None dare call it totalitarianism ~ By Joseph Farah

By Joseph Farah Posted: August 12, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 I'm not going to make the case that America under Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress has become a totalitarian police state. But, I will make the case that Washington is leading us in that direction. What do you call it when the government asks its supporters to "snitch" on opponents of its policies? What do you call it when the government wants to monitor broadcasts and establish itself as the guardian of "fairness" on the airwaves? What do you call it when the government seeks to take over the private and personal health-care decisions of the people – establishing bureaucracies to make life-and-death decisions and banning unapproved transactions between doctors and patients? What do you call it when the government hires and fires the top executives of major corporations and redirects their corporate policies? What do you call it when government officials refuse to turn over documents necessary to establishing whether they are constitutionally eligible to hold office? What do you call it when the government funds political extremist groups that have broken the law in successful efforts to empower leaders? What do you call it when the government turns the Census, designed as a tool to ensure representative government, into a weapon designed to spy on the most personal aspects of the life of citizens? What do you call it when the government becomes the sole arbiter of whether you can keep some of any of the wealth you accumulated legally? What do you call it when the government ignores the laws of the land and replaces them with the arbitrary whims of men? What do you call it when the government picks and chooses winners and losers in the business marketplace? What do you call it when the government strikes fear into the hearts of the sovereign citizens it is supposed to serve? What do you call it when the government metes out punishment not just for criminal actions, but for "criminal thoughts"? What do you call it when honest and open expressions of dissent are characterized as the expressions of "angry mobs"? What do you call it when government-created joblessness is used to promote policies of government control? What do you call it when the government exceeds its authority under the Constitution and ignores any limits on its power? I don't know about you, but I call those questions harbingers of totalitarianism. [READ COMPLETE COLUMN]