Welcome to Orwell's 1984

Thirty years ago, the communists were the enemy and they resided in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. We made fun of them, how the government controlled every aspect of their lives, how people were starving, living in poverty and relied on the benevolent communist regime to survive. The communist regime controlled the media and the schools. If you weren’t happy, you better keep that to yourself because you could be sure that the regime was listening and you might receive a visit from the KGB and be locked away without a trial. In America, we are freedom, liberty loving people and that could never happen here. Well look at how far we have fallen. We have gone from a country founded on the individual to a country of sheeple. No longer is individual initiative rewarded, it is punished. Rewards are dished out to those that use the system. President Kennedy’s famous quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” has been transformed. Now it’s more like, “ask not what you can do for your country but what your country can give to you.” With nearly 50 million people dependent on the government, millions more living in poverty and a government system that perpetuates the cycle of generational poverty. The main stream media has long promoted the government’s position, most recently look at the media’s worship of the current president and what are government ran schools teaching our students? If you look at our rankings in education, we are dropping in the world rankings. What should have all Americans up in arms and seriously questioning their government’s actions is the latest spying scandals that have been uncovered. It starts small, with the Internal Revenue Service targeting certain groups for no other reason than their name. Prying into areas where they have no business, such as what books they read or the content of their prayers. Then it gets a little wider, like Verizon turning over all of their customers phone records to the National Security Agency in the name of fighting terrorism. Of course the National Spying Agency claims that they are just storing the data, not listening to actual phone calls, like that is supposed to make it okay. If that was all the government was doing that would be bad enough, but it’s not. The government has also been collecting internet traffic from companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook, but it’s only to keep you safe. If all of that doesn’t make you feel safe, don’t worry, there are now streetlights that will help keep you safe. They are smart streetlights and are they are being tested in the United States; these have the ability to record audio and video as well as broadcast messages. All of these invasions of privacy are not based on any sort of probable cause, are not issued by a judge and are illegal according to the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the quotation, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." This is not a left or right issue or a republican/democrat issue, it’s an American issue. When we lose the foundation on which our country was founded, we are no longer free. The question is how many more intrusions of our freedom before you take a stand? Please click here to see article with links.