This quote is from an article in Chron.com about plans in the State of Texas to run criminal background checks on anyone attempting to board an evacuation bus in an emergency such as another big hurricane or tornado.

Of course this has nothing to do with the Orwellian Police State that America is becoming, these nice folks just want to keep the sexual predators away from the children:

The idea, according to Jack Colley, is to keep sex offenders and others who may be wanted by police off the same buses used by the most vulnerable during an evacuation: the elderly, disabled residents and children.

What’s even better is that this really nice trustworthy telecom company called AT&T is going to provide electronic bracelets for everyone so they don’t get lost:

Earlier this month, it was announced AT&T Inc. has contracted with the Texas Governor’s Division of Emergency Management to provide electronic wristbands for those residents wanting them, before they board an evacuation bus.

The wristbands would be scanned by emergency management officials and the person’s name would be added to a bus boarding log. That person’s name and their bus information would be sent wirelessly to the University of Texas Center for Space Research data center.

When the evacuee arrives at a designated shelter, the wristband would be scanned again to help state employees respond to inquiries from the public about the safety and location of evacuated family members.

The decision to wear a wristband is purely voluntary. But anyone who boards an evacuation bus will have to provide a name. There will be no requirement to show an identification card, such as a driver’s license, but officials may ask those boarding for an ID.

Oh, and you don’t have to show ID to anyone even though some jack booted thug will be ‘asking’ for it.

Come on people, the only difference between what’s being described here and what happened to the Jews in Germany is that these guys are much more organized and they’ve got better technology which makes them that much scarier.

According to The Boston Globe the new program will be targeting high crime neighborhoods (i.e. black and hispanic) under the premise that parents are not only scared about gun violence, but to respecting of their children’s privacy to search there rooms themselves. Luckily for concerned parents our police do not have such qualms about violating anyones privacy.

From the article:

In the next two weeks, Boston police officers who are assigned to schools will begin going to homes where they believe teenagers might have guns. The officers will travel in groups of three, dress in plainclothes to avoid attracting negative attention, and ask the teenager’s parent or legal guardian for permission to search. If the parents say no, police said, the officers will leave.

For those of you who missed it the Boston Police Department has just announced that they are actively profiling our children while they are in school (i.e. Government Indoctrination Center).

To show their mercy the police have decided not to charge anyone for firearm possession. How kind of them for not prosecuting us for exercising our Constitutionally Protected Rights, don’t you just love them?

If officers find a gun, police said, they will not charge the teenager with unlawful gun possession, unless the firearm is linked to a shooting or homicide.

Even in Soviet Russia and in China today you don’t see the cops announcing these programs, they just did/do it. How far we’ve fallen now, our masters openly announce the wholesale destruction of the Constitution and we just take it.

“I just have a queasy feeling anytime the police try to do an end run around the Constitution,” said Thomas Nolan, a former Boston police lieutenant who now teaches criminology at Boston University. “The police have restrictions on their authority and ability to conduct searches. The Constitution was written with a very specific intent, and that was to keep the law out of private homes unless there is a written document signed by a judge and based on probable cause. Here, you don’t have that.”

I wouldn’t call the feeling I get queasiness. I think it’s a lot more like utter contempt for the criminals running our government and their minions.

This is the opening paragraph from a story on WCBSTV.com:

Surveillance cameras rolling inside our local schools is nothing new, but what’s taking place inside Demarest’s public schools is truly cutting edge: a live feed from more than two dozen cameras with a direct connection to the police.

If you look at all the things our kids are being desensitized to living with I think you’ll see what’s coming next. Our kids are required by law to go to these government controlled schools where are children are ‘taught’ whatever the state says. Schools around the world are rolling out biometrics based ID systems that make our children thumb scan to get on the bus to school, to check out library books (here’s some great propaganda on this topic)or GET FOOD! They are monitored by video at all times, even in the bathrooms (great infowars.com article going deeper into this). Now they’re wiring these cameras to the local police stations.

This is not freedom, or anything close to this. Dictatorial Governments of history dreamed of doing the kind of surveillance that is now commonly accepted as ok, let alone the things that are being pushed for now.

You’ll continue to get exactly the amount of this kind of tyranny you’re willing to accept. It’s completely up to you. How much more tyranny are you willing to live with?

The fucked up thing is if this guy were to defend his property from this invasion he would have been beaten by the deputy and arrested.

Our country is gone

That’s right, our Congress has rubber stamped a bill written by the Bush Administration that is supposed to make warrantless wiretapping okay, even though the Congress has no Authority to grant Unconstitutional powers to the Executive.

From the article:

“After months of prodding by House Republicans, Congress has finally closed the terrorist loophole in our surveillance law — and America will be the safer for it,” declared House Minority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican.

The terrorist loophole? Is this guy for real?

Face it folks, our country is basically gone. Every Congressman and Senator that voted yes on this bill is a traitor, point blank.

The questions is what are we going to do about it?

Here’s the headline from ABC news:

Surveillance Cameras Win Broad Support
Majority of Americans Favor Extra Safety Factor of Cameras

This is classic propaganda. Report there was a poll, and that the majority of people support an unpopular measure. Most of the sheeple want to fit in, so they will adopt this position, even though they don’t agree with it.

Lets show these people what we think of their cameras. Go get a BB Gun, a hammer, or some spray paint and turn these cameras into expensive metal boxes.

I remember first hearing of programs like this about a year or two ago, but the speed with which they’ve spread is truly astounding.

More and more schools in the US, UK, and other countries are making children purchase their school lunches by scanning their fingerprints. Variations on this idea include scanning a finger to check out library books, and for tracking students on school buses.

Think about this. If you’re reading this, most likely the idea of having to scan your fingerprint to do anything is atrocious. That’s because we’ve been raised in a society where only criminals have their fingerprints taken. Only in recent years have we seen adults being fingerprinted for travel purposes, but these programs are small in comparison to the programs targeted at our children.

If you can’t see that this is by design then you’re either extremely ignorant, or in denial.

One other thing I’ve noticed is how privacy concerns are brushed away by saying they don’t actually keep the fingerprint, just a number generated based on 45 different locations on the fingerprint. This is the biggest line of shit out of the whole story. That’s they same way they store any fingerprint they get, whether it’s a 2nd grader or a murderer, they call go into the computer the same.

While all of this seems overwhelming, and people say “what can I do about it?” here is some hope. Some schools have rejected these proposals. The key to beating this is to be involved. Get mad. Go to school board meetings. Organize with other parents. No one wants their child fingerprinted like this, but most people are to busy working or watching American Idol to care.

You can make a difference. Be a leader, and stand up for what’s right!