In a message dated 9/29/07 3:24:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A friend who is visiting Washington D.C. mentioned in an email all the security he saw there: "Lots of police with weapons. Metal detectors and such going into every building. People guarding garage entrances and asking why you are walking by the entrance. Police cars sitting at intersections locked and ready to go. Some friends said they were very aggressive about photos being taken in the wrong places, they would take the film and develop it for you at your expense or help you delete the photo from your camera." This is NOT the America I grew up and got to know. This is more like Nazi Germany or the Eastern Block Stasi. We don't need this. It is just a show of force and the attempt to turn the country into a police state via fear mongering. The way the government and DHS is handling this is like Muslims are as numerous as Mexicans in this country. We all know that is well NOT the case! My local police even here in blue state California is dressed up like they are going to battle in Bagdhad which is way overkill for the level of crime in the area. They are even pushing early retirement on their older cops most likely because they've had to spend all this gear that the DHS wants them to have and can only afford rookies many of whom maybe fresh back from Iraq and ready to push ordinary citizens around (but around here we'll push back). So what are they anticipating? Could it be, as outlined in a UK military document but very applicable to the US and my bet that as similar but most likely "classified" document exists for this country, that they expect massive rioting if the economy collapses like it did in 1929? They definitely seem to be working towards a police state in this country. I think it is our responsibility to turn this around. Sounds like paranoia to me! Been smoking any herb lately? ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
