Instead of a virtuous Daughter of the Revolution she is instead a whore dressed as a handmaiden to those taking the quick and easy route to accomplishing the original task of government - protecting it's citizens. Those perpetrators are the signers of the Patriot Act and the legislators of other equally heinous legislation such as the Real ID Act and we; the inactive people and lackadaisical guards of our own civil liberties granted us by some of the wisest men in the world are welcoming the slutdom. Why? Because a virtuous woman demands more attention, more selfless service, more loyalty, and is not as easy to bed.

How many Americans have you met who do not speak out on issues, contact their representatives often, or even vote? How many do you know that have taken their time to protest, to go door to door campaigning, or taken an active role in local politics? Hell, when was the last time you went to a school board or city council meeting?

Lady Liberty retains minute assiduity for idle natter from careless citizens. That you are proud she is yours and that you love her with all your heart matters so little when she sees as much actual interaction from you.

So then, instead of the Lady, we get the cheap shit.

Let me tell you about the cheap shit.:

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I'm a homeowner, I'm concerned about my safety and the perimeter of my castle should be guarded - day in, day out. I realized the job was too big for one man, so I hired another. This gentleman assured me he'd make certain my home, my things, and I, were safe. For this task he took a modest charge automatically deducted from my check at the end of every year. I kept in constant contact with him over the course of the first year, spoke with him, and knew him as well as my brother - after all, it is important to know who keeps you safe and how they accomplish the task. After the first year, I became lax about keeping up with the man and no longer kept tabs on his workings. I saw him around my castle less and less but without incident I felt as secure as ever.

After a while, I began to question just what the gentleman was doing to secure my safety. I called him.

"Well", he told me, "I have a bird in that tree of yours that keeps an eye out for me."

Really.

"But the bird can hardly defend against an intruder, sir!" I exclaimed, "And what about the inside, how do you know if someone goes inside?"

"I have a caterpiller in the frame of your door who listens to everything inside," he soothed, " I also have great weapons I can summon from a distance if the bird tells me of an intruder."

"So I am safe?" I question.

"You are safe,"he answers.

One night I awoke to an intruder in my castle. I beat the starved animal off, then traveled to see my guard the next day.

"I was attacked in the middle of the night!" I screamed.

"So you were." he answers.

"But I pay you to protect me!" I shout, flailing my arms at my sides.

"Certainly, I'm sorry for the inconvenience," he grins," I will do better next time."

Weeks later, I do not see the man, but trust his bird and caterpiller are somewhere helping to protect me. I bathe on my castle grounds lost in thought not noticing a wide-eyed bird scoping me out and an underfoot caterpiller listening to me talk to myself.

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Sunday, February 27, 2005
By Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SAN FRANCISCO -- John Gilmore's splendid isolation began July 4, 2002, when, with defiance aforethought, he strolled to the Southwest Airlines counter at Oakland Airport and presented his ticket. The gate agent asked for his ID.

Gilmore asked her why.

It is the law, she said.

Gilmore asked to see the law.

Nobody could produce a copy. To date, nobody has. The regulation that mandates ID at airports is "Sensitive Security Information." The law, as it turns out, is unavailable for inspection.

"Are they just basically saying we just can't travel without identity papers? If that's true, then I'd rather see us go through a real debate that says we want to introduce required identity papers in our society rather than trying to legislate it through the back door through regulations that say there's not any other way to get around," Gilmore said. "Basically what they want is a show of obedience."

"I used to laugh at countries that had internal passports. And it's happened here and people don't even seem to know about it."

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05058/462446.stm

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Just some things to think about...

Comments (Page 2)

drmiler

on Dec 30, 2005

It's very interesting to see the two 'dr's' backing a big government secret law. What happened to you guys?

I will reiterate since it seems your memory is short. What you are talking about, to me falls here.

It is contingent that you have earned a driver's license to drive, not travel within or between states - at least not yet. Do you want it that way? Do you want to be ID'd wherever you go?

If it can save "one" American life then hell yes! I don't have a problem with it at the present time. As someone who carries a concealed firearm I MUST carry ID with me at ALL times.

Deference

on Dec 30, 2005

If it can save "one" American life then hell yes! I don't have a problem with it at the present time.

I really appreciate your rationalization. Why don't you sacrifice some more liberty for your 'safety'.

Deference

on Dec 31, 2005

Look, that last remark was reactionary.

Check this,

I'm not attempting to be insulting to you, drmiler.

I'm trying to get you and others to wake the hell up.

You can never be totally safe or save every life. It is total deceit and an absolute mischanneling of faith and hope to place your trust in the ultimate middleman of security - the government.

Adversity in human life is important - it allows us to continually adapt and advance as a people. We suppress that growth when we take our own decisions away from ourselves.

As an owner of a firearm (with permit) I'm guessing you understand a bit of that, so I find it puzzling you would defend such legislation. Unless of course you are just bored and want something to talk about. If that's the case, thanks for the bump and thanks for keeping the JU article pool from getting stagnant.

drmiler

on Dec 31, 2005

You can never be totally safe or save every life. It is total deceit and an absolute mischanneling of faith and hope to place your trust in the ultimate middleman of security - the government.

No we can never be "totally" safe. But until the government gives me the "full" authority needed for me to protect me and mine (which I doubt will ever happen). I am content to let them do what they can to protect me and mine. That is supposedly part of the reason we elected them isn't it? What needs to be done is put expiration dates on these things they're doing like the national ID BS. And for the record I never said we could save every life. What I said was and I quote: If it can save "one" American life then hell yes! One terrorists life versus that of a single American? No choice there. Kill the terrorist sob!

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