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In reply to the discussion: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)With the passage of the Patriot Act, BOTH political parties endorsement of the "Unitary Executive" and the "Bush Doctrine", the creation of a mammoth "Homeland Security Department", the elimination of Constitutional prohibitions and accountability on the Telecoms (FISA), the NDAA, the nationally co-ordinated violent suppression of OWS, the militarization and national co-ordination of our local Police Departments, drone and unlimited video surveillance of civilians, Military deployed to "police" peaceful domestic protests, the establishment of "vandalism" as a priority target for Grand Jury Investigations,....
[font size=3]Would you say we are moving TOWARD a Police State,
or moving AWAY from a Police State? [/font]
Bonus Question:
[font size=3]Would you say that those who are alarmed at the direction this country is heading have a valid concern?[/font]
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the Unions,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Teachers,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a teacher.
Then they came for the Protestors,
and I didn't speak out because I was a "good citizen".
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.
If the long, black leather trench coat fits,
wear it.
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
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