<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post2219043384653466755..comments</id><updated>2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Pro Libertate: The Plague of Punitive Populism</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>William N. Grigg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5rhFUXs_62I/VgVL2E3rMII/AAAAAAAAMJ4/cjJOyI7W208/s220/Photo%2BRon%2BPaul%2BLiberty%2BReport.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>50</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1483877091741903294</id><published>2016-07-30T09:45:23.012-06:00</published><updated>2016-07-30T09:45:23.012-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Will, as usual, excellent Police State reality che...</title><content type='html'>Will, as usual, excellent Police State reality check essay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all has to do more with the moral compass of the collective consciousness being too far &amp;#39;South&amp;#39; from the true path to humanist enlightenment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cops generally come from the same gene pool as the masses.  With all the same flawed emotional content.  Then the PTB elevates their relative social &amp;#39;status&amp;#39; and enhanced people control powers and this is ultimately what you get.  Paid agenda enforcers.  Not public servants protecting society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s no &amp;#39;accident&amp;#39; that cops are turning into Gestapo fiends, disregarding all reasonable objective social interaction in favor of military tactical style combatants.  You NEED that to fullfill your ultimate Totalitarian agenda.  The regime needs a private private para-military for this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s why initially the current tyrannical regime started giving away half million dollar &amp;#39;surplus&amp;#39; armored personnel carriers with military style NVD Flir equipment and advanced firepower. with small armed drones already on every department wish list and some alre And the goal of a full auto &amp;#39;surplus&amp;#39; M-16 in every patrol vehicle.  And drones already in use (see articles on North Dakota weaponizing please drones, or the Survivopedia.com article on &amp;#39;Police Drones&amp;#39; by Mahatma Muhjesbude)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a while there it looked like we were just going to merge civilian police into the military?  Until, fortunately, the Black Political coalitions didn&amp;#39;t appreciate the mounting abuse and 80 freaking thousand SWAT drug raids with this stuff a year just to maintain their own asset forfeiture seizure for profit &amp;quot;drug addiction&amp;#39;!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So BO &amp;amp; Co. backed off on further equipping local Beavis and Butthead cops like the 101st Air Cav, at least for now.  But if the Hellbitch Hildebeast&lt;br /&gt;gets in... Nobody will ever believe what will happen next to your 4th/A rights.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s you&amp;#39;ll never see any POTUS, not even Trump, criticize too adamently the police for anything.  Instead they&amp;#39;ll blame the blacks and others for everything.  That&amp;#39;s also why you never see the children of the rich and powerful &amp;#39;working&amp;#39; as cops. (unless they possess a particular attraction to the darker side of police work...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Also agree with your interesting focus on the Protestant Progressives and their &amp;#39;holier-than-thou&amp;#39;  moral high groound. As a theology historian, i can go on and on about history than not many have ever known about...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But suffice to say for nowthat Totalitarian agendas throughout history were not the sole proprietorship of Marxist Fascist Corporatists. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not many (if any) college history students are taught, for instance, that the Protestant progressives were the driving force behind the prohibition act that ushered in the &amp;#39;Roaring Twenties&amp;#39; and caused more deaths and deletarious social existentialism from the asssociate criminal enterprise it hatched which then lasted over a decade until prohibition was repealed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some scholars i know attribute the current Police State&amp;#39;s roots to the Prohibition Era?   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, if anyone wants to read an excellent fast paced treatise on the current problem of Fascist Police State proliferation,  check out &amp;quot;Battlefield America&amp;#39; The War On The American People&amp;#39;, by Constitutional Attorney John W. Whitehead.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1483877091741903294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1483877091741903294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1469893523012#c1483877091741903294' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-821617356"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2016 at 9:45 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-6776391618250412397</id><published>2015-05-06T15:45:59.998-06:00</published><updated>2015-05-06T15:45:59.998-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Will is such a talented writer!!! Always offers an...</title><content type='html'>Will is such a talented writer!!! Always offers an awesome mix of journalistic coverage of current events and well-crafted polemics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are a lot of folks covering the rising American police state, but nobody like Will Grigg.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/6776391618250412397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/6776391618250412397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1430948759998#c6776391618250412397' title=''/><author><name>Will Porter</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1544450848"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 6, 2015 at 3:45 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-5131887164294179600</id><published>2014-12-25T00:49:00.756-07:00</published><updated>2014-12-25T00:49:00.