Stop. Look. Listen.

Part of my unhappiness at the moment is that I’m living in what turns out to be a cesspool of local corruption.

New Haven Independent Story

Just one of the local stories in the area.

Over in Shelton, just to the south (one time home of the guy who tried to blow up Times Square), the mayor and the building inspector let it be made clear that if you wanted to build something in town, developers need to make special arrangements involving gratuities off the books.    The developer didn’t give anything to them, but did give them enough of a suggestion that he might be willing to pay – at least according to the politicians when the Feds told them they were the target of an investigation.   There was no actual proof (recordings, wiretaps, etc..) of the developer offering anything – but the local people are so anti-developer that they convicted him with no hard evidence.

A member of the tax board in Derby has been charged with embezzling money from his employer.   And don’t get me started about the mayor of Derby and the Parking Authority…. of the mayor of Waterbuy who demanded sex with the young daugther of a prostitute or the former mayor of New Haven… or the former Republican Governor…

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/34/3458.asp

“Sir, your car was weaving”

Thank you officer.

“I see you have a cell phone.   Would you mind if I have a look at your call history?”

I do not consent to a search.

“Very well.   You know I could call the canine unit and have them tear apart your car, don’t you?   You wouldn’t want that to happen if you have nothing to hide.  You aren’t carrying drugs are you?”

I do not consent to a search.

“Oh, so you’re going to be a tough guy.    Let’s see what’s in your cell phone”.

I do not consent to a search and I won’t give you my cell phone.

“No problem, my CelleBrite UFED will give me your list of phone numbers, your call log, the list of web sites you have visited, all your emails, and all those porno videos on it”.

I am not consenting to a search.  You have no warrant and you haven’t stated a reason why you believe I have committed a crime.

“Your car was weaving”.

I do not consent to a search.   I’ve “wiped” my cell phone and unless you have a reason to detain me, I will be leaving now.

“Son, you’re under arrest for interfering with a criminal investigation by destroying evidence in some crime you probably committed, but I don’t know what it is yet”.

Welcome to your Free America.

Prescription drug registry arrives in MT

I just heard on the hourly news this is now being pushed from Washington DC.

Because we need to protect people [the children?] from drug overdoses, each state is going urged to create a mandatory prescription drug registry, so that the states (and presumably shared with the Feds) will have a database of every prescription medication. This is really just a head start on Obamacare – once the government is buying your drugs, you can’t exactly claim that you have a right to privacy (unless it is a prescription for birth control or abortion pills or HIV drugs, of course)

So the next logical step is to require drug makers to stamp a unique serial number on every pill that can be tracked back to your prescription – so when that Oxycontin pill shows up on the street, the police can knock on your door and accuse you of selling prescription drugs to drug addicts.

Who could argue with that?