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Right. And remember that Napolitano and Homeland Security seem more concerned about "right wing" terrorists than the left or Islamists. When the government believes that the Tea Parties are comprised of extremists and the Dems condemn them as racists and like the Taliban while at the same time extolling groups like OWS, then we have a real problem. Obama has repeatedly attacked the Tea Party.

So it is quite conceivable that those who control the levers of power will turn the guns of these surveillance programs on the Tea Party and their political opponents. And the example of the IRS, FBI, DOJ, ATF, and EPA working together to target individuals and groups is a reality. Scary stuff.

It is scary stuff indeed.

Here’s my lo-fo voter story. It’s my niece. Since the loss of my husband my dysfunctional family has made an attempt, with no expeerience whatsoever, to get closer. Thus my niece, I’ll call Tina, starts to phone me up regularly, every other day perhaps.

In addition she came up here from Merryland to do some sales tax free shopping thanks to O’Malley, she lives on the eastern shore. It’s about a 45 minutes drive and she arranged to meet me at a local restaurant. She paid for it and I had a lovely time.

I love the kid is what I’m saying, always have, but issues with my sister have caused rifts. I am quite enjoying our re-uniting.

Tina’s a flaming liberal and worse, she lives with some old guy, blazing liberal, so can’t stand that stupid man I had to UNFRIEND him on Facebook.

At some point this would become an issue, I knew it. Recently, it became an issue and I did not handle it well.

I am guilty of baiting, let me confess. I baited because I really had hopes of converting Tina, was full of myself that, mistress of the typed word, not bad with the verbal word, could make this well-intentioned quite kind woman see the light. So to speak.

I deliberately mentioned Rush Limbaugh and before I knew it she went on a tangent (not a rant...her tone was civil, but she was on a roll) about Tea Party types who are nasty and want to blow up the world, she’s on to us....

So I hung up on her.

Sheesh.

There’s only one, single, solitary solution here. Yes I want this person in my life. So I must NEVER go near politics when in her presence....this is how they shut us up, folks.

No, Tina doesn’t have the wherewithal or evil malice to shut me up; it’s a bit cavalier to accuse her of such. She is just one of many who simply do not want to hear the truth, they like their version of reality.

I’m flummoxed.