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Punitive Populism is a creation of liberalism. Lib...</title><content type='html'>Punitive Populism is a creation of liberalism. Liberal judges and penologists radically weakened traditional punishments for crimes. This has made MORALLY HEALTHY people very angry and vengeful, thus being overly forgiving when it looks like &amp;quot;old-fashioned justice&amp;quot; is in fact being meted out, even if under procedurally questionable circumstances. It&amp;#39;s analogous to public perceptions of the horror of prison rape. Rape is not and should not be an aspect of incarceration or punishment in general. But few people care about prison rape, believing correctly that most criminals get off too easily, and thus unwilling to concern themselves with genuine instances of official or officially tolerated abuse (unfortunately, the worst offenders, the ones who should be routinely publicly whipped and only then exterminated, usually aren&amp;#39;t punished at all, except for loss of liberty - they are the rapists not the &amp;quot;rapees&amp;quot;). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My point is that the culture of punitive populism would decline if the authorities were more MORALLY punitive themselves, although that is admittedly a tricky balance to achieve in real life. Too many people are either capable of brutality but evil, or good but incapable of brutality. We need men like we once had: good, moral, and compassionate men who can torture evil people (criminals and terrorists) when necessary. That is what us punitive populists want, not harassment of the innocent.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/5131887164294179600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/5131887164294179600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1419493740756#c5131887164294179600' title=''/><author><name>Leon Haller</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1321424816"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 25, 2014 at 12:49 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-7275220983407884584</id><published>2011-02-16T15:56:09.847-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T15:56:09.847-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m surprised you had company Grigg.  Where I ...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m surprised you had company Grigg.  Where I go it seems that everybody loudly proclaims the fault of the victim, and even laughs at the suggestion of suicide.  One guy liked real videos of cops chasing people &amp;quot;because people do things that are stupid.&amp;quot;  They do these things while running with no time to think up better ones.  Unlike the guy in his reclining chair watching.  A Jehovah&amp;#39;s Witness thinking suicide is funny?  It&amp;#39;s appropriate for sitcom?  Whoever kills himself does society a favor?&lt;br /&gt;Who made a sitcom in the first place?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/7275220983407884584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/7275220983407884584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1297896969847#c7275220983407884584' title=''/><author><name>Marie Lynette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257159233459615934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-336165938"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2011 at 3:56 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-7410485065372258932</id><published>2009-08-14T17:10:00.901-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T17:10:00.901-06:00</updated><title type='text'>So what happens to the cameraman if the cop loses?...</title><content type='html'>So what happens to the cameraman if the cop loses?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/7410485065372258932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/7410485065372258932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1250291400901#c7410485065372258932' title=''/><author><name>Fascist Nation</name><uri>http://freedomsphoenix.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-9353843"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2009 at 5:10 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-3848873699743962999</id><published>2009-08-12T01:56:35.162-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T01:56:35.162-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, no. Here’s the YouTube of the 87-yr-old woman;...</title><content type='html'>Oh, no. Here’s the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7qyXvoM5E&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; of the 87-yr-old woman; it’s so bad you have to sign in before viewing it (which is stupid, but still.) I wish these cops were SO dead, every single one of them. Her head cracked open like a melon, and the dyke cop and her fellow-dingoes wouldn’t let anyone else near her. And once she was down, bleeding on the pavement like a dog, the freaking cops grabbed her wrists and wouldn’t let go! “She’s still alive, Butch! I’ll hold her down and secure the crime scene while you call for backup, and HURRY!” The dyke had in mind to hand-cuff her, I just KNOW she did. I could NOT believe this one. I’m praying for you cops! I’m praying that God will smite you and slay you with the edge of the sword and when you are dead, I hope He does it again.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/3848873699743962999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/3848873699743962999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1250063795162#c3848873699743962999' title=''/><author><name>ihbf</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-948662881"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2009 at 1:56 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1363040071416566901</id><published>2009-08-11T14:28:13.442-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T14:28:13.442-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PS I recommend you watch the whole video.