police state rising

do you think the united states government is your friend? do you think the cops are there to help the little people? think again. this post is about exposing just how destructive the monopolies known as governments can be.

we'll begin with a ruling by the united states supreme court: kentucky vs king. full details can be found at the link, but i'll summarize. the cops were chasing someone for a drug violation. he ran into a building, and by the time the cops got to the hallway, there were 2 doors (separate apartments) the guy could have run into. believing they smelled burning marijuana, the cops picked a door, knocked, and allegedly heard noises consistent with destruction of evidence. it turns out they cops had the wrong apartment; the guy they were chasing had run into the other one. however, the first apartment did have cannabis. bonus for the cops, they get two incidents for the price of one.

the defendants correctly asserted the confiscated drugs could not be used as evidence as it was obtained by violating the fourth amendment. you know, the one that says a person's house can't be entered without a warrant. the us supreme court, however, doesn't seem to believe in the constitution. they claim destruction of evidence (or the suspicion there of) is good enough to break into a residence. so don't be flushing any toilets when there are cops at your door, because they'll use that as an excuse to break into your house and start a detailed search.

the next case is barnes vs indiana. a couple were arguing so their snitch neighbors called the cops. the defendant argued with a cop in the parking lot before entering his residence. the cop attempted to follow him. the guy told the cop his presence was unnecessary, and asked him to leave. the cop refused so the guy attempted to shut the door on the cop. the cop forced his way inside where the guy threw the cop against a wall, and a fight started.

whether the cops were justified in forcing their way into the house is debatable, but what's really shocking is the indiana supreme court's ruling. they basically said it's unlawful to resist illegal entry into one's house by the cops. there are several problems here. 1) a person should have the ability to resist the unlawful presence of any intruder. 2) how are people supposed to know if the intruders are cops? any clown can dress up in a cop uniform and claim to be the police.

then there's the story about the marine veteran who was executed by a swat team in ariozona. being a veteran and responsible gun owner, the victim was naturally inclined to grab his ar-15 and investigate the situation. as he was entering the hallway the swat team broke down the door and fired 71 rounds. the marine's weapon still had the safety engaged. paramedics were on sight within 2 minutes (which is actually rather impressive). the cops prevented the emergency responders from entering the house claiming it was dangerous. the only other people in the house were the guy's wife and 4 year old kid. an hour later, (yes, i said an hour) the cops dismissed the emergency medical technicians because the victim had died. talk about adding insult to injury.

the lesson? americans are not safe in their homes. the castle doctrine appears to now be legally dead. it's been de facto dead for quite some time now. one more cop story....

adam kokesh covered a story in washington dc (it's in the second 1/2 of the show). there's video depicting cops assaulting a guy in a wheelchair. the official story? -- a guy was drunk. the cops attempted to issue a citation. the guy refused to comply with the citation's issuance. the cops attempted to arrest the individual. the guy resisted arrest, and assaulted the cops. -- watching the video clearly shows the cops are the aggressors and are only concerned with being violent. the saddest part of the whole story is that without the video evidence, the cops in question would have gotten away with it. they still might, but at least now there's a chance they'll be disciplined.

i want to have faith in the united states. i want to believe i was in afghanistan defending freedom. however, as more time goes by, i become increasingly aware of the truth. the greatest enemies of the united states constitution are not to be found in some distant land, but right here in the united states. american citizens are more likely to be killed by a cop than a terrorist. the incarceration rates in the united states are the highest in the world. free country? clearly not.

i fear the day may come when i'm faced with a difficult choice. to follow the constitution that i swore an oath to defend, or follow the illegal orders just handed down to me. it's not too hard to imagine this country embroiled in civil unrest. it's just as easy to imagine the government response would be to quell the rebellion by whatever means are necessary (even if those protesting are not violent). this cannot be allowed to stand. the ultimate question is: if such a day comes, how many of my fellow patriots will stand with me in keeping true faith an allegiance to the constitution?

osama bin laden? really?

ok, so this is something that would probably have been better posted yesterday, but i was busy. it's not like anyone reads this blog any more anyway so...mute point i guess. i do feel the urge to record my thoughts somewhere quasi-permanent though; call it therapy.

i've been quite disturbed at the reaction to the latest news to come out of our government propaganda machine. the death of bin laden is all over the media, and the general public seems to be drunk with euphoria. i guess it's an indictment on the intelligence level of the general populace. i guess i need to explain myself now. here we go....

a threat? really? bin laden's been in hiding since september '01. i know he wasn't directing any of the insurgent activity i had the pleasure of dealing with in afghanistan. that was all being done by a bunch of unsophisticated splinter cells.

it doesn't take much to fight a gorilla style war with improvised explosive devices. in fact, this is exactly what he trained the afghans to do when they were fighting the soviets in the 80s. this time, they don't have our stinger missiles and the invading force is a little nicer, but those are the only substantive differences. hell, many of the villagers think we're the russians. now i'm getting sidetracked though.

and funding? we cracked down on bin laden's sources of capital. while cutting it all off would be impossible, he at least would have had a hard time moving money around. what little money and supplies the insurgents got was not from bin laden. it comes from people that hate having americans running around in their back yard.

contrary to popular belief, bin laden hasn't had any tactical value to terrorism for years. at best, his remaining alive was a great public relations boost for the haters of america.

so that makes killing him good for us, right? i'm not so convinced. it seems his death may actually galvanize the people our government has declared war on. has anyone checked the latest travel advisories? i know the tsa is a great reason to not go to airports, but anyone that does end up at one will notice even more 'security'. it appears letting him live would have been the better option.

but that's me being logical; let's look at people that are clearly not logical: the american populace. sunday night there was a huge party outside the white house. people were drinking, chanting, doing drugs.... adam kokesh went out there with a camera crew to ask a few questions. if anyone's curious to see just how stupid he discovered them to be, i've got a nice little link to the show where he covered it. americans truly are retards.

and that's probably the reaction obama was going for. let's see, what would we have been talking about if it wasn't for this huge upstaging event? there's a debt ceiling limit that's going to get voted on pretty soon. gary johnson and ron paul's campaigns are just starting. the dollar's been tanking pretty hard, and inflation's been flying pretty high. oh yeah, and there's a united nations gun control treaty that's up for the senate's ratification. seems like a good time for a distraction doesn't it?

seriously america. quit being a bunch of sheeple, and use your brains for a change. stop accepting everything the government feeds you on blind faith. hold your representative's feet to the fire, and let them know you're watching. wake up!!!