4th AMENDMENT IN SHREDS?

"Handi-work of  the Repoobs, the Supreme's and the WAR on Drugs"

I am writing this from San Francisco.  I've taken a week of vacation here to celebrate the 50th year since my graduation from San Francisco State.  This city, the "Old Girl with the Dirty Skirts", still has her charms; even if this older body, weakened by war wounds, has trouble bounding up the hills as in the old days.  Revisiting the campus, I find the Science Building now bears the name of  my mentor and physics professor, Dr. Robert Thornton.  Experts on campus provided useful advice for my blog. 

I'm also reading Michelle Alexander's new book, The New Jim Crow.  All patriots, and those who care deeply for the future of this country should read this book carefully.  Michelle, an attorney, carefully documents the rise and progress of the War on Drugs and its corrosive impact on our Bill of Rights.  Especially the Fourth Amendment, designed by the Founders to make us safe in our persons and our privacy, as well as safe from unreasonable searches and seizures.  It's ironic that I'm writing this on the day of the Facebook IPO.  Facebook opens new chapters into how we will live in a future where privacy is de-valued.

As I read the book, I see the War on Drugs as the "3rd Face" of slavery; following the familiar chattel slavery and the less-recognized Jim Crow or Peonage system that prevailed  for more than 80 years, from the end of Reconstruction in this country until the end of Segregation; as a result  of the Civil Rights Movement.

Slavery, originally indentured servitude driven by debt for persons of all colors, "morphed"  into a more comprehensive and perpetual servitude system designed for non-whites.  After the trans-Atlantic phase of slavery was outlawed, the "Colonial" form continued it outside our shores.  Slavery in the Modern age comprised the most lucrative generator of wealth known to mankind.  The Repoobs have labored long to bring it back; the War on Drugs is the mechanism they have chosen. 

Black and brown, mostly male, youth are their target of choice.  Trayvon Martin  comes to mind as an example of the type of target this War pursues.  The stalking and killing of Trayvon should serve to awaken our citizenry to the plight of similar youth in our country today.  Michelle's book portrays the virtual "army" of individuals trained and equipped to do what Zimmerman did.  The Government role (at all levels) in this movement centers mostly in the Judiciary and in Law Enforcement.  Congress plays a great role also in the laws it has placed on the books (Byrne laws) to spur the growth of the movement dubbed "The War on Drugs".

What's a concerned citizen to do?  Get and read the book, then VOTE to insure that no Repoob escapes the wrath of a concerned public.

Stay Vigilant!

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