</title><content type='html'>PS I recommend you watch the whole video.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1363040071416566901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1363040071416566901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1250022493442#c1363040071416566901' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-237159307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2009 at 2:28 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1694227114152170295</id><published>2009-08-11T14:27:18.494-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T14:27:18.494-06:00</updated><title type='text'>William Grigg,&#xa;&#xa;Keep up the good work.&#xa;&#xa;Have you s...</title><content type='html'>William Grigg,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep up the good work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you seen the video of this 87 yr old confused woman slammed on the ground by the police and bleeding?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1694227114152170295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1694227114152170295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1250022438494#c1694227114152170295' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-237159307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-6480085332970512997</id><published>2009-08-11T01:28:29.497-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T01:28:29.497-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ours is an envionment where evil is perceived to b...</title><content type='html'>Ours is an envionment where evil is perceived to be rewarded while good is punished.  As with everything the Gods have a reason for creating this perception::::&lt;br /&gt;People who fall on the good side of the good/evil scale have more favor, and when they do something wrong the Gods punish them BECAUSE THEY WANT THEM TO LEARN.  The Gods want them to receive this feedback in hope they make corrections and begin to behave appropriately.  The Gods DON&amp;#39;T like evil and refuse to grant this feedback.&lt;br /&gt;EVERYBODY pays for what they do wrong, only evil people must wait until their next life before they will experience the wrath of the Gods, manifested in their reincarnation as a lower form of life into environments with increased/enhanced temptations.&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, this allows the Gods to position this perception of evil rewarded as temptation, one which they use as an EXTREMELY effective corruptor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both Africa and the Medittereanean are regions which have sexual issues.  This is a sign of morbid disfavor once you understand that females are the God&amp;#39;s favored gender.  Muhammad&amp;#39;s (Mohammed&amp;#39;s) polygamy halfway through his life as a prophet was preditory.  Now a huge percentage of Muslims believes in male superiority and that the abuse of women is God&amp;#39;s will.  Female genital mutilation is still practiced in Africa.  Black misogyny is the most eggregious example in the recent past.&lt;br /&gt;The patriarchal cancer spread throughout Europe because of Christianity, of which the majority of policy makers were Italian men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Militancy in Africa is consistant with the Iraqi example, as was slavery and the KKK here in America:::Fear enforces proper behavior.  Without it we see what happens as a result of gross/morbid disfavor:::::AIDS, crack babies, dead young men in gangland retaliation killings.&lt;br /&gt;The same principle was true in Europe and throughout the world for centuries:::People whom lived under iron fists were conditioned to think the right way.  As a result they experienced higher numbers of children accend into heaven because they were taught to think and behave appropriately.  Our preditory envionment of &amp;quot;freedom&amp;quot; was the primary purpose the Gods had when implimenting this strategy that is the United States, one which they used to spred the cancer of democracy and westernization throughout the world.  And the Gods use this tool that is America to prey on the disfavored both at home and abroad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even the Old Testiment is not to be taken literally, but the Gods do offer clues throughout to help the disfavored:::The apple is a tool of temptation used to corrupt Adam and Eve and cast them out of the Garden of Eden.&lt;br /&gt;There is another lesson to be learned from this passage, and it is quite similar to the vailing issue and the discourse over women&amp;#39;s attire which ultimately died in the 70s:::Women are responsible for and control the fate of mankind.&lt;br /&gt;The masculinization of women experienced in the last few decades should cause despondancy and desperation:::It illustrates the deterioration of mankind&amp;#39;s collective favor and is a clue the Gods are preparing for some event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about what I say.  Consider what I teach.  Society is going to become disturbingly ugly as we approach the Apocalypse due to spiralling, runaway disfavor.&lt;br /&gt;I do not know when this will occurr, but it is the God&amp;#39;s way to grant some time before they end on Planet Earth.&lt;br /&gt;Make the decision to always be good and never look back.  Until you do this technology will employ tactics to test your resolve:::Ridicule, beligerance, doubt and refusal to abandon what people perceive to be their &amp;quot;investment&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;Pray daily.  Think appropriately.  Too many are confident, unaware of the God&amp;#39;s awesome powers or their status as antients.  