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Stimulus and the police state

Trey Garrison examines "the U.S. Conference of Mayors wish list of all the things mayors across the country want the federal government to fund in the name of 'stimulus'? and informs us about:some of the dodgier requests from North Texas cities. It starts on page 293, and my short list here is just a taste of the absurdity. Frisco wants $125,000 for an armored vehicle and $200,000 for a mobile command vehicle. You know, for all that gang tank warfare going on up in Frisco. McKinney wants $5 million for SWAT toys and stuff. North Richland Hills wants $51,000 for volunteer patrol volunteers. Let?s throw in $10 for a dictionary so they can look up the word ?volunteer.? Irving wants $5 million for biometric scanners, digital cameras, RFID scanners ? nothing Big Brother there...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).