Revealed: 64 Drone Bases on American Soil..Why ??

[jimdana1942]

i thought a Drone was a male honeybee, or is that not so.

Look, there is so much sinister stuff going on and I don't imagine in the long run it is going to be good for Mr. John Q. Public.

But, I have a strange feeling that someday soon we will all know exactly what it's all going to be about.

 

[Nevarwinter]

Where would you like to see them based?

This isn't the issue. The issue is police access. The base discussion is a supporting character, as in, the drones will be launched to "watch activity" from these bases.

 

[Tadpole]

This will all go away when deer season opens.

 

[Yrdawg]

This will all go away when deer season opens.

Now theres a whole new thought ....wonder how much it would cost to get aerials piped to a laptop in my stand ??

Could this really be a move by Fedzilla to make life better ??

 

[JR1572]

Now theres a whole new thought ....wonder how much it would cost to get aerials piped to a laptop in my stand ??

Could this really be a move by Fedzilla to make life better ??

Dude, aerials piped to your laptop? Step up your game, I control the drones from my iPhone. After all, there's an app for that...

JR1572

 

[Takuan]

Birthers... Truthers... now Droners... Hooray!

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Who says Police will have access to the UAVs?

 

[goodburbon]

Who says Police will have access to the UAVs?

the news

 

[Nevarwinter]

Who says Police will have access to the UAVs?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=police+want+to+use+drones



and the city of Los Angeles is the first city to begin clearing the way for drone use.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

So people are speculating and being proactive about a potential misuse of an emerging technology. I would have though you guys would be pleased about that.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=police+want+to+use+drones



and the city of Los Angeles is the first city to begin clearing the way for drone use.

We have laws that govern how the Helicopters already in use, and how the CCTV already in use are used. Why are drones any different? And the Police aren't using the DoD Drones.

 

[Takuan]

I'm not worried yet. But if they name this network of domestic surveillance drones "Skynet," then I'll worry.

 

[Gator 45/70]

I'd lead them by at least 7 feet...

 

[Nevarwinter]

So people are speculating and being proactive about a potential misuse of an emerging technology. I would have though you guys would be pleased about that.

Part of the deal is who gets to define misuse. The people that want the power to spy on Americans (which, in all likelyhood, they have anyway through the anti-patriot act) or the people who want the reasonable assurances of the pesky 4th Amendment?

The silly thing with rights is that you really can't give an inch and you have to be active, but in today's "save me Father Government, my favorite TV show is on" world, it's hard to get folks off their butts to care enough about "stuff not happening to me". Sadly, rights only mean something when someone is personally affected. Note the swift responses to my MSNBC gun control argument post. This...we get tinfoil and dismissal.

Real growth of unchecked government power is treated as tinfoil material, but Hannity and Beck going on and on about suitcase nukes and caliphates is treated as a real, viable and highly likely threat. The 14th most powerful guy in Iran said something bad about Israel, so we need to start a war. The president can now assassinate American citizens without due process guaranteed in the Constitution...meh. If you're not doing anything wrong, you won't be killed. Am I right?

Sad that our priorities are so out of whack.

 

[jimdana1942]

We live in a world full of whackos. Whack whack. The only ones that care or take an active role in anything are those that have an agenda to pursue.

Whack whack, quack quack, aflack aflack.