all over it, as usual…

Y’know, as common as it is for people to portray libertarians as being “paranoid”, the gradual uptick in this kind of stuff suggests to me that “they” are more woried than we are. I mean, c’mon, SWAT teams becoming a regular thing for the most mundane calls, urban warfare training in areas that couldn’t possibly pass for places where it’d take place (I haven’t been to Virginia, but something tells me it looks nothing like Iraq…), the military taking on policing duties…if that all doesn’t add up to a “Holy Crap!” moment I dunno what does.

Speaking of military policing, earlier today while flipping through channels I caught a CNN anchor — Kate something, some redhead chick — sloppily segueing into a mention of General Honore (sp?), the guy that ended up in charge of New Orleans when martial law was being imposed there. The way she did it got me: she favorably compared him to John Wayne & GIGGLED about it.

The more I see garbage like that, the more often I consider erasing every channel from my TV that does not show either Emeril, sports, or Law & Order. I get my news online anyway.

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