An epiphany: Those who claim the U.S. is now a police state

[MineralMan]

41. Well, a helicopter flew over my house twice

yesterday. It belongs to the local mosquito abatement department. Soon, they'll be flying over the lake near my home and spraying it with a biological mosquito control agent. It's not a pesticide, but a bacterium that attacks mosquito larvae. It's going to make a lot of noise, but we'll be safer from West Nile virus, which is endemic here.

I also see big cargo helicopters fly over my house, during National Guard training exercises. They're really loud, but they fly at a pretty high altitude, so it's not horrible.

The local police department also has a helicopter, but I don't see it very often. It only flies where there's a serious crime and an at-large suspect. If it's in my neighborhood, I stay indoors, since I don't need any confrontations with fleeing felons.

I'm not sure where the overkill is, but it's not here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.