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\u2026(on the Right) over how some guys in a cave in Afghanistan and (on the Left) how some dark theocratic conspiracy of soccer moms and NASCAR enthusiasts were going to \u201ctake away our freedoms\u201d, here the problem was right where common sense, the Founders, and the Church has always warned it is: in the immense concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few wealthy and powerful people.<\/p>\n

Their latest move to subjugate you to a Caesaroligarchic Police State?:<\/a><\/p>\n

So the TV show Person of Interest<\/a> just became real<\/a> in the city where it\u2019s set.<\/p>\n

In the show, Michael Emerson (Ben Linus from Lost) plays a computer programmer who created The Machine for the government. This black box system sorts all the data feeds from all the CCTV cameras, cell phones, computers, and other digital detritus looking for patterns that might indicate the planning of some kind of terrorist attack. Jim Caviezel (Jesus!) plays the former special forces guy who helps Emerson track down the people who are too small to be noticed by the system, but who are potential criminals or victims nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Now Microsoft has partnered with the NYPD (last seen pretending their jurisdiction extends to New Jersey<\/a>) and Nanny Bloomberg to make the whole thing real. And they\u2019ve succeeded!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing.\u00a0 These people are control freaks.\u00a0 And they will not stop unless we make them stop.\u00a0Our Ruling Class hates us for our freedom.\u00a0 They are the main enemies of liberty we face, not some foreign power.\u00a0 That\u2019s why they are the enemies of religious liberty.\u00a0 They are exceedingly jealous gods.<\/p>\n

One of the marks of heresy I have noticed is its tendency over time to morph into its opposite.\u00a0 So radical feminism ends with extolling making women into sex objects.\u00a0 Calvinists who exalted the sovereignty of God end as Unitarians who worship the imagination of man.\u00a0 Communism promised freedom for the little guy and turned into raw power for the Big Man.\u00a0 And Operation Enduring Freedom\u2019s legacy is a Enduring Slavery.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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