The Police State Profiteers

We are all aware of the infamous military-industrial complex warned about in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address. The results more than a half century later are evident by the government and media obsession over an unending string of bogeymen: shadowy networks of covert terrorists, and irrational rogue states plotting our moment of destruction that draws nearer every passing minute. The war profiteers and their financiers own our politicians and the mainstream media, and as a result we have never benefited from any peace dividend, even twenty years after the end of the cold war!
Of course, the 9/11 attacks (and the Department of Homeland Security) have lain the way for unprecedented levels of spending on domestic security. Those who have studied the 9/11 operation understand by now that, whatever went down on that cloudless Tuesday morning, there was a lot more going on than what was written in the 9/11 Commission Report and dutifully parroted by the corporate media. The fear, confusion, and downright panic that followed that fateful day behooved any attempt to discuss the nature of the attack and the impossibility of the Afghan cave dwellers to have single handedly forced the NORAD stand down and caused the WTC7 implosion, as well. Within three years of the attack, I knew that the terrorist threat had been outrageously overstated. Even under the tight scrutiny of FBI/CIA surveillance, if any single terrorist cell in the United States existed they would need to strike something within a three year period to show their followers that they indeed were still at war, and had not been absolutely decimated. If the threat was as grave as the likes of Dick Cheney would have us believe in the days after the attack (you know, Mr. "It's not a matter of if, but when" the next attack is coming), then al-Qaeda would have struck somewhere.
That said, DHS is helping to fund the full-body scanners in our airports, massive surveillance networks in even small cities, LRAD sonic weaponry (already used on non-violent protesters), armored vehicles for our police departments, license plate readers on our streets, and on, and on, and on. Quite a blossoming industry has grown up around the police state that we are all to live for the rest of our lives! And you should know who is providing all this gear to the authorities (at federal taxpayer's expense, of course). As our economy continues to fall, be aware that the less-lethal weapons won't be to protect you from the violent criminals, they will protect the criminals in government from you! Yes, peaceful protest will be banned as unauthorized assembly, and you will be forced to disperse by all types of fun little toys. The banks, and the Fortune 500 have their tentacles deeply into the domestic control grid trough. Innumerable small start-up companies have grown quickly to provide local authorities with vast and advanced public surveillance capabilities. The list of players is large enough to fill a whole book, but below is a primer of some of the largest and most outrageous proliferators of anti-liberty technology.

Private Security:

Xe (Formerly Blackwater)
As dirty as their past has been, my concern isn't as much what Xe has done (although they apparently ran around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina much like they did in Baghdad), but what they may do in the future. Suppose Interpol, who now has diplomatic immunity operating within the US, contracts out some work to these psychopaths- that's one frightening thought. As ugly a choice this group is,(what are the alternatives? DynCorp? Maybe, KBR?) our ostensibly liberal government is still giving them hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts! Call me a kook, but these guys are so spooky, they are like a private arm of the CIA.

Headquarters: Moyok, NC
2009 Revenue: $669 million

Corrections Corp. of America
The largest and most profitable private prison company in the land. The Heritage Foundation seems to favor this option for criminal rehabilitation. In a time where ever-expanding law turns everyone into a criminal of some sort, this is just too easy a way for corrupt cops, judges, and "businessmen" to require quotas to fill those beds and make the shareholders happy. If we could keep non-violent offenders out of prison, maybe it could be a possibility.

Headquarters: Nashville, TN
2008 Revenue: $1.598 billion

Think Tanks


Rand Corporation
The Rand Corporation is a policy research center set up in the shadow of WWII by the US Army and the Douglas Aircraft Co., and unsurprisingly received start-up capital from the Ford Foundation. Over the decades, they have put forward a myriad of outrageous and profoundly un-American ideas for federal, state, and local governments. They masquerade as a harmless non-profit advisory body, but it is clear that they work at the behest of powerful corporate interests, the military-industrial complex, and the international socialist power structure. They undermine our Constitutional republic, and most recently have proposed a federal militarized police "stabilization force" to be used against US citizens. Make no mistake, they seek to protect the ponzi-scheming banksters (and the politicians that they own) from outraged Main St. Americans.


