The Department of Justice recently demanded that an Internet news site hand over the IP addresses of everyone who visited. They then demanded that the news outlet keep quiet about it. The news story from CBS says that it raised “troubling” issues about privacy rights and journalism. Actually, the incident should raise alarm bells over the increasing disregard of this Administration for the Bill of Rights. A population that is largely ignorant of the Constitution and their rights is paving the way for government tyranny.
For decades, conservatives have been warning that our public education’s academic meltdown would have terrible consequences. We are seeing those consequences at work in the election of Barack Obama and his colleagues in Congress as they systematically dismantle our freedoms.