Thursday, September 16, 2010

That's the Signpost Up Ahead. Your Next Stop...

...The Tyranny Zone. [Read]

Just where do you think YOU'RE going...?

And if you don't have anything to hide, what's the problem?

[Via William T]
Posted by David Codrea at 9/16/2010 11:17:00 AM

9 comments:

jon said...

well. that's begging for trouble.

9/16/2010 11:24 AM
WP said...

Considering that you now must beg permission from DHS to fly into, out of and across the "Republic" as of yesterdays full implementation of Secure Flight, this is shocking anymore how?

9/16/2010 12:09 PM
Sean said...

Already there.

9/16/2010 1:18 PM
W W Woodward said...

The "problem" is: it's no business of the government where and when I go. I mind my own business and refrain from inconveniencing others. I expect the same courtesies from others, including the government.

[W3]

9/16/2010 1:22 PM
TJP said...

WARNING
CONSTITUTIONAL CHECK-POINT AHEAD

1,776 FEET BE PREPARED TO STOP

STRICT INTERPRETATION IN USE

9/16/2010 2:16 PM
Defender said...

John Ross's "Unintended Consequences" talks about this very thing, and how it can turn out. Ugly.
When people acepted the War on Drugs, they didn't know it would become literal. Now it's the great excuse for the War on Everything.

9/16/2010 2:34 PM
Defender said...

Thanks for the heads-up on Secure Flight. Since they're going to be taking nude X-ray backscatter photos of everyone, why is it necessary? It should be impossible to smuggle so much as a plastic bread-bag closer tab.
Because they can.
It wouldn't have stopped the 9/11 hijackers. Crooked DMV employees sold them real government-issued ID -- driver's licenses -- matching their forged documents. It's going on still.
But it'll get more of US on a list.
I've told my senators, congressman, local airport commission and airlines operating out of here how I feel about all this. They say it's all done according to policy. If the airlines object, they lose their airport use privileges. There are enough people willing to surrender to keep it going on.

9/16/2010 2:45 PM
sofa said...

"Just where do you think YOU'RE going...?"

And what is that handbasket doing here?

9/17/2010 7:32 AM
Defender said...

A week or two ago we were discussing the North Carolina Sheriff's Association wanting lists of people who are prescribed pain medicines. PRESCRIBED. Apparently we already have such a program here in Virginia. Maybe you do too.

http://www.dhp.state.va.us/dhp_programs/pmp/pmp_desc.asp

My doctor's office has a poster in the window saying such patients' names are reported to the DEA. I looked up the health department website and this link is what I found. Access to the database is "strictly limited." Yeah, sure.
It's easier to get cocaine and heroin on the street, with fewer repercussions.

9/17/2010 8:16 PM

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