Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

December 18, 2009

Buckeye, Arizona is a town of 35,000 with a severely depressed economy. In 2007, the last year for which statistics were available, there were 51 violent crimes committed in Buckeye, with aggravated assault the most common offense.

Buckeye isn?t under siege by criminals. So why did the Department of Homeland Security give the city a $250,000 grant to purchase an armored vehicle?

The vehicle in question is an 8 ½-ton BearCat, or ballistic-engineered armored-response vehicle. The BearCat, comments the West Valley View, ?would look quite at home on the streets of Baghdad.? It will be difficult to find an appropriate mission for the BearCat in Buckeye, but some excuse will eventually present itself.

This case is typical of the priorities we see being followed nation-wide. As the economy collapses, the Regime is spending huge sums to beef up and militarize law enforcement -- not to deal with rising crime, but ? perhaps -- to prepare to deal forcefully with escalating public outrage.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.