[Fido969]

Here in the south we have so many small towns that hire police far out of proportion to the population and where there is very little crime. When a call finally comes in they swarm to the scene and act like apes. You see three and four cars out on an interstate, where they don’t belong anyway, for a speeder stop.

I think it's Federal grants - they make up a grant name like "Drunk Driving Prevention" when all it does is funnel more money to the police and by-pass local control. Who doesn't think the government wants a police state?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Who doesn't think the government wants a police state?

That's all too common, and it's otherwise known as ego and pride. One wouldn't accuse George Washington's government of that, but again if you'd met George you would have seen a humble man, in fact humbled through the way he struggled to keep his own hot temper in bounds by means of biblical wisdom. (Not every handicap ends up being to the ill in the end.)

The antidote for ego and pride (which is self centered) is love (God-directed). Somehow the corner into which America has painted itself, needs an exit door. The gospel isn't chained. People who care passionately about God will convey that passion to others and it will go "underground."