Slouching toward a military junta:
"Liberty isn’t usually lost overnight. More often, it is compromised away in small pieces. Maybe that’s the way it will happen in America. There were no screaming headlines last February, for instance, when a new Department of Defense instruction altered U.S. law to allow the U.S. military to quell domestic “civil disturbances” without so much as presidential authorization. In and of itself, an action like this may seem insignificant to some. But for those who have followed the long-term trend of militarizing of civilian law enforcement over the last few decades, this law-key action is alarming. While most Americans weren’t paying much attention, over the last several decades, America has been moving down the slippery slope toward becoming a police state:"
Recommenced reading and listening:
Where Does Paranoia End and Tyranny Begin?
When Government Tries to Be God, by David P. Murray
