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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, April 18, 2014

Liberty!

The day after Edward Snowden proved his libertarian credentials by crawling onto Putin's lap and licking cream from his chin, we have this:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/17/calif-tv-station-films-dog-calmly-playing-with-kids-after-cop-shoots-himself-trying-to-kill-it/

Meanwhile, our small town that has basically one violent crime a year is procuring a military anti-mine vehicle to arrest drunk and disorderly people.

The NSA should not be doing what it is doing, but it is the militarized, shoot first police in this country that is the real assault on liberty.

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