By Donn Marten
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave. -Roy Batty
In order to defend the NSA Stasi the Obama administration has now gone to the Bush-Cheney playbook and is playing the fear card. State propaganda arms go into overdrive pimping an imminent Al Qaeda attack abroad. Embassies closed as the usual suspects hit the airwaves. This is so 2004 but just more proof that Obama is a fascist just like his predecessor.
“We’re not certain exactly where something might happen but it’s very specific as to when and it’s also very specific as to the fact that it is going to happen, so we have to be on alert everywhere”
I felt a sense of creeping dread take over. What else had I looked up? What kind of searches did I do that alone seemed innocent enough but put together could make someone suspicious? Were they judging me because my house was a mess (Oh my god, the joint terrorism task force was in my house and there were dirty dishes in my sink!). Mostly I felt a great sense of anxiety. This is where we are at. Where you have no expectation of privacy. Where trying to learn how to cook some lentils could possibly land you on a watch list. Where you have to watch every little thing you do because someone else is watching every little thing you do. All I know is if I’m going to buy a pressure cooker in the near future, I’m not doing it online.
I’m scared. And not of the right things.
The author in his own words
I am a concerned progressive who has serious problems with the tragic turn that our society has taken. Of primary importance is the the total corruption of our institutions first and foremost our political system. This would not have been possible without the complicity of a corrupt corporate media and it is imperative to use the alternative media to circumvent the propaganda and get the truth out.