The ongoing vilification of the term capitalism really gets on my nerves. People have locked in their minds a mythology defining it as large amoral companies feeding resources and/or people into it’s gaping maw for no other reason than it’s own continuance. However, at least in my definition of things, that is in fact not capitalism but instead is actually Corporatism.
Once the United States was a flourishing capitalist nation of shopkeepers, skilled artisans, and farmers envied the world over. Increasingly over the last one hundred years corporate giants have crushed competitiveness, destroying small business and individuals who worked for themselves. Today citizens are enslaved to a system where the individual is lubrication for the corporate cogs driving big government.
Corporatism is defined (or re-defined depending on your viewpoint) as:
“Corporatism, also called “neo-corporatism”, is a term referring to tendencies in politics for legislators and administrations to be influenced or dominated by the interests of business enterprises, employers’ organizations, and industry trade groups. In this system government decisions are strongly influenced by which sorts of policies will lead to greater profits for favored companies.”
It’s not a board game or a bad TV movie ….it’s real life in everyday America. Photograph an Officer of the Law and go directly to Jail!
Across the country the amount of Americans being prosecuted for recording law enforcement officials in public is on the rise. These prosecutions are spawning rampant fear that anyone who would even consider recording or photographing police and other law enforcement officials at work could be criminally charged for doing so.
This is just one more example of what has become an all too typical abuse of power by out of control governmental agencies. It is no wonder that under these circumstances, grass roots organizations seeking to reign in and down size Big Government are growing faster than ever.
Want more proof? Think this is just an isolated series of coincidences? Take a look at a few recent articles, there are plenty more where they came from.
ABC News
“Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police” – [LINK]
Blog
“Photography is Not a Crime, it’s a First Amendment Right!” – [LINK]
FaceBook
supporting Anthony Graber – [LINK]
Popular Mechanics
Taking pictures in a public place is not a crime – [LINK]
NPR
The rules and your rights when recording an arrest – [LINK]
Washington Post
Maryland prosecutors overstep wiretapping laws – [LINK]
USA Today
Citizens filming cops – [LINK]
YouTube
Local News Video of Anthony Graber incident – [LINK]
Actual recording by Anthony Graber – [LINK]
A recent article at the Missoula Independent points out that unlike some states, Utah has some fair and balanced concealed carry regulations open to non-residents.
Read all the details here – [LINK]
Obama mocked Tea Party activists recently, yea keep on laughing funny man.
We’ll remember you in November. [LINK]
The californian embarrassment known as Nancy Pelosi is once again under scrutiny for further potential lies. It’s hard to believe even californians could consider electing her to one term let alone over and over again all the years she’s been in office. It’s funny to think that the CIA is more credible than she is. What a nightmare.
Nancy Pelosi and the CIA: Who’s Lying Now? - [LINK]
