From: Ivan 88836-25-99 945 PM EDT There was a time in our former Republic when men in blue were called PEACE OFFICERS and there purpose was to keep the peace between citizens. Today, these former peace officers are now LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. This, to my mind , is not simply different descriptions of the same type of person. Today ,except for maybe sheriffs, the primary purpose of police is to work for the Corporate State,whether Federal or State, enforce the many ,many laws of the corporate governmentand bring in as much revenue as they can to the beaurorats who hire these "police". The Federal Police agencies ,of course are the most odious,but state and local county police across the country are catching up to their idols: The Federal alphabet soup boys. Police forces around the country are getting out of control with the blessings of corrupt officials and judges all the way up to the Supreme Court. We hear every day of searches of cars, murders of innocent citizens(dont call us civilians youpolice who violate our rights), midnight terror raids on innocent people,and the common confiscation of ones money and other valuables by these legal bandits. Under a Constitutional Republic ,which we had until the begginning of this century, these abuses would not be tolerated. But, I hate to say it, we are now full steam into mob democracy which the Founders hated and hoped would never be our form of government. Hope I didnt degress too much Ivan