Others may fall prey to their positioning.&lt;br /&gt;Be humbled, God-fearing and beware of the God&amp;#39;s temptations, for everyone is tested to evaluate their worthiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Search for the remainder of this document.  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You are correct sir! &#xa;&#xa;(In th...</title><content type='html'>Mr. McManigal,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes! You are correct sir! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(In the words of the late Ed McMahon.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taxation is all about seizing our economic liberty; it&amp;#39;s about providing &amp;quot;them&amp;quot; with plenary powers to control all of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I digress - a little bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just think about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everything is regulated (controlled) by the ubiquitous State. I can&amp;#39;t breathe without feeling the behemoth&amp;#39;s odious presence clamoring around me, suffocating me, devouring my very essence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The State&amp;#39;s alphabet soup desk jockeys remind me of vacuous, wide-eyed Amway automatons. Fantastic! Care for some USDA soap detergent? Or better yet, go ask one of its skinhead tonsured, taser-wielding goons-in-blue for street directions and get screamed at for simply speaking to the fine regime enforcement officer-on-roids.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I....can&amp;#39;t ...frickin&amp;#39;....breathe!&lt;br /&gt;Must.....escape!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/117121808812349000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/117121808812349000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249936684691#c117121808812349000' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2038885241"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2009 at 2:38 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-5110324173712497853</id><published>2009-08-10T10:59:23.514-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T10:59:23.514-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Anon @ 6:59AM- &amp;quot;Taxation&amp;quot; is less about ...</title><content type='html'>Anon @ 6:59AM- &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kentforliberty.com/taxation.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Taxation&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; is less about getting money for the government and more about taking it away from you and me.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/5110324173712497853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/5110324173712497853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249923563514#c5110324173712497853' title=''/><author><name>Kent McManigal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://a904.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/m_29225a2019e472781b1feb9e7b65b537.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1703325864"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2009 at 10:59 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2540909092220596076</id><published>2009-08-10T08:52:23.223-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T08:52:23.223-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I had a nightmare the other night. &#xa;&#xa;Cops, parked ...</title><content type='html'>I had a nightmare the other night. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cops, parked at traffic lights,  were equipped with a remote for the lights. Yellow traffic lights no longer exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cops wait till this or that car is near enough and, bam, they turn the green light to red. They control the game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was green and, bam, it turned to red! I didn&amp;#39;t react fast enough! I tried to come to a screeching stop, but there was not enough time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five, ten cop cars immediately surround me. They all look alike and smell alike. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I gambled and lost. An unlawful search and seize goes on followed by my arrest for being such a loser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I woke up screaming. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;911TRUTHNOW</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/2540909092220596076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/2540909092220596076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249915943223#c2540909092220596076' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-390440757"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2009 at 8:52 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1722992851918178159</id><published>2009-08-10T08:08:27.194-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T08:08:27.194-06:00</updated><title type='text'>We&amp;#39;re in it right up to our noses, people.&#xa;&#xa;Th...</title><content type='html'>We&amp;#39;re in it right up to our noses, people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That picture of Abu Ghraib demonstrates to what depth we have fallen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it was all done IN OUR NAME.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cops, the military and let&amp;#39;s not delve into the mercenaries (who are loyal to only murder, mayhem and money) are being united, homogenized, reconstituted into one giant monster to serve the One World Dictatorial Gov.