If this doesn't infuriate you, then you should just pack up now and move to the Soviet Union: (via DED)
The ACLU of Georgia released copies of government files on Wednesday that illustrate the extent to which the FBI, the DeKalb County Division of Homeland Security and other government agencies have gone to compile information on Georgians suspected of being threats simply for expressing controversial opinions.
Two documents relating to anti-war and anti-government protests, and a vegan rally, prove the agencies have been "spying" on Georgia residents unconstitutionally, the ACLU said.
For example, more than two dozen government surveillance photographs show 22-year-old Caitlin Childs of Atlanta, a strict vegetarian, and other vegans picketing against meat eating, in December 2003. They staged their protest outside a HoneyBaked Ham store on Buford Highway in DeKalb County.
This was on Georgia's Channel 11 website, by the way, not a far-leftist site like this one. Here's the PDF file of the complaint if you want to read more. The details are even worse than the Channel 11 site portrays. Ask yourself how easily this could be you, or your daughter, being searched and manhandled by a male officer.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: WE are not the enemy. All we want is less suffering in the world. Spying on us is a waste of time. (Although you might discover some good recipes.)
Now, go find some real enemy and leave us alone.
