Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

December 2, 2008

Since they had lived under the heel of British army of occupation, the Framers of our Constitution inserted safeguards into the Constitution and Bill of Rights to prevent the federal government from creating a similar apparatus of oppression.

The Pentagon?s recent announcement that it expects to have a domestic military force of at least 20,000 troops deployed in our country by 2011 is therefore a genuinely alarming development.

The troops would supposedly be used to assist state and local police in the event of a catastrophic terrorist attack. However, military personnel were deployed to deal with routine security matters during the recent political conventions.

Police SWAT teams developed to deal with terrorist situations are increasingly used for mundane law enforcement duties; the same will likely occur with the Pentagon?s new Homeland Security Force.

Our Founders wouldn?t hesitate to condemn this development as a definitive step toward undisguised tyranny.

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