The War on Lemonade Stands

This may seem like a relatively lighthearted post, probably because the idea of a war on lemonade stands seems a bit foolish. It is foolish. And I assure you this is no lighthearted matter. What is our country coming to when police show up and shut down a four year old girls' lemonade stand, because she doesn't have a permit? There have been many disturbing incidents similar to this one all across the country.

What makes this scary is that these incidents are part of a bigger picture. If they can stop us from selling lemonade, what can't they stop us from? What other freedoms will they restrict? The purpose of actions like these and of similar actions on a bigger scale (police harassing and arresting peaceful protesters, searching peoples cars and houses without warrants, and the naked body scanners, to name a few) are to condition the American people. Condition us to just accept and allow any authority figure to do whatever they like without questioning it. They are preparing us for a totalitarian police state.

Check out these articles with more details about the lemonade stand "busts"

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/08/03/the-inexplicable-war-on-lemonade-stands/

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110802/NEWS01/708029866

Recently several activists protested these ridiculous lemonade stand busts by selling lemonade for 10 cents on the Capitol Lawn. These activists literally got arrested for selling lemonade!! Watching this video literally makes me sick. Thinking about what our country has become makes me so sad. Watch this video, watch how police try to intimidate and harass the customers of the lemonade stand.

Check out this website dedicated entirely to the War on Lemonade Stands
http://www.lemonadefreedom.com/




Here is a map of all the places children have been getting "busted" for their lemonade stands.
(courtesy of  http://www.lemonadefreedom.com/ )



How can we say we are a free country if we can't even sell lemonade anymore?