“Face it, you can’t name 5 things in this country the government doesn’t outright control or heavily influence. This is a tyranny we live in. Sorry.”
Yes, I have been thinking about this. Everything we do, particularly in urban/suburban areas is heavily patrolled by some kind of government authority. All in the name of “for your own good.” Red light cameras here on Long Island are my current pet peeve. It is a form of entrapment, I believe.
Our local “conservative” talk radio guy loves the traffic light cams. They are nothing more than revenue generating devices. I got nailed by one last year and it came with 2 photos of my vehicle and the speed i was supposedly going was attached. One pic, I’m sitting at the light and one of my brake lights is even on. The next photo shows me exactly half way through the light, a full truck lenth. I was making a right turn and at 14 mph as the ticket claimed I was going, I would have had to be at least 45 feet, TWICE as far as the photo showed! I just paid the damn thing. $125.
The government is in full control of most things. The air you breathe, the ground you walk on, what you may view, how you may travel. All of the things we consider to be naturally free and part of freedom—big government controls it all.