Other than global default the news of oppression in the land of the free may be the most important thing to be paying attention to at this time. Two stories over the weekend stand out. First the crackdown on the Wall St. protests that the government is obviously growing tired of. Pretty sure the powers that be are saying, (in your best Thurston Howell III voice) "Won't these people just go away?" and have made a few calls to make that happen.
Police Brutally Suppress Wall Street Protest is a post from Washington's Blog you must see. What happens when police grow tired of peaceful protesters? Take a look for yourself. Brutally arrested for just standing on the street talking to a cop. Pepper sprayed for just standing on a street corner? Won't be long till some maniac cop shoots someone. Think I am exaggerating? Video evidence proves it. Bottom line is tot the "system" these people are out of line. They are disrupting the peace and need to go home. WRONG! These people are being American and displaying their Constitutional rights.
Want to expand the police state to a non governmental agency? Sure why not! Here Comes FIATtackWatch: Ben "Big Brother" Bernanke Goes Watergate, Prepares To Eavesdrop On Everything Mentioning The Fed from ZeroHedge paints another nasty picture of the deterioration of our freedoms and expansion of the police state. Welcome to STB a new handler v 2.0 since fraud, Bernanke, market manipulation and a few other "distasteful" tags are used almost every day on this blog.