Then they came for me

The 'War on Terror” is kind of crazy, isn't it?

I mean, how can you declare war on a noun?

Homeland security, the multi-billion dollar government jobs program hasn't caught a single terrorist.

You have a much better chance of being murdered by your wife than a terrorist, so why hasn't the government declared war on your wife?

The answer is rather simple, and if one observes the war on the first amendment being waged by local police departments across the country, it's obvious.

Its about control of the population.

The first amendment guarantees Americans the right to peacefully assembly to redress their grievances.

It doesn't say, you may assemble unless you are violating a zoning ordinance.

It doesn't say you can assemble to protest, but not in a park, and you can't use a tent, or protest more than 24 hours.

The occupy protests were peaceful, yet the government's response was cruel and brutal.

Its all about control.

The drug war has been successful in one respect; it is an excellent method to control the poor.

The fourth amendment protection against search and seizure was tossed out with the trash to prosecute the drug war, which has been a de facto war against the poor.

It has been effective in that, currently, 25% percent of all blacks are labeled as criminals for using drugs not approved by the government.

Rush Limbaugh is a notorious drug addict.

Why hasn't the government declared a war on lying, drug addicted talk show morons?

Because they have lawyers.

Not public defenders, real lawyers.

There  is an old saying, its a truism, a cliché, but I will repeat it one more time, just for those of the middle class who believe that the destruction of our country's freedom and the criminalization of our poor, and the militarization of our police departments has no effect on them.

“They came for the Communists first.

I'm not a Communist so I didn't help.

Then they came for the poor, and I'm not one of them so I didn't help.

Then they came for the “freethinkers”,  I'm definitely not one of them, so I didn't help.

Then they came for me...and there was no one left to help.”