13 Times In 2013 When The Government Went Way Too Far

Uncle Sam has found so many ways to creep on you this year - your phone, your skies, your doctor. . . even your internet! Sometimes government intrusion just goes too far.

1. Monitoring online video games

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I KNOW RIGHT!

Careful when you're pwning those noobs.

2. Spying through your webcam

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They can do that you know. And by "they" we mean the FBI. In secret. THROUGH YOUR WEBCAM!!!

3. IRS targeting conservative groups

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Who says government agencies can't get political?

4. Justice Department seizing Associated Press phone records

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Go ahead and screw the First Amendment why don't you.

5. Flying drones in US airspace

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Oh, they've used them in America all right.

6. Taking control of school lunches

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To the surprise of no one but Michelle Obama, kids aren't exactly clamoring for carrots and celery sticks.

7. New York confiscating shotguns and rifles

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Nice thought Joe. It's just that the government is TAKING THEM AWAY!

8. Couple facing jail time for saving deer

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Bambi lovers = lawbreakers, apparently.

9. Barricading World War II veterans out of their own memorial

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Thankfully, there's no way the men who stormed Normandy would stand for that.

10. Trapping citizens in Yellowstone National Park because it was "shutdown"

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You can check-out anytime you like, but you can't leave.

11. Police collecting DNA from innocent people

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Your most personal biological information. . . just hanging out in some FBI database indefinitely.

12. And collecting blood and saliva samples

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Speaking of DNA, police are also doing this at checkpoints in Pennsylvania. In the name of science, of course.

13. Obamacare

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Wait, no, actually you CAN'T keep your plan! You have to buy a more expensive one instead.

Thanks, Obama.