If you want an example of actual government excess (instead of the phony paranoia-inspired stuff so often aimed at Obama), it's a little hard to beat this:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ho...omplaint_.html

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More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location.

The alleged offense: Although the bar owners had bought the beer legally from licensed Pennsylvania distributors and had paid all the necessary taxes, the police claimed that nobody had registered the precise names of the beers with the state Liquor Control Board - a process that requires the brewers or their importers to pay a $75 registration fee for each product they want to sell in Pennsylvania.
The stated reason for the registration law:

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Francesca Chapman, a PLCB spokeswoman, said that the registration requirement helps the state assure payment of state beer taxes and helps prosecutors identify alcoholic beverages in drunk-driving cases or any other type of prosecution.
The second justificaion sounds like pure nonsense. The first one is fine, but there's this problem:

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While it is the responsibility of the brewer or importer to submit the necessary paperwork and registration fee, it is the tavern or restaurant licensee who may be liable for selling unregistered brands.
Yeah, that makes sense.

If the issue is taxation, fine the brewer or importer, not the tavern owner.

This reminds me of when I lived in Florida. A state senator proposed a bill requiring that all beer be sold in certain sized bottles -- 12 oz., 24 oz., etc. The stated rationale was "to avoid confusing beer buyers." It was, of course, pure coincidence that the requirements exactly matched the bottle sizes used by Anheuser Busch -- and would have made it impossible for many imports to be sold in Florida.

You want to fight government tyranny? Push back against these kind of unnecessary and counterproductive laws, rather than worrying about Obama "stealing our freedoms" in some vague and ill-defined way.