The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws

“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” ~ William O. Douglas, dissenting in Osborn v. United States (1966) The government wants us to believe that we have nothing to fear from its mass spying programs as long … Continue reading “The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws”

How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance To Silence Its Critics

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” ~ President Harry S. Truman Ever since Martin … Continue reading “How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance To Silence Its Critics”

Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom

“Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people’s love of liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will of … Continue reading “Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom”

Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom

“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom … Continue reading “Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom”

The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap

This is an issue that all Democrats, Republicans, independents, Libertarians should be extremely concerned about, especially because we don’t have to guess about where this goes or how this ends. What characteristics are we looking for as we are building this profile of a potential extremist, what are we talking about? Religious extremists, are we … Continue reading “The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap”

The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power

“What’s been most striking to me is just how one-sided the rules are when Americans take on their own government…. It has been dismaying to learn the extent to which rules and laws shield the government from accountability for its abuses – or even lawbreaking…. It’s been a long and frightening lesson…. The rules seem … Continue reading “The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power”

This Is Not a Revolution. It’s a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation

When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. – John Lennon Brace yourselves. There is something being concocted in … Continue reading “This Is Not a Revolution. It’s a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation”

The US Government’s Secret History of Grisly Experiments

“They were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them for what they are until it’s too late.” ~ Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children I have never known any government to put the best interests of its people first, and this COVID-19 pandemic is … Continue reading “The US Government’s Secret History of Grisly Experiments”

Come Home, America: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Wars-Without-End

It’s time to bring our troops home. Bring them home from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Bring them home from Germany, South Korea and Japan. Bring them home from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Oman. Bring them home from Niger, Chad and Mali. Bring them home from Turkey, the Philippines, and northern Australia. That’s not what’s … Continue reading “Come Home, America: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Wars-Without-End”

Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded

Come you masters of war / You that build the big guns You that build the death planes / You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls / You that hide behind desks I just want you to know / I can see through your masks…. You fasten all the triggers / … Continue reading “Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded”