Posted on 12/22/2011 6:04:38 PM PST by Professional Engineer
Neighborhood watches, Guardian Angels, Dads Against Drug Dealers—these are all groups that are founded and manned by citizens stepping up to protect other citizens against the dark side of society.
The members are almost always volunteers, family men and women who just want to protect their children, families, and neighborhoods from social elements that prey on the weak and vulnerable.
They watch and report things out of the ordinary in their local areas, their vigilance often stops or discourages crime simply by being visible and vocal.
But this same innocuous organization of local citizens has been hijacked by governments and used against the very people it was supposed to protect.
(Excerpt) Read more at shanonbrooks.com ...
Alas, “govt. take care of me” types without a lick of sense are moving in from other states and are trying to create a govt take care of me state that they moved out of.
They conveniently forget the useful idiots get shot fairly soon into the process.
“They watch and report things out of the ordinary in their local areas,”.... Contact WH and the Army will takeover from there.
We have a crime watch in our neighborhood and no way would this socialist freak get the people involved here into doing anything but what we do - deter criminals from operating in our neighborhood.
They will be successful in Blue areas in setting up citizen spy organizations. Kinda funny when you think about it! I always appreciate it when liberals are mugged by their own “progress.”
That's the best part isn't it.
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