Guest Post by Loki

Our founding fathers feared a large central government. They did everything they could to make sure there would not be a large central government. Including passing the Posse Comitatus Act. For those who have forgotten it limits the states from using the federal military for enforcement of local laws. This includes the use of military arms. Therefore no tanks downtown to enforce traffic laws. Now that would cure all the problems at malfunction junction.

Over the last 236 years we have had a steady infringement of the federal government into local laws. From the outright extortion by threat of withhold highway funds if the states do not write DUI laws and seatbelt laws to their standards, to the regulation of light bulbs, toilets and the type of clothes washers sold.

Yet there are now plans to put drones in the skies over America. Of course they will write rules and limit the use of drones… for now. But how long will it be before they ‘have’ to make exceptions to the rules. Can you imagine the outcry if suddenly they put Apache helicopters over Los Angeles to quell the crime in the ghettos. Got to start slowly.

These drones will (eventually if not immediately) have the capabilities to spy on you in your backyard. How long before they will be able to listen in on your conversations in your house. And they plan on keeping the information even if no crime was committed for months, in case they find out about a crime later. Then they can go to instant replay, then the penalty flag.

I can’t understand why liberals have not gone apoplectic over this proposal. Hasn’t anyone told them it can spot marijuana plants in the garden? Maybe they think as part of the inteligencia they will be exempt. They must not have read the history books. Governments always kill their own first.

As T.S. Eliot thought, we go out not with a bang but a whimper… or the muffled hum of a drone.