Total Criminalization
 

Are you doing anything illegal in the privacy of your home? It sure would be convenient if we were all criminals. Then, the authorities would only need point their finger in your direction.

All this surveilance, it shouldn't bother us "good" folks, right? Well, unless something we're doing today becomes illegal, tomorrow. I don't think they'll dismantle the framework of privacy invasions just because a few "good" folks raise their hands and complain that things are getting a little uncomfortable.

After all, it's just to catch terrorists, and we have to support that. No matter what. The boogeymans are coming.

But, while we're at it, after we're done with this pesky terrorism phase that darkies are going through, we should do something about the pot smokers. And the goddamned homos, too. Get 'em up against the wall! Man, this new-fashioned police state is a great way to get rid of the undesirables.

Hold on a second, someone is kicking my door down.

if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in

Until the need for warrants is eliminated. Why should, my friend, the nice policeman, be hampered in his fight against terrorists, gangsters, druggies and father rapers? After all, the nice policeman is looking after my best interests... protecting the children from all those bad people.

heh.. yeah 'bad people'... right there on the group W bench.

I have to admit that I watered a small patch of ginger an hour ago. I was crouched behind my car in the driveway, and the ground was so dry that the water pooled on the surface for a while. Too hot for it to run down the driveway though.

I'm waiting for the watering police to arrive, as it was not my day to water.

When it's not you're day, can you put a bucket of water on something rather than using the hose? Here the theory is with a hose you don't know how much water you're wasting, as opposed to with a bucket you know exactly how much you're using plus you can't walk away and let it waste water.

If you don't show it to me first... when you come in, you are going to be in for a very RUDE reception.

Most water restrictions allow for spot watering.

Lizzy, how long have you been under water restrictions?

We have cisterns on the ranch.

I don't recall how long the water restrictions have been in effect. Years now. Floriduh with the bikers and nascar. When I lived near the Mouse, we had similar restrictions.

Yeah, I know I could have used a bucket, and I know that another hour later would have dramatically reduced the evaporation rate, but sometimes you have to Carpe Diem, dig?

Whatever, no one is really going to make a fuss. Technically I could be fined. That's not likely to happen considering I don't water the lawn here at all but have neighbors who do nearly every day. I have more of a cracker yard with native plants and sparse grass.

It's just my way of stickin' it to Da Man. Oh, wait, am I Da Man?

I smoked a cigarette. The Smoke Police didn't show up, but they very well could have. Next law: gun down people the minute they leave a bar.

Someone has posted a sign on the outskirts of town, which the city has not found a way to touch. It reads:

_____ Protocol:
Bend over and grab your ankles.

I saw a picture of that. Didn't the town take it down and had to put it back up?

Yeah, I think it now has to be on a free-standing post on the guy's property, and now there's nothing the city can do. I don't even know who it is, but one of the trustees at my club has one in his car window.

Cooooool! Never let the bastards relax for a minute.

I love it! A little civil disobedience never hurt anyone.