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe the Greeks will show us how we should take it: Bend over, or  REVOLT, as they also frequently do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The choice is ours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;911TRUTHNOW</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1722992851918178159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1722992851918178159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249913307194#c1722992851918178159' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-390440757"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2009 at 8:08 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1813239188734773847</id><published>2009-08-10T07:59:43.763-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T07:59:43.763-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The notion that it&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;we the people&amp;#39;s...</title><content type='html'>The notion that it&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;we the people&amp;#39;s&amp;quot; tax dollars pay the &amp;quot;sadistic parasites&amp;#39;&amp;quot; salaries no longer applies exactly like &amp;quot;we the tax paying people&amp;quot; think the government &amp;#39;needs&amp;#39; us for our tax dollars when guvmint can print money whenever and in as large a quantity as it likes. See current economic meltdown. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The police become increasingly militarized so the international bankers/One World Government cartel (their owners) can have its way.  It&amp;#39;s the globalists signing the cheques, not you and me. We are broke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new Praetorian Guard is being assembled to serve the new Emperor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cops morphing into the military morphing into mercenary armies, are not here to protect us, but to eliminate us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FEMA camps are awaiting our arrival. They have not been prepared on a lark, you know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get this straight and the bigger picture suddenly comes into focus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;911TRUTHNOW</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1813239188734773847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1813239188734773847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249912783763#c1813239188734773847' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-390440757"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2009 at 7:59 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-7910326551566707386</id><published>2009-08-08T10:34:35.324-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T10:34:35.324-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I watch Cops specifically so I don&amp;#39;t forget th...</title><content type='html'>I watch Cops specifically so I don&amp;#39;t forget the kind of evil that we libertarians are facing.  It&amp;#39;s like watching movies about the holocaust in order to see the results of the ultimate expression of government - to be aware of what is possible in order to gird myself to fight what may happen around me.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/7910326551566707386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/7910326551566707386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249749275324#c7910326551566707386' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Lovell</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-960791835"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-241812160543033018</id><published>2009-08-08T07:06:52.146-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T07:06:52.146-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Uh-oh. A guy was bicycling through a neighborhood,...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://carlosmiller.com/2009/08/07/more-taser-happy-cops-in-idaho/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Uh-oh.&lt;/a&gt; A guy was bicycling through a neighborhood, when he came upon a herd of swine, I mean cops, making a traffic stop. Even though the guy didn’t stop and gawk or do anything else to enrage the Superior Ones, he was soon tased six times and arrested. Evidently, the tameness of the traffic stop had one cop bored, so he demanded to see identification from the bicycler, who had nothing to do with anything, and one thing led to another…</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/241812160543033018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/241812160543033018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249736812146#c241812160543033018' title=''/><author><name>ihbf</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-948662881"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 8, 2009 at 7:06 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1603773455507904547</id><published>2009-08-08T04:15:46.442-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T04:15:46.442-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I’m still reading this stuff about the JBS higher-...</title><content type='html'>I’m &lt;b&gt;still&lt;/b&gt; reading this stuff about the JBS higher-ups. I wondered what kind of country they would want if they could “get it back” and saw this on Erik Jay’s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0500birch.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;: The JBS rulers are “nothing more than a small, shadowy assemblage of hypocritical moralists &lt;b&gt;who don’t want Americans to be free so much as they want them to behave&lt;/b&gt;.” From what I’ve read, that sounds about right. I remember in the meetings I attended in the late 80’s and early 90’s, we opened with the pledge of allegiance, hands over hearts and everything. We were good, loyal, law-abiding, and &lt;b&gt;well behaved&lt;/b&gt;. After pledging, we got down to important business like planning our next annual “Support Your Local Police” banquet. Oh, shudder, I feel sick to my stomach.