This is whats wrong with America

Read this and then I will comment.
 Sean Walter, an attorney and first-term town supervisor in Riverhead, N.Y., insists he is a staunch defender of privacy rights and the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.

 But Walter supported using Google Earth images to help identify about 250 Riverhead homes where residents failed to get building permits certifying their swimming pools complied with safety regulations. All but about 10 eventually came to town hall.

 Walter said the focus was safety, not filling town coffers with permit money, which averaged about $150 depending on the size of the pool. A 4-foot fence is required, gates have to be self-closing and padlocked. All pools must have an alarm that sounds when sensors are activated indicating someone is in the pool.

 "We have a town employee who is a personal friend of mine whose son was found face-down in a swimming pool," Walter said. "He's OK, but I don't want to be the supervisor that attends the funeral of a child that drowns in a swimming pool."


OK do you see where I am going with this? Let me hi-lite key sentences:

Sean Walter, an attorney and first-term town supervisor in Riverhead, N.Y., insists he is a staunch defender of privacy rights and the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.

  But Walter supported using Google Earth images to help identify about 250 Riverhead homes where residents failed to get building permits certifying their swimming pools complied with safety regulations.

  Sean Walter's thinking is whats wrong with America.  He insists he is a staunch defender of privacy rights but then goes after residents who failed to get building permits. Building permits are in almost ALL cases anti-freedom, anti-American and non Constitutional.  Building permits was really one of the first steps towards socializing America.

 I want to know where and how this started that we need the government protecting our every move from injury or death? That is NOT the role of the government. IF a pool is in someones yard, that's their responsibility to watch and police it. And if a neighbors child wanders over to it, its the neighbors fault. Why do we need the government watching us?

  I grew up with a neighbor 2 houses down with a large above ground pool. I wanted so bad to sneak over there many times but I knew it was off limits or I would face hell from him and my parents. No alarms, no inspections, he installed a pool and we got warned. End of story.

 Wake up people, this attorney generated permit money for the city and possibly was just using the label protector of privacy rights for self gain. Either way its an oxymoron no matter how you look at it.

                                        Carey Masci

taken from:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100814/ap_on_hi_te/us_eyes_in_the_sky