Rand Paul, Drones and the Overton window

Ok, I get all the sycophantic worship of Rand Paul and he does deserve credit for demonstrating that right now he is the #1 congressman out of 535. I give him credit for that, nothing taken away, But here's the rub....



Rand Paul argued against the gubmint having the ability to kill Americans with drones on American soil. That's good, but there is a flip side to taking this tack. By following this course there is a tacit acceptance of having +/-30,000 drones on American soil surveilling American citizens, so by agreeing that they won't kill us with them we are also tacitly accepting that we will allow them to surveil us. It's a trick...Get it?



I think Glenn Beck once wrote a book called the Overton Window where the idea is that if the gubmint wants a new policy in place, what they do is ask for much more than they actually want with the idea that when the dust settles they can negotiate and back it off to something less than they asked for which is all they really wanted in the first place. It's a lot like asking $3,500 for your used car because you are really willing to accept $3,000, but want to leave room for negotiation so the buyer "perceives" that he is getting a deal.



Here's the Wiki for the Overton Window:

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That's my opinion. Does anyone agree with me?