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1603773455507904547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/1603773455507904547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249726546442#c1603773455507904547' title=''/><author><name>ihbf</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-948662881"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 8, 2009 at 4:15 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-3254336554191464017</id><published>2009-08-07T06:38:19.357-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T06:38:19.357-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I e-mailed JBS a couple of years ago to ask about ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;i&gt;I e-mailed JBS a couple of years ago to ask about him. Their reply was so rude! I don’t remember exactly what they said, but it was something mean like “We don’t know who that is, and it’s not our job to keep up with people.”... [I]t just occurred to me today that JBS probably HATES it when people ask about you two. I think I’ll do it again.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of years ago, a friend of mine in Wisconsin called the JBS home office to ask about me. He was handed off three times and ended up speaking with the marketing director, who told him that he couldn&amp;#39;t answer questions about William N. Grigg -- that such matters were &amp;quot;above my pay grade.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It was as if you were an un-person,&amp;quot; this fellow told me after he finally connected with me.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/3254336554191464017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/3254336554191464017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249648699357#c3254336554191464017' title=''/><author><name>William N. Grigg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/SJvC4fevJoI/AAAAAAAADAY/kAbZoDrn1qI/s1600-R/Grigg(2).jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1344012943"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 7, 2009 at 6:38 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-6460513085338918829</id><published>2009-08-07T00:47:58.617-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T00:47:58.617-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Will, I’ve read the article you linked to, Orwell ...</title><content type='html'>Will, I’ve read the article you linked to, &lt;a href=&quot;http://jbsrip.blogspot.com/2009/05/orwell-in-appleton.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Orwell in Appleton&lt;/a&gt;, about four times now. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever read, especially the part about Jack McManus and the JBS riding the Republican “wave.” I guess it didn’t hurt Jack’s feelings that the Republicans are the war-and-torture party. The YouTube was hilarious. “If you love Ron Paul, you’ll REALLY love the John Birch Society!” Oh, what went wrong, Jack? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve been reading yours and Alan Stang’s archives about the JBS. It sounds like y’all had your own third world country up there, what with all the coups, purges, insurrections, uprisings, and revolutions. Now, I met Alan around 1989 and since he had been my favorite “intrepid reporter,” I e-mailed JBS a couple of years ago to ask about him. Their reply was so rude! I don’t remember exactly what they said, but it was something mean like “We don’t know who that is, and it’s not our job to keep up with people.” I did get in touch with him late 2007, but I didn’t mention their reply because it just occurred to me today that JBS probably HATES it when people ask about you two. I think I’ll do it again.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/6460513085338918829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/6460513085338918829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249627678617#c6460513085338918829' title=''/><author><name>ihbf</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-948662881"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 7, 2009 at 12:47 AM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-5179724077971653549</id><published>2009-08-06T23:52:16.753-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T23:52:16.753-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m pretty sure that is a fanny pack Tom Joad ...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m pretty sure that &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; a fanny pack Tom Joad is wearing. I suspect that someone photoshopped the image I found, but it was the best one of several candidates -- so there it is!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/5179724077971653549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/5179724077971653549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249624336753#c5179724077971653549' title=''/><author><name>William N. Grigg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/SJvC4fevJoI/AAAAAAAADAY/kAbZoDrn1qI/s1600-R/Grigg(2).jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1344012943"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 6, 2009 at 11:52 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-4677103318769496330</id><published>2009-08-06T23:08:26.403-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T23:08:26.403-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Tom Joad wearing a fanny pack around his waist ...</title><content type='html'>Is Tom Joad wearing a fanny pack around his waist or am I the only one seeing this?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4677103318769496330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4677103318769496330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249621706403#c4677103318769496330' title=''/><author><name>OuterHeb</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-829167547"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 6, 2009 at 11:08 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-4028481306703648752</id><published>2009-08-06T22:45:58.232-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T22:45:58.232-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Grigg.  Avid listener and sometimes caller to ...