One Nation, Apathetic, Under Big Brother

One Nation, Apathetic, Under Big Brother
by Gordon Avery on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 8:02am
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One Nation, Apathetic, Under Big Brother

You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe the creeping hand of the government might one day control even the most basic of our day-to-day actions.

It starts with something seemingly small. Something like the federal ban on ordinary incandescent bulbs. Citing the likes of global warming and greenhouse gases, the feds aim to have all traditional light bulbs extinct by 2014.

That's no big deal, right? We'll all just use those curly, energy-saving bulbs...

Then, the government begins to float ideas - then actual bills - having to do with a kill switch for the World Wide Web.

Article at the Huffington Post > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/internet-kill-switch-appr_n_625856.html

Shades of China, anyone? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_People

This wouldn't be quite as disconcerting if we didn't have a President of the United States saying things like this:

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said in the summer of 2008. Watch the video clip HERE > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXIvmJ8xenc



If only the American people weren't so apathetic...and if only CSPAN was as exciting and flashy as ESPN...we wouldn't be facing a rapid decline of civil liberties.

And it's funny - on a side note - that the leftist wackos supposedly so concerned about civil liberties are just concerned about wiretapping terrorist sleeper cells... But we digress.

So... How soon can we expect the feds to control our thermostats? It may sound like an outlandish statement, but we'll be sighing with nostalgia 20 years from now when we are hogtied from keeping our houses crisp in the summer and toasty in the winter.

Don't think the government will reach into our personal space? It already begun. Some places have banned smoking in your own car.

The whole country will attempt to control your salt intake.

Evidently we're too dumb to control it ourselves...

You'll also be limited to what the kind of car you drive... From United Press International:

"Starting in 2012, automakers will be required to improve average fuel efficiency in their fleets by 5 percent every year through 2016, pushing mileage to an average 34.1 miles per gallon by the end of the initiative." Story HERE >
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2010/04/01/Government-bumps-mileage-standards/UPI-70431270145992/

We sure hope you like Smart Cars and Priuses...

That brings up to the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, pushing for a technology ban - nationwide and en masse - to disable cell phone use in your car:

"There's a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we're looking at that," said LaHood on MSNBC. LaHood said the cell phone scramblers were one way, and also stressed the importance of "personal responsibility." Watch the video HERE > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWsvaaqpvUY&feature=player_embedded


Folks. This is a man from President Obama's Cabinet. This isn't some analyst or liberal blogger... This message is being conveyed directly from the government.

So, what will happen? We'll all be forced to use OnStar? OnStar, ironically, is installed in all newer General Motors cars... General Motors, ironically enough, is owned by the U.S. government....

Seems the road is being paved for the government to marionette our world in the automobile.

Seems the road is being paved for the government to marionette everything.