Homeland Security Bought too many Drones

The Department of Homeland Security bought so many drones they don't know what to do with them.  They don't have a plan to keep all these drones in the sky and utilize them properly.  This is amazing considering how close to bankruptcy the United States is.  This would be like me not having enough money to buy groceries, but I'll go out and buy 100 toys, but being one person I can't play with 100 at a time.  I can't believe their isn't more of an uproar or coverage of this.  This is millions of dollars that could of been saved, but instead someone wanted to make a large number of drones.  I'm assuming they had this request for their own benefit, but I can't be certain of that.  Now the tax payer is stuck with a large number of expensive drones that can't be used.  I'm so glad i decided to make that investment.. Aren't you?

Source:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/11/border-agency-overextended-drone-program/

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Drone Crashes in Maryland...

A US Drone crashes in Maryland..  So it begins with the testing of drones.  The drone was going through a test flight and crashed 80 miles outside Washington DC.  This is not the first time a drone has crashed while testing or anything else, so we will have thousands of these things flying around soon.  People accept this because it makes them safer.  What happens if next time it crashes into a house?  What if it crashes into a school?  Will people still feel safe?  The flight is currently under investigation to find out what happened, but I'm afraid when thousands of these are patrolling our skies.  Now we have to worry that one may crash while we're sleeping.  I know statistically it's probably not likely, but is it worth it for our "safety"?

Let us know your comments.

Source
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-dronecrashl1e8hbaa9-20120611,0,52855.story

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Virginia governor backs domestic spy drones

Virginia governor along with Fairfax County police chief had said drones will be of great use in VA in the near future.  Where is is this in the MSM(main stream media)?  How can people feel sacrificing their freedoms to make police officers jobs easier?  This is the rational behind using them in VA, but with ease comes great privacy concerns.  They can fly anywhere anytime and record everything happening.  No more nude sunbathing    in the back yard. Who knows how sophisticated these are...  They may be able to see inside windows at some point.  Obama has already said some of these drones are as small as golf balls.

They are not supposed to be armed with physical weapons, but the intellectual weapons are scary.  Pretty soon Minority Report will be a reality at this rate.  They will find some way to prove you guilty of a crime you haven't committed yet.  I also foresee these drones causing people getting arrested unjustly because of the suspicion of doing something wrong.  Maybe someone has a thousand pounds of fertilizer in their back yard.  Automatically they will be raided for thinking they have a bomb, but they really just have 200 acre farm. Imagine if a drone catching you disciplining your child, and then they say you were committing abuse or neglect even if you weren't.  This will also increase the drug war and raise the cost.  I think beyond that our country has already dropped 2 ranking in credit rating yet we are going to spend billions more.  We are broke and good idea or not we have to cut the fat in government spending if the United States is to survive.  Otherwise we will got he way of the Soviet Union and Romans.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036081_spy_drones_police_surveillance.html

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US Losing It's Patience with Pakistan

Recently I read that the US is "losing it's patience" with Pakistan.  They are a safe haven for terrorist groups, but Pakistan has requested that we stop with drone strikes because it kills a large number of civilians.

It is amazing to me that this all started from one tragic attack on the US.  It was a horrible event, but I'm not sure the war on terror will ever end.  There will always be a terrorist organization, but are they powerful enough to truly do anything if we play a strong defense vs just attacking?  How many more people are we adding to the terrorist organization when a drone kills their children, wife or husband?  Many people say that is stupid thought process, but I want you to put yourself in their shoes.  You're living in a war zone for 10 years some children that is all they know.  You try to live your life and you go to work.  A bomb is then dropped on your house because the neighboring building is suspected of being a haven.  Everything you've worked for your family all gone...  A large number would have a vendetta to try to settle, and they have nothing to lose anymore.

A large number of these are told to the general public to be suspected terrorist, but when did we get the power to just kill all suspects?  People deserve a trial in some scenarios and playing the offense and just killing people seems wrong to me.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500164_162-322892.html

That is a good article because the person who was said to be a terrorist at the Atlanta Olympics, but in the end was found out to be innocent.  We are humans and we make mistake, but I find it crazy we are losing patience with a country that may be trying to save their civilians.  I'm not in Pakistan, but I foresee this being a gateway for us to attack them.  As a country and human beings we don't have the right to go over there and tell them "Do what we say or we will blow you away".  I really wish people would open their eyes to the effects of war and understand the war on terror is causing thousands of deaths that could be avoided.  We have some of the best technology in the world we could keep track of whats going on the world and be preventative without blowing up everyone or treating everyone in the US as if they're a terrorist.

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