I quote Divine Earth from the R.I.P. Your Freedom blog: "The Gov is serving a bigger machine than "We The People" - it is serving an elite corporatacracy, and make no mistake, if you don't stand up and fight for your rights now in any way you can you will all become prisoners, economically, psychologically, and even physically. Tomorrow will be too late."

This made me think of a local news event just this week of tremendous concern for me personally ... The Federal government approved Blackwater to have a large training ground and facilities right here in the east county! The thought of these private army mercenaries that are sent to Iraq and around the globe to fight our war games without any rules sends chills through my being ... to think President Bush approved this move to bring their training grounds to my area!

And there were groups of local citizens that protested and carried signs "NO TO BLACKWATER"...everyday but it seems the federal government is not listening or serving the people, just as you said Divine Earth, but serving a bigger machine and agenda than "We The People" ~

(An article from KPBS about the small town of Potrero which is the actual location of the new Blackwater grounds near San Diego:

"45 miles east of San Diego, the potential roar of gunfire, noisy helicopters and traffic jams has jolted awake the tiny, rural town of Potrero. That's where Blackwater USA - a private military contractor known for schooling mercenaries - wants to build a training camp. The plan has driven a wedge through the community.

The joke around Potrero is if you're on Highway 94 and you blink, you just might miss the town. Potrero is small and there are few trappings of modern life here. Just the essentials. There's the general store. Two cafes. The fire station. A school. A library but not much else. And a lot of people here like Jan Hedlund like it that way.

Hedlund: Potrero is a really nice rural community. It's small. It's around 900 people little less and it's where silence is a noise.

But that could all change if Blackwater USA has its way. The North Carolina-based contractor wants to build a 220-acre training camp for law enforcement and military personnel on this chicken and cattle ranch. The site would have three pistol ranges, eight rifle ranges, four ship simulators, a driving track and a helipad.")