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Trevelyan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 01:27 AM
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144. Bob Barr: America in Danger of Becoming a Military State
Bob Barr: Bush administration worse on Second Amendment than Clinton
America in Danger of Becoming a Military State December 11 2005
http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/totalitarian_regime_a_danger_repub_congressman.htm

Former Republican Congressman and CIA official Bob Barr says that there is a danger recent developments describe a trend of America slipping into a totalitarian society and that the Bush administration are doing everything in their power to see that this happens.

During a radio interview with host Alex Jones, Barr outlined where the country is heading. "Basically, as long as you smile when you demand to see somebody's ID at gunpoint sitting on a bus I guess it's OK for the government, that's sort of the way they operate. It can be a totalitarian type regime."

"I think it's a real danger where we have the military becoming involved in all sorts of domestic matters and we have the government being able to seize very private personal records on people without any suspicion that they've done anything wrong. This is a dramatic turn of events that has accelerated greatly since 9/11."...
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