"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Primary Purpose of DHS Checkpoints Revealed
Yep... the checkpoint Charlies make me feel as though I live in a war zone. But, as I think about it, I guess I do. “And hence it is, that he who attempts to get another man into his absolute power, does thereby put himself into a state of war with him.” – John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chapter 3, Section 17
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As long as Big Brother was just beating up on inner city junkies, cocaine-crazed Negroes, long-haired Hippie war protestors, Spanish-speaking day laborers and Muslim fanatics, John Q. Public was perfectly content to turn his back, close his eyes and cover his ears. Now Big Briother is beating up on John Q. Public. I wonder if now Mr. & Ms. Public will get around to getting pissed off enough to speak up. Somehow I dolubt it.