To all my American friends:
I am sorry.
The painful truth has been dawning on me over the past few weeks, and I now realize that I’ve reached my breaking point. As Doug Casey often says, America is just an ideal which doesn’t exist anymore. It’s been replaced by the United States.
It really hit me as I was reading the slashdot headlines this evening before leaving work. Headlines like:
“How X-Ray Scanners Became Mandatory In US Airports”
UK Government Pushing For ‘Trusted Computing’ (which basically means “chips installed in all computers that effectively remove control of the PC from its owner”)
And here’s the kicker:
Weaponizable Police UAV Now Operational In Texas
Here’s the slashdot excerpt:
“The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in suburban Houston, Texas is preparing to launch operations with a newly received Shadowhawk MK-III unmanned aerial vehicle, paid for by grant money received by the Department of Homeland Security. The MK-III is a product marketed for both military and law enforcement applications. Michael Buscher, chief executive officer of manufacturer Vanguard Defense Industries, said this is the first local law enforcement agency to buy one of his units. ‘The aircraft has the capability to have a number of different systems on board. Mostly, for law enforcement, we focus on what we call less lethal systems,’ he said, including Tazers that can send a jolt to a criminal on the ground or a gun that fires bean bags known as a ‘stun baton.’ ‘You have a stun baton where you can actually engage somebody at altitude with the aircraft. A stun baton would essentially disable a suspect,’ he said. The MK-III also has more lethal options available, capable of carrying either a 40mm or 37mm grenade launcher or 12 gauge shotgun with laser designator.”
… the police, not military, have a machine which can fly, unmanned, and shoot you with a 12-gauge shotgun or just blow you to hell with a grenade launcher. But, of course, the CEO of the company which makes them points out that they focus on … the less lethal systems. Well, that’s good to know.
Personally, I don’t think the police should have any type of device which is …a product marketed for both military and law enforcement applications. I don’t want my child growing up in a place where he has to fear being gunned down (or blown up) by a remote-controlled flying police robot.
With the TSA now making routine stops on America’s U.S. freeways, I have come to realize the the US has become a police state.
This is my breaking point.
It’s only going to get worse from here. As the economy gets worse, capital controls will be next (as in, you won’t be able to move your money outside of the country). Restrictions will be placed on the purchase, ownership and sale of gold and silver. Tax burdens will increase. More things will be taxed, and existing taxes will go up.
It’s time to pack up & look to greener pastures. Not just for myself, but for the future of my family. I’ve always had a desire to expatriate, but until recently didn’t realize the sense of urgency. I will be setting an exit date tonight. After that date, I will no longer reside here in the U.S.S.A. This will set the clock a-tickin’, in my mind at least, and spur me to stop putting off what I’ve needed to do for quite a while now.
Some would argue that to leave is unpatriotic. They were born here, and they will die here. But all immigrants at one time or another had to go through this. The very people touting “American pride”, etc., etc. fail to realize that their own ancestors did the same thing while living in England, or France, Spain, Japan, Vietnam… wherever (Native Americans excluded of course).
This is what the Polish immigrants in the US/Canada had to do 30 years ago (the smart ones anyway…). This country is now in a downward spiral (thanks to the Godvernment and politicians) and I’d rather be watching the chaos from my TV screen* rather than from my front porch.
*It’s a metaphor. I don’t really own a TV.
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