http://www.hairybarbarians.com/america/the-police-nanny-state/ If bloggers read more they would write less. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:38:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.hairybarbarians.com/america/the-police-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-10979 Victor V Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:10:01 +0000 http://www.hairybarbarians.com/america/the-police-nanny-state/#comment-10979 Actually I think the reasons are much simpler - as long as the populace is kept in a constant state of fear, they are much easier to control for those in power. If the electorate is kept busy thinking about some enemy far away they do not have time to think about what their politicians and businessmen are doing at home... There are only so many minutes of headline news and inches on the first page of newspapers... Actually I think the reasons are much simpler – as long as the
populace is kept in a constant state of fear, they are much easier
to control for those in power. If the electorate is kept busy
thinking about some enemy far away they do not have time
to think about what their politicians and businessmen are doing
at home… There are only so many minutes of headline news
and inches on the first page of newspapers…

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