Congress Authorizes Use of Drones Over American Skies

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses drones for surveillance along the border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses drones for surveillance along the border

Drones Over U.S. Get OK by Congress:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-sky-near-you/

(Shaun WatermanWashington Times) Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s … a drone, and it’s watching you. That’s what privacy advocates fear from a bill Congress passed this week to make it easier for the government to fly unmanned spy planes in U.S. airspace.

The FAA Reauthorization Act, which President Obama is expected to sign, also orders the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015.

Privacy advocates say the measure will lead to widespread use of drones for electronic surveillance by police agencies across the country and eventually by private companies as well.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Under the Congress-approved “FAA Reauthorization Bill,” the FAA “projects that 30,000 drones could be in the nation’s skies by 2020,” because “the legislation would order the FAA, before the end of the year, to expedite the process through which it authorizes the use of drones by federal, state and local police and other agencies.”

Great! Domestic drone surveillance is EXACTLY what our brutal, over-militarized American police force needs! Now, we’ll all FINALLY be safe! ::whew!::

Harrowing Homelessness Facts

The following correspondence originally took place upon my Facebook wall…

"An Army of One"

“An Army of One”

Robert C.: some nice sobering American facts.

U.S.: Number of Mentally Ill in Prisons Quadrupled:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2006/09/05/us-number-mentally-ill-prisons-quadrupled

Rayn: Thanks for sharing this important news! History is pretty clear on this point: either protect all forms of innocence, or expect the eventually enslavement of all. “In as much as you have done in to one of the least of my brethren, you have done it unto me.”

These statistics remind me of America’s homeless figures, which I always keep handy. 20-25% of homeless individuals suffer from some severe form of mental illness:
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/Mental_Illness.pdf

In separate research studies, 25% of homeless were determined to be veterans of the armed forces:
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/veterans.html

Meanwhile, 39% of homeless individuals are minors – under the age of 18:
http://www.misd.net/homeless/statistics.htm

Although we might expect figures like these from a third-world nation, they represent one of the top ten wealthiest countries in the world! As an industrial nation, America’s stats are simply pathologically pathetic!

Spy Drones to Detect Pre-Crime, and Keep Americans “Safe” and “Secure”

The following correspondence originally took place here, on the Facebook wall of political activist, Paul Joseph Watson

2011-09-29 - Spy Drones to Detect Pre-Crime, and Keep Americans 'Safe' and 'Secure'

Paul Joseph WatsonPentagon Developing Spy Drones to Spot “Adversarial Intent”
http://www.prisonplanet.com/pentagon-developing-spy-drones-to-spot-%E2%80%9Cadversarial-intent%E2%80%9D.html

Samil C.: Paul all this is totalitarism and authoritarism!

Samil C.: Poor generation of us!

Jerry H.: My god does it ever end?

Rayn: This is PRE-CRIME! Yet, we are all born INNOCENT!

Carole M.: false beard and moustache people..the only way to go..a la monty python life of brian..specs and buck teeth optional..

Buju Banton Becomes Latest Victim of Illegitimate “War on Drugs”

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of family…

Sara: Man, I can’t believe that Buju Banton just got 6-10 years for drugs. Stop the drug war! Focus on the pedophiles and rapists who get out in 1-3 if they even get jail time! As Buju says, “I could go on and on, the full has never been told”. 🙁 Sad!

Untold Stories – Buju Banton:

RaynNo Victim, No Crime!

Government Continues to Use “War on Drugs” as Pretext for Tyrannical Police State

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of family…

2011-05-22 - Government Continues to Use 'War on Drugs' as Pretext for Tyrannical Police State

Sara: There goes a little more of our civil liberties being stripped away.

Cops Can Kick Your Door Down If They Smell Weed, Supreme Court Rules:
http://gothamist.com/2011/05/17/cops_can_kick_your_door_down_if_the.php

Andre S.: Weed?? ShEE-IT? If them numb-nut, cowboy’s smell, fried chicken coming from the corner of my house? Lol We guilty.

RaynAmerica’s Failed “War on Drugs” and CIA Drug Running Make Business Boom for the Prison Industrial Complex:
http://acidrayn.com/2009/10/30/americas-failed-war-on-drugs-cia-drug-running-make-business-boom-for-the-prison-industrial-complex/