Today the New York Times ran an article on the NSA exceeding their public monitoring privileges which congress just extended last year. Monitoring of the public is wrong to begin with, but this, along with the MIAC Report, the recently released DHS Report, and the full body scans coming to an airport near you have put the United States down a scary road of government control, that most people are unwilling acknowledge.
People in general take their rights for granted and believe The Constitution is there to protect them. They are right, but if we don’t exercise and protect our rights then The Constitution becomes little more than an old piece of paper.
People close to me have used the argument that if I don’t do anything wrong or suspicious then I should have nothing to worry about and shouldn’t be concerned with these laws. Look at what is being deemed as “wrong” and “suspicious”. They have specifically targeted Ron Paul supporters, people who support the second amendment, and citizens calling themselves pro life. Calling these specific things suspicious is no different than racial profiling.
In the upcoming years there will be a dark alley atmosphere. Meaning we will feel the imposing presence of something watching us, but it will be to dark to see.