Headquarters: Santa Monica, CA
2008 Revenue: $230.07 million


Mass Surveillance

Affiliated Computer Services
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, chances are you have seen the massive increase in photo enforcement systems around where you live. ACS, recently acquired by Xerox, has jumped on the police state bandwagon enthusiastically, producing red-light and speed cameras to law enforcement agencies across the nation. We all know that this trend is less about safety, and more about revenue generation for irresponsible government. Photo enforcement companies customarily receive upwards of one-third of the revenue generated from each ticket. For this reason, look for the Fortune 500 to flock towards this type of investment, with capital gains guaranteed by government force. What happened to the right to face our accuser? Disgusting parasites!

Headquarters: Dallas, TX
2008 Revenue: $6.16 billion

Federal Signal Corp. (PIPS Technology)
PIPS, Federal Signal's public safety subsidiary, is among America's leaders in Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology, big brother's newest toy for obtaining total surveillance over our roads. Thanks to Federal Signal, we are all guilty until proven innocent when traveling. For now, the public is assured that ALPRs will help track down stolen vehicles and indicted fugitives. But the technology will evolve to electronically verify your insurance, and even to identify "scofflaws" with unpaid parking tickets. Imagine what a corrupt government can do with the proliferation of this technology. They could determine that your travel is unessential, or that you have not obtained a permit to be in a certain part of town. This dragnet approach to Total Information Awareness is an affront to the Fourth Amendment.

Headquarters: Oak Brook, IL
2008 Revenue: $1.2 billion

L3 Communications
Perhaps the fastest growing police state profiteer (and military-industrial-complex member), L-3 has been swallowing up corporations left and right. Now, they are front and center in the controversial naked full-body-scanners going into 200+ airports across the United States. Another violator of our Fourth Amendment protections (no, being viewed in the nude by the TSA is not reasonable), L-3 is rolling out their Millimeter Wave Airport Passenger Screening System, called the Pro Vision, costing the taxpayers between $130k-$170k apiece. We absolutely must reject sending our wives and children through these monstrosities.

Headquarters: New York, NY
2008 Revenue: $13.96 billion

Less-Lethals

Taser International
Apparently, every cop across the land (please, let me know if I'm wrong) absolutely loves carrying the portable electroshock torture device. Despite having killed hundreds of Americans, usually due to trigger happy law enforcement officers, Taser International has succeeded in flooding the market with the police's favorite pain compliance weapon on the market today (so much for the Eight Amendment). Ostensibly developed as an alternative to the use of deadly force, just glancing at the news shows that tasers are used as a way to paralyze unarmed individuals who supposedly resist arrest or flee from custody, as punishment for arguing, as a tool of political repression against dissenters, and sometimes as some kind of sick joke! I call for a class action lawsuit on behalf of the victims of Taser Inernational, to liquidate the assets of these sadistic S.O.Bs!

Headquarters: Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Revenue: $92.845 million

American Technology Corp.
In 2009, we saw the first use of sonic weaponry against Americans during the G-20 in Pittsburgh in late September. The highly militarized police stomped around that city declaring all congregations as unauthorized assemblies, and drove through residential neighborhoods blasting people with the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD). Designed by American Technology Corp., the LRAD has been used against pirates and Iraqi insurgents. During a time when corrupt government authorities fear "flash mobs" and increasing dissent among the populace, the LRAD can disperse large crowds by broadcasting extremely loud, shrill tones.

Headquarters: San Diego, CA
2009 Revenue: $15.8 million

Raytheon
The fourth largest defense contractor in the US, Raytheon is indeed producing weaponry that can be of dual use: against a foreign enemy or against those inhabitants of Northcom (namely, you and I). The Active Denial System (ADS) has been coming down the pike for awhile now, but it has been demonstrated domestically for use by law enforcement. The "pain ray" is a type of directed energy weapon that could supposedly reduce injuries like those suffered from rubber bullets or billy clubs. It's like a taser, but its use would leave no visible marks on ones body, only the memory of pain in your psyche. This has an extreme risk of abuse by the sadists in uniform, who could force false confessions and effectively end the right to petition, and gain a redress of grievances from politicians by immediately disbanding demonstrations.

Headquarters: Waltham, MA
2008 revenue: $23.174 billion

More to come...

If we are to tip the scales back in favor of liberty and the Bill of Rights, we must first act locally. If photo enforcement has become prevalent in our community, we must go to the city council and tell them that we demand our right to face our accuser! It will not require 51% of the people to shut these systems down, although I would certainly welcome a referendum on the matter. Take a look at the police state map on this blog. If your local cops have abused the people with their tasers, you must lobby for them to be banned in your town! If any of the above corporations have offices near you, set up flash mobs and demonstrations against their profiteering. We are free human beings, and we will not be forced pay for our own oppressive slave grid!

