It’s because of money.

When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA and provided hard evidence to the public that suspicions of being secretly monitored were true, it caused the willing partners of the NSA to begin worrying about their bottom line. The tech companies were worried, but they were still willing to cooperate.

The rumors of secret data gathering of our private correspondence through captured phone conversations, emails, texts, and other metadata methods were proved true and most of the population took notice, despite a concerted effort by the government to discredit and paint Eric Snowden as a traitor. Continue reading →

It is unlawful and unconstitutional to use US troops on American soil.

So says the Constitution, but that hasn’t stopped the government from creating a paramilitary force using local police and state law enforcement agencies, some would argue. By providing small towns with federal grants to purchase the same gear and assault armor used in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Mayberry’s of America are ready for a fight in Fallujah. Continue reading →

Local municipalities are passing resolutions that urge state representatives to support the use of radar by local police forces, reports WFMZ.com. Currently, only state police are authorized to use radar guns to time motorists speed and that arrangement has worked for generations.

Now, with local governments seeing red in their budgets they think radar will help them see more green, with increased revenue through an increase in the number of speeding tickets their officers can issue more easily. Continue reading →

The rapidity with which the South Vietnamese position collapsed in 1975 was surprising to most American and South Vietnamese observers, and probably to the North Vietnamese and their allies as well. For instance, a memo prepared by the CIA and U.S. Army Intelligence and published on March 5 indicated that the South Vietnam could hold through the current dry season, i.e., at least until 1976.

Once the Americans removed themselves from the battlefield it took less than 2 months for North Vietnam forces to take Saigon. Continue reading →

Dealing with people during my life I’ve run into some cRaZy individuals here and there. “Here,” at this point in time, is West Easton.

So, in my attempt to better understand a possibly mentally unstable individual I decided to read some books that dealt with different types of disorders.

One book, The Sociopath Next Door, comes to this conclusion about dealing with a sociopath: Continue reading →