[PEN-L:3935] Creeping repression

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

Clinton's went on and on in his San Francisco speech yesterday.  I was
running errands and was in and out of my car, but he was still talking
every time I turned the radio on.

    Today's paper reports that the speech was about his vision of
foreign affairs.  But I heard other things deeply disturbing.

    Clinton talked about terrorists, and the independent threat they
offer to local communities.  He wants to fund local police and fire
departments -- and presumably school teachers and mayors and others --
to be ready to cope with acts of terrorism in YOUR community.

This propagation of fear is another step on a trail we are already,
unaware, traveling along in this country. It is different than building
fall-out shelters.  This funds the police to watch you.

    This will unfold in ways that let's us embrace repression as a
safety device.  I vote for impeachment.