If it wasn't bad enough that civil forfeiture laws allowed cops to steal your property and your cash without a warrant and force you to "prove" it was not the proceeds of crime along comes the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. "If you can prove can prove that you have a legitimate reason to have that money it will be given back to you. And we've done that in the past," Oklahoma Highway … [Read more...]
Some People Despise Liberty and they’ll say or do anything to take yours away too
It would seem Toronto’s Ron Charach didn’t get cuddled enough by his mommy when he was young, or perhaps he had no strong manly figure around to teach him what it means to be, well, manly. Whatever the failings of Mr. Charach’s upbringing may be, they combined to create a man who utterly despises personal responsibility and is determined to do whatever it takes to strip … [Read more...]
Mass Hysteria: Government’s Age-Old Boogeyman by Jane Gaffin
Has the world suddenly gone bonkers? Well, no. The world seemingly has been afflicted with mass insanity since time immemorial. Hi-tech toys merely allow the madness to be refined. Eavesdropping on every telephone conversation, snooping into every e-mail message, cameras and recorders spying on and listening to citizens on every street corner, super-snoop … [Read more...]
Does the Yukon Territory really need a pseudo-police department to deal with drug dealers, bootleggers and prostitutes?
Does the Yukon Territory really need another layer of bureaucracy to do the job the RCMP is already paid to do? Apparently, the answer to that question is a resounding YES! according to Yukon’s Parliament. If that shocks you, you’re not alone. “There oughta be a law! What? There already is? Since when?” We already have laws against drug dealing, bootlegging and … [Read more...]