Drones

Not only do I hate drones when I am playing Modern Warfare, but to imagine the police department, border patrol, and any other government agency using these things is upsetting. I can image little red dots surrounding us while we are attending a public event.  We are living in the age of digital espionage.

 Our government just said that they hacked into terrorist websites and did some rearranging of things. But many Americans have no clue that terrorist have the capability of hijacking these little toys and gather intelligence.

Would the founding fathers believe that this was acceptable? I would not. Of course there is the ideology that if you are not doing anything wrong that you do not have anything to hide. Yes I understand that, but when do we draw the line? When do we have a say in anything that goes on in our country?

Because a little drone flying over my head is an invasion of privacy. I am sure that if the terrorists could hack these little things, a 12 year old could do the same. It is rather sad that our society has turned into one that is so worried about who won America Idol that they have no clue on what is really going on.

Freedom is gone, vanishing, while our men and women that have vowed to serve and protect, toss their medals back. Veterans struggle to find employment, the media is in bed with the government, and big business can do whatever it wants.

This is not a conspiracy, this is reality. The government reads our tweets, Facebook posts, emails, and can even see what movies or books we are reading. This is not freedom, this is the opposite of freedom. This is control by law. Our current president has killed more people with drones, and created so many laws against his own citizens.

A Digital Police State is what we live in today. This information is not used just to sell products and services, but rather to have control over the people. While most of the country has engaged in the witch hunt because of Obama-care, the real issues should be our civil rights, and freedoms. They are gone.

Of course some may say that this is the price that we must pay for being a part of the digital age, but packet sniffing, reading emails, and developing viruses, is something that should not be allowed on the general public. Has any of this stopped the children of our country from getting kidnapped?  Has any of this information stopped a robbery or carjacking?  Of course not.

It is not us that they want to protect, but rather themselves and their goals. But a drone flying over our own skies is ridiculous, and unacceptable.  In Texas they plan to arm these drones, with tear gas, and rubber bullets. Oh great, this is wonderful.

This is how they play us. First they let us fly one in a video game, and then they want to introduce it to the public. Is the government really at war with its own citizens? And what is going to happen when one of these drones is hacked? Is the government going to deny responsibility for the lives lost?

See my argument or concern is simple, I post what I want on Facebook because I know that this is being viewed. I blog want I want because I know the laws and what is appropriate under the freedom of speech, but when I am being under surveillance while I might be eating with my family in my own home we have some serious issues.

We need to understand that fear is how we are being controlled, we are slowly losing any concept of freedom, and they are watching everything we do. And I mean everything- connected or not. Look above you- that little dot might be watching all your moves. How about they use these drones to deliver some food or water to the homeless people, or better yet keep them in the military…, or is this a war on American citizens and our freedom?