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The Drift toward Despotism ... Mark Steyn
NRO ^ | November 8, 2013 4:45 PM | Mark Steyn

Posted on 11/09/2013 9:43:32 AM PST by Rummyfan

At a time when over 4 million people have had their health insurance canceled, it’s good to know that some Americans can still access prompt medical treatment, even if they don’t want it. David Eckert was pulled over by police in Deming, N.M., for failing to come to a complete halt at a stop sign in the Walmart parking lot. He was asked to step out of the vehicle, and waited on the sidewalk. Officers decided that they didn’t like the tight clench of his buttocks, a subject on which New Mexico’s constabulary is apparently expert, and determined that it was because he had illegal drugs secreted therein. So they arrested him, and took him to Gila Regional Medical Center in neighboring Hidalgo County, where Mr. Eckert was forced to undergo two abdominal X-rays, two rectal probes, three enemas, and defecate thrice in front of medical staff and representatives of two law-enforcement agencies, before being sedated and subjected to a colonoscopy — all procedures performed against his will and without a valid warrant.

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1 posted on 11/09/2013 9:43:32 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

http://therightscoop.com/bombshell-obama-admitted-in-2010-that-millions-would-lose-health-insurance/


2 posted on 11/09/2013 9:45:11 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Rummyfan

It’s not a drift any more.


3 posted on 11/09/2013 9:46:02 AM PST by GeronL
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To: Rummyfan
It appears he had one of what the president calls those “bad apple” plans that doesn’t cover anal rape.

D*mn, that's priceless.

4 posted on 11/09/2013 9:46:09 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Rummyfan
drift.......toward despotism? DRIFT? this has been a stampede!!


5 posted on 11/09/2013 9:46:33 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: Rummyfan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3089187/posts


6 posted on 11/09/2013 9:49:56 AM PST by upchuck (I've got maternity care via Obamacare! Now, if I could just figure out how a male gets pregnant...)
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To: Rummyfan

Everyone of those worthless fecks in Congress should be forced to listen to this article being read aloud. Mark Steyn has really hit it on the with this one.


7 posted on 11/09/2013 9:52:09 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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It is a no-lose situation for the governments, fed, state and local. They push the limits of authority.. illegal searches, shoot dogs, people.. harass.. If we submit, they can take it to another level. If we fight back, it is ‘right-wing extremism’ and proves we can't be trusted with our own weapons. If we take it to court and they lose, who cares, they pay us off with our own money...

I like Steyn, he is witty but this is no longer a funny situation. This is deadly and the joke stage is over.

8 posted on 11/09/2013 9:52:43 AM PST by ArtDodger
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If this pull-over happened IN the WM parking lot then it was on private property. Another little problem for the cops in the coming lawsuit.


9 posted on 11/09/2013 10:38:48 AM PST by mirkwood (Illegals are not hiding in the shadows, they are getting fat on welfare in the shade.)
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To: Rummyfan

BUMP for later...


10 posted on 11/09/2013 10:40:02 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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Yep, poor guy’s in for some hard times telling this story from his beachfront villa in the near future... hope he gets at least 10 million.


11 posted on 11/09/2013 10:43:43 AM PST by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: mirkwood
If this pull-over happened IN the WM parking lot then it was on private property.

Does not matter. The police in California stole my truck because the tags were expired. It was parked in a motel parking lot at the time. The lady officer said, you had to drive on public roads to get here !

12 posted on 11/09/2013 11:42:16 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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Disgusting. How can police departments claim they are going by the book with a straight face under this set of circumstances.


13 posted on 11/09/2013 12:11:25 PM PST by wildbill
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Fortunately for the murderous DC police officers, they managed to refrain from calling Miriam Carey a ‘’nappy-headed ho’’’ before they shot her to death; otherwise, the Reverends Al and Jesse would have gone publicly apoplectic over the incident.


14 posted on 11/09/2013 12:20:44 PM PST by Bluestocking
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They did go by the book. The only mistakes were that the warrant was executed in a different county than was authorized, and the warrant did not permit a night time search as required for searching at 1am.

The frightening thing is that all the rest of it, including body cavity searches are indeed legal. They actually see nothing wrong with what they did aside from a few procedural issues.

Almost everything the Nazis and Soviets did was codified and legal. This is a very nasty era in our country. This cannot remain as Americas approach.


15 posted on 11/09/2013 12:45:26 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: ArtDodger

So, who is the Tea Party candidate for New Mexico’s Senate?

He could build a winning campaign from this.


16 posted on 11/09/2013 12:48:03 PM PST by pfony1 (Add just 6 GOP Senators and we "bury" Harry)
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