[116772] in Cypherpunks
Re: US to burn constitution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Fri Aug 20 15:15:47 1999
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:39:39 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 9:46 AM -0700 1999-08-20, Anonymous wrote:
>At 09:08 AM 8/20/99 -0400, Brian Engle wrote:
>>http://news.excite.com/news/r/990820/00/news-technology-covert
>>
>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department is seeking new powers to break
>>into suspects' homes or offices and
>> disable security precautions on personal computers as a prelude to a
>>wiretap or further search, the Washington Post reported
>> Friday.
>
>Lets practice those head-shots, folks.
>
I recommend that people read "Unintended Consequences," by John Ross. A
very long book, but very educational and very thought-provoking. Order it
from Amazon or other online places, as very few bookstores carry it on
their shelves.
Every day the jaws of the vise close further. New gun laws, new hate
speech laws, no laws increasing the ability of the Feds to seize property
without proving anything, to shut down businesses, to break into homes with
"pre-signed blank warrants," and to shoot with impunity mothers holding
their babies.
Oh, and the Feds ordered 2000 suppressed ("silenced") sniper rifles,
equipped with night vision scopes. Sounds like they plan to do a lot of
night vision hunting.
(And whatever they are buying is exactly what they are getting criminals
like Sens. Diane Feinswine and Orrin Boobyhatch to propose criminalizing.
Commiefornia is busily turning me into even more of a felon than I was a
couple of years ago. No doubt criminals like Special Agent Jeff Gordon are
licking their lips at the prospect of luanching dynamic entry full breech
raids on folks like us.)
As some of you have noted, I don't rant much here on Cypherpunks much any
more. At least not like I used to. Partly it's that I've said most of what
I had to say. Partly it's that there's so much to be angry about that it's
almost pointless to try to say what's wrong in less than a long essay. (And
I don't have access to whatever lets Bob Hettinga ramble on for hours at a
time...)
And partly it's that my focus these last several months has been on getting
my weapons situation squared away (*) and other Y2K/Martial Law
preparations made.
(* For those interested: 2 new FAL .308 battle rifles, 1 H&K .308 battle
rifle, 40 mags for the FALs, 20 mags for the H&K, 25 more mags for my
several AR-15 rifles, shotgun, sniper rifle, several new pistols, night
vision equipment, razor wire, info on building Claymore mines, motion
detectors, trip wires, etc. )
Fact is, the Feds are tightening the screws. The Constitution is now just
toilet paper. The Supreme Court has been unwilling to take on the Feds.
Perhaps most of the Supremes actually applaud the searches, the raids, the
suspension of civil liberties, the assumption of guilt until proven
innocent (or until one "gives up" a bigger fish), and the whole cascade of
laws infringing on the First, the Second, the Fourth, the Fifth, and so on.
War is coming. Read "Unintended Consequences."
It's why we need crypto. "And guns. Lots of guns."
--Tim May
Don't tread on me.
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