It can't happen here! Oh, yeah?

For decades libertarians have been warning their fellow citizens that the monster which is the modern state would extinguish the rule of law, constitutional protections, and freedom itself. For their efforts, they have been reviled and mocked, written off as loonies and crackpots, dismissed from public debates, and generally ignored. All the while, the monster that is the modern state has been extinguishing the rule of law, any and all constitutional protections, and freedom itself.

If the last eight years of the Bush-Cheney police state have not convinced you, if the expansion of this police state by Obama-Biden in first four months of the new administration have not convinced you, what will convince you? Perhaps the scarred face of Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Arizona, as he tells the story of his collision with the monster state and its thugs. Mr. Anderson is a fundamentalist's fundamentalist and is so far right in his religious views that you might need a telescope to spot him. He also is a man who believed until Wednesday, April 15, that he enjoyed constitutional protection against unreasaonable searches and seizures, the right to remain silent and not answer questions posed by agents of the state, and the protection of the law against assualt by officers sworn to uphold that law.

He found out differently. Soon, you may find out differently, too.

Watch Pastor Anderson here