Thomas Jefferson Wouldn't Approve: Virginia Welcomes Drones in the Skies

What is going on in the Commonwealth of Virginia? They are sending mixed signals when it comes to the message of Jeffersonian liberty and freedom.

Just a couple weeks ago they passed a law outlawing indefinite detainment of Virginians after Republicans pushed for indefinite detainment powers for Obama in the National Defense Authorization Act. This was clearly a Jeffersonian move--a protest against the federal government's overreach of power. However, the patriotic feeling surrounding the state government of Virginia has quickly died.

WTOP reports:

Police drones flying over Virginia would be "great" and "the right thing to do" for the same reasons they are so effective in a battlefield environment, the state's chief executive said Tuesday.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, says he is open to any technology that makes law enforcement more productive. The use of drones, which was recently endorsed by the police chiefs of Fairfax County and D.C., would make better use of valuable police resources.

I had a feeling Bob McDonnell was a decepticon when he stood on stage with Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, both support indefinite detainment ignoring due process laws in the Constitution. My gut feeling proved me right again.

 Drones of course give the government the power to spy on Americans from overhead using high power lenses and computers that can give great detail about your existence while infringing upon your right to privacy violating the Fourth Amendment. One would think McDonnell who signed the bill in Virginia against indefinite detainment would also consider the great power given to the federal government and other forms of government with the use of this technology and consider what Thomas Jefferson would do as a Virginian. One would think, but McDonnell clearly sends mixed signals.