</title><content type='html'>Mr. Grigg.  Avid listener and sometimes caller to Pro Libertate radio. Is Tom Joad wearing a fanny pack??</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4028481306703648752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4028481306703648752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249620358232#c4028481306703648752' title=''/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18188308493222633746</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-83286838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 6, 2009 at 10:45 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-4136775068058172932</id><published>2009-08-06T16:13:29.728-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T16:13:29.728-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I live in Prince William.  The cops are becoming m...</title><content type='html'>I live in Prince William.  The cops are becoming more our masters then our servants.  But until WE decide to do something about it....then we need to shut up and live with it!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4136775068058172932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4136775068058172932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249596809728#c4136775068058172932' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1615520134"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-4442120740882774738</id><published>2009-08-06T14:29:46.430-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T14:29:46.430-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Another great essay, Will.  Your idea of using a s...</title><content type='html'>Another great essay, Will.  Your idea of using a shibboleth is an excellent one.  I already tested my wife and all four of my children (ages 4 through 10), and they correctly passed the test.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t give up on someone who doesn&amp;#39;t pass the test, though.  The Ephraimites were unable to change their pronunciation, for some reason, but people can change, especially when their perspectives and circumstances change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m embarrassed to say that just 3 years ago I might not have passed this test.  The Lord has worked mightily in my heart since then.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4442120740882774738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/4442120740882774738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249590586430#c4442120740882774738' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-911422588"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 6, 2009 at 2:29 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2619011166052164016</id><published>2009-08-06T11:44:59.317-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T11:44:59.317-06:00</updated><title type='text'>By Greg Evensen, Retired Policeman&#xa;&#xa;...as governme...</title><content type='html'>By Greg Evensen, Retired Policeman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...as government began its sickening expansion, policing became a meaner and nastier job. It was made that way by badge wearing thugs who didn’t hesitate to do whatever they were told by the S.A.C. (Special Agent in Charge) of the FBI, BATF(E), US Marshal’s Office right down to armed poultry inspectors—yes they have them and they are really tough on criminal chickens. The “us against them” mentality, and the “mission essential” attitude justified SWAT teams, “dynamic entries,” and later use of MACE, TASERS, FLASHBANG GRENADES and “routine” use of SUBMACHINE guns. All in the name of “taking down” the accused—no matter the charge. I abhor such police tactics and was an officer that served my own warrants, rarely with one other officer at the back door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we have become eaves-dropping, roadblock setting, door crashing, face grinding, arm breaking, pursuit driven bastards that have sold their asses to the government masters hell bent on establishing the TRUE reincarnation of the dreaded SS. That is NO overstatement. Note: There are significant numbers of officers at all levels that simply detest the forced training at FEMA centers, the requirements to stop Patriots and others simply because they “look” dangerous, and are exercising free speech statements on their vehicles. By whose ultimate authority does this take place? By whose ultimate judgment is it that it is necessary to harass INNOCENT drivers and families? The public sees this Gestapo mentality as far more of a danger than any stickers they put on their vehicles? Where are all these “faithful” enforcers of the law when it comes to confronting the unlawful, unconstitutional, unjustifiable, and unmerciful rotten bunch of usurpers, communists, atheists, deviated, immoral scungebuckets that are walking the halls of Congress, the White House, and the Federal Courts? How is it that the “get ‘em at any cost” morons at Homeland Security have created an environment in amerika that is an unwarranted intrusion of power in 186 other nations? &lt;br /&gt;And all of this is done in the name of safety and security. I guess that a majority of ignorant buffoons really do believe that Barack Sotero is the Messiah and he does hold the keys to socialist paradise in his hands.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/2619011166052164016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/2219043384653466755/comments/default/2619011166052164016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html?showComment=1249580699317#c2619011166052164016' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2009/08/plague-of-punitive-populism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-2219043384653466755' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32869165/posts/default/2219043384653466755' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-278141859"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 6, 2009 at 11:44 AM"/></entry></feed>