"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." - "It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." - "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." - James Madison

Let's see...'guise of fighting a foreign enemy'. Iraq? 'Danger, real or pretended, from abroad'. Iran? Pakistan? Korea? 'Continual warfare'? War on Drugs? War on Obesity? War on Smoking? War on Poverty? War on (insert cause here)?

Houston Chronicle - September 29, 2007
RED-LIGHT CAMERAS ALSO SNARING POLICE
Houston police commanders say the city's red-light camera enforcement program should increase safety at intersections by prompting "behavior modifications" in motorists. Not all of their own employees are getting the message, however. More than 100 Houston police vehicles moving through intersections without emergency lights were cited in the first year of the cameras' operation, according to ticket data.

Apparently law enforcement personnel didn't get the memo.