Welcome Police State

Certain civil libertarians criticized the Bush administration for eaves-dropping although these efforts seemed focused on stopping genuine terrorist threat. There are already extensive camera networks monitoring movement in major metropolitan areas. Even in small towns, red light cameras have become an ubiquitous generator of traffic tickets and the funds they generate. Most Americans have not squawked about these intrusions because in spite of some Bush hatred, the heart of the nation has realized Bush was actually trying to protect the country. Obama is an unknown quantity having been in the US Senate only 143 days before launching his Presidential bid. His allies like Tom Harkin have tried in the past to remove Rush Limbaugh from armed forces radio, and just last week, Senator Jeff Bingaman demanded the return of the Fairness Doctrine. Silencing the opposition is the hallmark of dictatorship. Technology from CCTV to the RFID chip have made universal surveillance possible. National ID cards are coming perhaps as something as benign as a card with all one's health records to facilitate efficiencies in Obama's national health program. National conscription may further erode liberty-a draft to ensure that middle and upper class America sacrifice as much as the lower classes who Democrats misperceive serve disproportionally now. National service of some kind will be required of America's youth. Obama threatens liberty-there are no benevolent dictators.