August 24, 2014
Big Government, Ferguson, Health Care, And Unbridled Power Of The State
Okay, I’ll admit that title is a mashup that I never saw coming until I typed it. But stay with me for a moment…
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August 23, 2014
Do Most Americans Agree That Police Militarization Is Over-The-Top?
Does a small Massachusetts police force, in a town of 10,000, need two M16’s (noted by MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki)? Do any small town (or even large city) police departments around the country need grenade launchers? How about tanks? Do most Americans agree that police militarization is over-the-top? Or, as I suspect is the case, are most Americans fine with a continued erosion of civil liberties in the name of public safety?
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August 14, 2014
The Hunger Games Dystopia Is Brewing
On Saturday an unarmed teenager was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. This is a story that is becoming all too common lately — aggressive police force, usually against racial minorities, resulting in the death of an innocent person.
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September 13, 2013
America Spends Billions On Police State, Ignores The Real Security Issue
Because of the NSA leaks by Edward Snowden, not only are we fully aware of the violations to our civil liberties, we also know our tax dollars are being used against us, in the name of national security. There’s a lot of money being spent on a shiny new police state, and what is it buying us? — Less freedom. Less liberty. That’s not a very good bargain.
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September 10, 2013
Counterview: Terrorism Persists, But America’s War On Terror Must End
Remember how the Obama administration stopped using the phrase “War on Terror”? And remember when President Obama gave that speech back in May where he called for an official end to the War on Terror and repeal of the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF)? “I look forward to engaging Congress and the American people in efforts to refine, and ultimately repeal, the AUMF’s mandate,” said Obama. “And I will not sign laws designed to expand this mandate further. Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises. That’s what our democracy demands.”
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August 18, 2013
Left Call Radio 07, 08-18-2013 – Minimum Wage, Corporate Profits, Police State, Terrorism, Obamacare Repeal, Hillary Clinton In 2016?
Podcast #07: Minimum wage vs. corporate profits | The growing police state | Republicans and Obamacare repeal | Hillary Clinton in 2016? | Some conservatives lack intellectual curiosity
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August 16, 2013
Police State: Journalists, Photographers Beware The Growing Domestic Army
If you’re building a “domestic army,” then what is one thing you need to crack down on? — Information — Or in other words, journalists and photographers.
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August 15, 2013
A Marine Who Served In Iraq Says ‘We’re Building A Domestic Army’ In America
During a local council meeting in Concord, New Hampshire, Marine Colonel Peter Martino offered his insight on what he sees as Homeland Security’s initiative to build a domestic army.
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June 17, 2013
Quote: Edward Snowden: You Simply Have To Eventually Fall Under Suspicion
“You simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody even by a wrong call. And then they can use this system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you’ve ever made, every friend you’ve ever discussed something with. And attack you on that basis to sort to derive suspicion from an innocent life and paint anyone in the context of a wrongdoer.” – (NSA leaker) Edward Snowden
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June 7, 2013
NSA Spying On Americans: We Are The Reason It Will Continue
There’s a simple reason the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data mining of phone records and internet content/traffic will continue unabated — This is how Americans now expect their government to behave. We want to be protected, and so many of us have made peace with it. As long as it’s out of sight, out of mind, there’s no civil liberty concerns.
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