It sure seems like our federal government has a knack for taking some of our best and using them for corrupt purposes. We see public servants such as the police and firefighters coming under increasing federal control, and are rightly concerned about an assault on our freedoms.
This can come under the guise of “protecting the homeland,” or it can just be just a blatant power grab. In any case, it must be troubling to those public servants who truly do wish to serve with integrity, and it should be troubling to all of us.
For example, are you ready to open up your residence to “home inspections” by your local firefighters? See what the issue is on page two.
This explains why I encountered several firefighters inside my home when a detached garage caught fire. I ask them what they were doing in my house and I assume the one in charge, looking as though he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, turned and said they were making sure there was no one inside. Understand the house was not in any danger of catching fire and they were already told no one was in the house. Then he ask me if I had something to hide, to which I told them “to get the hell out”. Other than my privacy…
Maybe I should wait for the entire company to be called out to a fire and then go looking through the firehouse when they are gone, and if ask, say I was just making sure no firemen were left behind. Surely they have nothing to hide.