The Canadian Police State

The unprecedented buildup of law enforcement and paramilitary forces in preparation for the Olympic Winter Games sheds light onto the burgeoning police state north of the border. The Vancouver police have already announced their purchase of the medium-range acoustic device (MRAD), the somewhat smaller cousin of the LRAD used against protesters in Pittsburgh in September during the G20 summit. The VPD has assured Canadians that the sonic weapon will ostensibly serve as an extremely overpriced public address system. But evidence has already surfaced that the Canadian authorities are seeking to deny entrance to individuals likely to engage in speech critical of the government. Indeed, the Olympic Games have become little more than an opportunity for the politicians to have a grand gala (while enriching their cronies) at the expense of the lives of average citizens. Rumors persist that the homeless will be rounded up and moved to some out of the way place for the length of the games. After all, you can't have street people walking around the city. Nor can you have dissent in the streets while the whole world is watching!
If I didn't know better, one could conclude that Canada is in the midst of an internal military lock-down, complete with victim disarmament! The Toronto Chief of Police has instituted Project Safe City, which sought to round-up nominally illegal firearms that had expired registrations and the like. At the same time, the Defence Department has rolled out the new Canadian Urban Environment Pattern for its soldiers deployed to major urban centers like Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. The governments of the US, Canada, Britain, and Australia are clearly all reading from the same script. Long established separations between the military and civilian law enforcement are being blurred, and unfortunately, the enemy is: YOU.
Out of love for the free men and women of Canada, Police State Watch will continue to monitor developments north of the 49th parallel. We must lend each other support in our fight against the tyranny of the New World Order. We must reject the corporate push for a North American Union, and continue to exercise out rights as free people- lest we lose them all together!

Darwinism vs. Constitutional Government

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force. -George Washington

We, the People, have rejected a constitutionally mandated rule of law, and have instead capitulated to a system of the survival of the fittest. America's founders, most of whom were steeped in Judeo-Christian teachings and those of classical liberalism, understood that every life has value, and each citizen has a right to equal protection under the law. Sadly, our immoral citizenry has acquiesced to a system that judges a person's value solely on their ability to make money. As a result, our institutions of government, higher education, and civil society itself accept the domination of a tiny monied elite. Our fiat, debt-based monetary system is operated at their behest. Our government works to fulfill their bleak vision of the future, regulating the people to their benefit.

Whether this Illuminati amount to a dozen families, four thousand oligarchs, or a class of a few million planetary bureaucrats- they are vastly outnumbered and could be brought to justice for their crimes against humanity. We do not have to live in perpetual debt and servitude! The problem, it seems, is that most any person of even modest influence (ie. any prominent voice or salary) perceives themselves to be part of the power structure; a member of the establishment. This, of course, is absurd! It is a symptom of a godless society, where personal and professional success lead to an ignorant love of self above all else. If we accept the Darwinian concepts of evolution and the "survival of the fittest", rejecting God as the creator, then we will have no compassion for the less fortunate. After all, if the most powerful among us have an absolute and scientific right to dominate, then we have no need for any rule of law because might equals right.

Sadly, there seems to be no place for biblical Christianity in today's society. Disinformation is rampant, and the mainstream media promotes globalist propaganda and a culture of mindless entertainment rather than actual investigative journalism. Conservative talk radio hosts like Limbaugh, Levin, Savage, etc. speak the truth about the ills of big government, but they support the establishment in other ways: exhibiting a general disdain for the poor and downtrodden, and practice hero-worship of the police and military. The recent G20 police riots in Pittsburgh exemplify the drummed up fear of 'anti-conformists.' What is more threatening?: A dozen skinny teenagers dressed in black and wearing bandannas, or thousands of stomping storm troopers, secret police, and camouflaged paramilitaries exercising for war against the American people. This is completely irrational! And for what?, to protect a system that has already stolen our standard of living, and in our names created a debt that can never be repaid!

They use our own tax money to oppress us, bringing law enforcement from around the country as a show of force against individualism. Their tactics of intimidation provoke outrage in sovereign individuals, who can still think for themselves. Unfortunately, the majority believes that the robocops are protecting their interests. Meanwhile, their fate will ultimately be the same as the brave dissenters who faced down the wicked henchmen of the state: with their sonic weapons and chemical agents. You fools, it's like standing guard at your bedroom door while the burglar has his way with your wives or daughters!