The STATE of our nation

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson.

Tyranny is oppression and dictatorship. It means that your life is not your own to lead so far as the state is concerned. If you don’t think we’re headed that direction, then you haven’t been paying attention. The tyrannical foot is already in the door… but it was "for the children".

Massive amounts (billions) of tax-payer dollars have been wasted on a failing system called Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). Time after time there have been children screaming and crying at the top of their lungs, "please don't take me away! Mommy, mommy, daddy, daddy!" All the parents can do is stand by helplessly as the police forcefully kidnap their children away. Sometimes for years to come and sometimes mistakenly, but never are the children rightfully returned until the damage has already been done. A quick Google search of "DCFS victims," will turn up many horrifying true-stories that will make any parents blood boil. To make matters much worse, if someone doesn't like you, all they have to do is make one phone call to DCFS and your life can be ruined for the next several years. I happen to believe in God-given rights as a parent. That is to say...I brought my child into the world and I (not the government) am directly responsible for the safety and well-being of my child. Unfortunately, often the government (DCFS) and the parents disagree on what is best for the child. This is especially true when it comes to medicines (drugs).

Not too many years ago, the pharmaceutical industry convinced President Bush to support mandatory mental-health screening for every child in America, including preschool children, and the industry is now working to convince Congress as well. But mandatory screening alone is not what the pharmaceutical industry wants. The real payoff for the drug companies is the forced drugging of children that will result – as we learned tragically with Ritalin – even when parents refuse. For example, in 1995, the state of Texas launched the Texas Medication Algorithm Project. Many children have suffered harmful effects from these drugs. Yet some parents have even been charged with child abuse for refusing to drug their children.
Sometimes it’s as simple as a rambunctious child and a teacher’s note. Sometimes it’s life and death like Katie Wernecke. It doesn’t always have to be a kid, though. Remember Terri Schiavo?
She was never diagnosed as terminally ill, but she was starved to death endorsed by the state. Judicial torture & murder.

It’s not just individuals either, it can be occupation of a family’s home property such as Ruby Ridge or it can be a police state of a whole city like New Orleans or even a whole country (look around at the state of security and the hoops we jump through because of 9/11).

Speaking of “Homeland Security”, grant-giving authority was handed over to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and now, states have to propose plans about how the money will be used to support Homeland Security missions. Largely, it’s been spent on the militarization of police, even so much as outfitting them with tanks.
Remember what Officer Friendly used to look like?

Now you can’t tell the difference between cops and real soldiers. These are today’s cops, and they aren't S.W.A.T.:

Wonder what they’ll use their tanks for next. You know… since they’ve already got the shooting dogs and terrorizing sleeping citizens thing down pat.
Palm Bay uses their new military stuff to make speed traps to radar check you. So slow your butt down.