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The consolidation of power at the federal level in the guise of public safety is a national trend and should be guarded against at all costs. This erosion of rights, however incremental, is the slow death of freedom.
We are citizens, not subjects, and we must stay ever vigilant that we remain so.
The joke in the Teams was that smartphones were “surveillance devices that also made phone calls,”
Policies created by bureaucrats in uniform essentially disarmed some of the most highly trained and competent warriors on earth. It was only a matter of time until the enemy took advantage.
The good news was, these days, staring intently at the device in your hand was about as innocuous an activity as you could find.
Observe. Orient. Decide. Act. The whole world went into slow motion.
“In Judges, Gideon asks God how to choose his men for battle. The Lord told Gideon to take his men down to the river and drink. The men who flopped down on their bellies and drank like dogs were no good to him. Gideon watched as some of his men knelt down and drank with their heads watching the horizon, spears in hand. Though they were few, they were the men he needed. You’ve always been one of the few, James. Keep watching the horizon.”