{"id":304,"date":"2011-12-08T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:32:04","slug":"when-did-america-head-down-the-road-to-being-a-fascist-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2011\/12\/08\/when-did-america-head-down-the-road-to-being-a-fascist-police-state\/","title":{"rendered":"When did America Head down the road to being a Fascist police state?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently <b>another <\/b>memo I missed.<\/p>\n<p>This first bit is so unbelievable that I at first thought it was a joke. Sadly, it&#8217;s no joke.<\/p>\n<p>A man in Illinois is facing up to 75 years in prison because he recorded his conversations with Illinois police. (<i>As an aside, remember that Chicago is the capital of some of&nbsp; the most draconian gun laws in the country and oddly enough one of the most crime ridden cities in America<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBwQyg9CjnI\" 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amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;\/p&amp;amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that Michael Allison recorded his encounters with the police. And the police apparently didn&#8217;t like it.<\/p>\n<p>A follow-on piece reports that a judge has ruled the case against this man is unconstitutional<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_LjTBJwb58\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And predictably the state of Illinois has filed an Appeal<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHp9q9QRVUk\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the last piece they briefly put up a map showing the states that have anti-recording laws of law enforcement. Surprisingly, California has laws of this type in place.<\/p>\n<p>When did our Law Enforcement get so terrified of the public? Most of the time they&#8217;re doing what they&#8217;re supposed to do and we, the public agree. Having the public watching your fellow officers means that any &#8220;Bad&#8221; officers get removed from duty before they give all law enforcement a bad name.<\/p>\n<p>The concept that Law Enforcement is above the law&#8230; is what gets everyone in trouble. Unless of course your end goal is to create a Jack-Booted cadre of thugs that do the politicians bidding and not the peoples.<\/p>\n<p><b>Of even further concern is this little piece from Jon Stewart.<\/b><br \/><b><br \/>      <\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"340\" style=\"background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 11px\/normal arial; width: 512px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e5e5e5;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align: right;\">Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-december-7-2011\/arrested-development\" style=\"color: #333333; 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text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font: 10px arial; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font: 10px arial; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow\" style=\"color: #333333; font: 10px arial; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>        <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The rest is here I think, sorry for the commercials but this is important to our future.<\/p>\n<p>These kinds of amendments being added to necessary &#8220;MUST-Pass&#8221; legislation are without question one of the most damaging things happening to our country.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"340\" style=\"background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 11px\/normal arial; width: 512px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e5e5e5;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align: right;\">Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-december-7-2011\/arrested-development---one-way-train-to-gitmo\" style=\"color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrested Development &#8211; One-Way Train to Gitmo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #353535; height: 14px;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align: right; width: 512px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" style=\"color: #96deff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 0px;\"><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allownetworking=\"all\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" flashvars=\"autoPlay=false\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:403791\" style=\"display: block;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"512\" wmode=\"window\"><\/embed><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 0px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"100%\" style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font: 10px arial; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" style=\"color: #333333; font: 10px arial; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 33%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow\" style=\"color: #333333; font: 10px arial; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The accumulation of these abridgments to our personal freedoms will eventually subvert the Constitution. <u>Listen carefully to the description of &#8220;Potential Terrorists&#8221;! <\/u><\/p>\n<p>These two pieces are long, and yes they&#8217;re done with Stewart poking fun at the situation but the legislation has passed and it is now heading to the Presidents desk.<\/p>\n<p><b>We need to pay a lot closer attention to our politicians. If this insanity is passed&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Under the description of potential terrorists, Virtually all Mormons could be construed as terrorists. They could be arrested without access to due process and detained indeffinately.<\/p>\n<p>Why? The tenants of their faith call for preparedness. Food should be stored, supplies, yes, even hunting rifles with ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>By definition ammunition that is kept properly is in weatherproof containers. That&#8217;s two out of three terrorist criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Does that mean if a Fundamentalist Southern Baptist Christian president is elected that he or she will be able to imprison Salt Lake City? Yep&#8230; And there&#8217;s not a damn thing anyone could do about it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Interested in politics yet?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><u>You really should be,..&nbsp;<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Remember the Poem; (<i>Thanks to Wikipedia<\/i>)<br \/><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"toccolours\" style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: table; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;\">First they came for the&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Communist\">communists<\/a>,<br \/>and I didn&#8217;t speak out because I wasn&#8217;t a communist.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;\">Then they came for the&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trade_unionist\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Trade unionist\">trade unionists<\/a>,<br \/>and I didn&#8217;t speak out because I wasn&#8217;t a trade unionist.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;\">Then they came for the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jews\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Jews\">Jews<\/a>,<br \/>and I didn&#8217;t speak out because I wasn&#8217;t a Jew.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;\">Then they came for me<br \/>and there was no one left to speak out for me.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&#8220;<b>First they came\u2026<\/b>&#8221; is a famous statement attributed to pastor&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Martin Niem\u00f6ller\">Martin Niem\u00f6ller<\/a>&nbsp;(1892\u20131984) about the inactivity of German&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intellectual\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Intellectual\">intellectuals<\/a>&nbsp;following the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Nazism\">Nazi<\/a>&nbsp;rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group. The text of the quotation is usually presented roughly as above.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Folks, this cautionary tale is <b>relevant TODAY, right NOW<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not some dusty old tome from history talking about things that only happened long ago, far away, in another country.<\/p>\n<p>This poem \/ commentary is just one slippery slope from happening in our country.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time to wake up America&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently another memo I missed. This first bit is so unbelievable that I at first thought it was a joke. Sadly, it&#8217;s no joke. A man in Illinois is facing up to 75 years in prison because he recorded his conversations with Illinois police. 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