a nation of tattle-tales

By Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait on January 3, 2011 2:14 PM |
6a00d8341c630a53ef01348374972a970c-600wi.jpg"The total surveillance, fear atmosphere that is taking over this country smacks of George Orwell's 1984 and Hitler's Germany in the 1930s. I don't know about anyone else, but I am not about to give into someone else's unnamed fear and start watching everyone I come into contact with to see if they might be 'suspicious'. - Karen Warnick - The Independent

So what should we be watching for in everyone else's behavior? According to training manuals put out by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (a state fusion center), a Virginia training manual for state employees, the Phoenix Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and other such organizations, the following types of people and behavior are cause to be a tattle-tale: displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitution or defending the same document, Libertarian parties, anyone supporting Congressman Ron Paul, opposing the implementation of a North American Union, owning gold bullion, displaying historic American Flags, opposing abortion, attempting to monitor the actions of police, communicating mainly by cell phone, email or text, renting a car or storage facility, owning large amounts of medicines, alcohol, or baby formula, possessing or purchasing GPS technology, walking, biking or driving near "potential targets", being a property-rights activist, being an environmental extremist, and believe it or not, using a sketch pad, camera, map, binoculars or scuba equipment.

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