Posted on 05/02/2010 10:30:11 AM PDT by Publius772000
Regarding our current political climate and my discussions on this blog, I try to keep my focus on the major issues–health care, environmental extremism, immigration, general Government encroachments–and stay away from Obama’s citizenship status and other such diversions, though there have been times where I couldn’t resist. However, two stories this weekend raised red flags for me, and, at the risk of being labeled a “kook” or “paranoid extremist,” I’ll relay the stories and my concerns with them.
First, out of the Washington Post. In the fallout of the Toyota brake “crisis,” we have the introduction of a bill that would reportedly improve highway safety. This new safety would be achieved by allowing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to more easily force recalls of products, by imposing a “vehicle safety user fee” (translation: tax that will ultimately be paid by consumers), and by raising the ceiling of fines that the NHTSA can levy against companies that produce a recalled vehicle. Also included in the legislative draft is the provision that automakers would be required to install a aircraft-like monitor in each new vehicle.
This “black box” provision worries me. I was concerned last summer when the federal government annexed General Motors, including their subsidiaries such as OnStar, which has all sorts of Big Brother implications. Now, this same federal government may be requiring all automakers to install monitors that, allegedly, only monitor the telemetry of the vehicles in case research data is needed for a recall.
I wondered initially if the government’s treatment of Toyota was undertaken to damage the competition, now that Washington is in the automaking business. Now I’m beginning to wonder if this wasn’t another in the growing list of “crises” that has allowed this administration to take steps toward more government control over our lives...
(Excerpt) Read more at theconstitutionalalamo.com ...
its rape and pillage no matter how you look at it...
This is sort of how I see it, as well... I almost feel a little foolish that my first thoughts about a story are involuntary going this way, but you’re right. There’s been such a move to supplant freedom with security/control that I can’t see another way to interpret moves by Washington anymore.
>So, no adverse medical events. May contain a higher concentration of active ingredient. May contain inactive ingredients. May contain tiny particles. Potential for serious medical events is remote. And yet they’re all being recalled voluntarily? Is this fallout from the Toyota “crisis” and other major companies have gotten the message from the federal government loud and clear? Or has the federal government decided to, for some reason, crack down on OTC drugs that would normally allow parents to keep their sick children home from the doctor?<
I posted this on another thread. Too much is going on in too short of a time. Something horrible is probably going to happen.
“I am very suspicious about all of this. The bomb failed. Is it a distraction? The oil rig? Was it done by another country? I heard some noise about North Korea, but what about middle eastern countries or other communist operatives or environmentalists(Ayers types)?
The jihadists have infiltrated every facet of our society. Could these disasters be inside jobs done by jihadists?
Seems to be a lot of disasters happening around energy in a very short period of time. The coal mines, the oil rigs.
I know this oil rig incident is awful for the people of the gulf. It is an economic and environmental disaster. I just think it’s kind of interesting how Zero has to get on the plane and go visit this one when there were so many other disasters in flyover country this past winter or earthquakes or what have you. The one that merits a big deal visit from him is the eco disaster.
I’m not trusting a whole lot of what I hear on the news. I’m not trusting our government. They lie and use sleight of hand and distractions. I have never been so suspicious of everything as I am now.”
I feel like they are intentionally causing one mini-crisis after another while they work on the biggest one we’ve ever seen in our nation’s history. I keep going back to the guy that was talking about how Ayers said it might be necessary to kill 25 million people. These energy disasters and economic disasters and everything we are seeing either increase government control or jeopardize our safety and well being.
There’s something really nasty around the corner, I’m sure of it. People can tell me my tinfoil is too tight, but I’ll still believe it anyway.
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