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Monday, March 23, 2015

American stalker: How Obama obsesses over controlling everyone’s lives

In 1983, the No. 1 song of the year was “Every Breath You Take” by the rock band The Police, written by their lead singer Sting. At the time, many people thought the song was about a stalker, and we were right. Sting has since noted, “I didn’t realize at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control.” - Tammy Bruce/Washington Times

..Today’s federal apparatchiks have stopped bothering to disguise their obsession with controlling every breath we take, every tea we drink, every shower we take or every barbecue we make....

You see, stalking is only done right when the bullying encompasses the most private part of our lives: how we take care of our literal selves, our bodies — like our health care, the intimacy of our grooming rituals, like showering and bathing, and what we eat and drink. If a stalker and bully (and government) controls those things, they control everything.

As the 1983 Sting song reminds us, stalkers aren’t unique to this era. But it’s bad news when the jealous, spurned and obsessed ex-lover is in the White House, with all the apparatus and power of the United States at his disposal, and agencies run by his cultish gang....