There is neighborhood watch -- and there is neighborhood watch!

(N)eighborhood (W)atch is when citizens take the rising crime problem head on and agree to keep vigilant, promptly report anything suspicious etc. It's a great, basically perfect idea -- who could argue with it?

The case in Florida, the assault on George Zimmerman as I prefer to call it, is no doubt classic. Reports that are no doubt trustworthy have it that Zimmerman's neighborhood had had nasty crime problems. Based on the ample evidence of "Mister" Martin's character and the incident itself, it seems certain Zimmerman was entirely right in his actions.

Here's an article from Blacklistednews.com that uses pure irony to apply the above term to how the politicians are building layer upon layer of snooping and spying on us, the people. This time, though, technology is not the focus, but rather goold ol' USSR style spying on everybody by everybody else -- especially the prostitution of police departments to that end:

http://www.blacklistednews.com/New_U.S_Domestic_Spy_Program_Takes_‘Neighborhood_Watch’_to_Scary_New_Level_/18761/0/0/0/Y/M.html
New U.S Domestic Spy Program Takes ‘Neighborhood Watch’ to Scary New Level

BlacklistedNews is a fine site for those who have the stomach. Other headlines there just now:

Arizona Legislature Passes Sweeping Electronic Speech Censorship Bill
China May Be Buying Gold "Anonymously" Through BIS
Biden To Welcome Accused Organ Trafficker To White House
Colombia: 8 Former Israeli Military Men Arrested on Suspicion of Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Exploitation of Minors
Who is Kofi Annan? The UN “Peacekeeper” Handpicked by the CIA.
Man whose WMD lies led to over 100,000 deaths confesses all

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