Secure for whom, exactly?

[clevermanka]

Another exciting installment about our eroding personal freedoms: Ohio man arrested for pretty much doing nothing illegal. Thanks to dvicci for the link.

I'm pretty damn liberal, but if a Republican candidate stood up for personal freedoms and reduction of intrusive government measures (you know, two things that used to be core Republican values), I'd vote for him/her in a heartbeat. Of course, s/he'd probably turn out to be a lying bastard anyway, and would cave to party pressure. But oh! Those two minutes of hope.

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I generally sympathize with police officers because I think they have sucky jobs, especially with what they get paid, and I think that is what turns a lot of them into real pricks. However, I have been reading a lot more about the "obstruction of justice" charge being used against people just because they didn't do whatever the police told them to do. It is a law that is very easy to abuse, if you don't do whatever the police tell you to do, then you are obstructing them from doing their job, and they can arrest you.

Unfortunately, I think the national id agenda will eventually require people to show id when asked to.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

May I see your papers, citizen?

*sigh*

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I'm worried about the national ID thing, too. What, is this Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia? Since when does a law-abiding American need to be a sheep afraid of the police?

Oh, right, I forgot: This is the Bush America. Never mind.