



It is not about Bush or Obama, Republican or Democrat - it is about those who support a constitutional government and those who support some form of totalitarianism.



The Guardian (who else?) has an interesting article by the Chinese artist and thinker Ai Weiwei discussing the destructive power that curtailment of individual privacy by an out-of-control government has on those who live in such a society.



NSA surveillance: The US is behaving like China



Both governments think they are doing what is best for the state and people. But, as I know, such abuse of power can ruin lives

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In the Soviet Union before, in China today, and even in the US, officials always think what they do is necessary, and firmly believe they do what is best for the state and the people. But the lesson that people should learn from history is the need to limit state power.



More ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/nsa-surveillance-us-behaving-like-china



Orwell wrote that "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human faceforever." It is disheartening to me to see so many people anxious to place that boot on their own faces. Perhaps Mussolini was right - see my sig line.







How sad that even the Neo NAZI's can see the danger (note link to Obama image) in a surveillance state when many progressives seem blind to the power they wish to give the state over all people. To quote again from Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull."



Is this really the future that you want?



Please recall the words and heed the warning of President Woodrow Wilson: "The history of freedom is a history of limiting governmental power." Our last two presidents have done more to undermine American constitutional freedoms than any two presidents in history.

Obama's even more deeply intrusive, more widespread, and even less constitutional surveillance police state.It is not about Bush or Obama, Republican or Democrat - it is about those who support a constitutional government and those who support some form of totalitarianism.The Guardian (who else?) has an interesting article by the Chinese artist and thinker Ai Weiwei discussing the destructive power that curtailment of individual privacy by an out-of-control government has on those who live in such a society.Orwell wrote that "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human faceforever." It is disheartening to me to see so many people anxious to place that boot on their own faces. Perhaps Mussolini was right - see my sig line.How sad that even the Neo NAZI's can see the danger (note link to Obama image) in a surveillance state when many progressives seem blind to the power they wish to give the state over all people. To quote again from: "Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull."Is this really the future that you want?Please recall the words and heed the warning of President Woodrow Wilson: "The history of freedom is a history of limiting governmental power." Our last two presidents have done more to undermine American constitutional freedoms than any two presidents in history.