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green73
01-03-2015, 12:15 PM
Michael Goodwin graced the NYPost with a slobbering piece (http://nypost.com/2014/12/30/nypd-and-the-military-our-angels-in-a-time-of-danger-and-cynicism/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow) on the NYPD and military. Check out the imagery attached to the article:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1vuPMkkQJNg/VKgPjSbJckI/AAAAAAAAzRM/Iyp_Rq693fg/s1600/NYPD_and_the_military__Our_angels_in_a_time_of_dan ger_and_cynicism___New_York_Post.png


There is some truth to that image. We are living in Lincoln's Empire. The military conquers foreign lands, while the (now militarized) police occupy the homeland for the ruling oligarchy. The halos and angel wings are terribly misplaced.

Goodwin's NYPost piece is laced with terms like "collective faith"...."better angels"....and "public servants." It ends with this:


The military and the NYPD are made up of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, day after day, quietly, without seeking the limelight or acclaim. They do what they do because it is right. That is absolute majesty. May 2015 bring us more of it. Lew Rockwell has a much better take (http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/all-hail-the-nypd/) on the NYPD:


The whole NYPD should be fired, of course, and private organizations allowed to offer protective services at a market price. Security guards for whom you’re a customer, not soldiers for whom you’re the enemy. Tom DiLorenzo has the take (http://amzn.com/B002ZFGJNU) on Lincoln.


http://www.targetliberty.com/2015/01/the-majestic-occupiers.html

Lucille
01-03-2015, 12:29 PM
It is rectitude forged by devotion to duty and honor. It *expects success and brooks no excuses for failure. There are no trophies for attendance.

Remarkably, I am aware of just two American institutions that still try to live by those standards. One is the United States military, the other is the New York Police Department. Both are widely respected for their professionalism and trusted for their devotion to causes higher than themselves. It is a measure of our warped era that both are under vicious attack.

http://media.giphy.com/media/VYSw1FgT2lfI4/giphy.gif

sparebulb
01-03-2015, 12:39 PM
This,

And a heapin' helpin' of Freedom Fries.

Anti Federalist
01-03-2015, 02:16 PM
Cop suckers and soldier sniffers gonna copsuck and soldier sniff.

A Son of Liberty
01-03-2015, 02:21 PM
Wish I could find the "NY Post" bit by comedian John Mulaney.

Long story short: The Post is a joke.

green73
01-03-2015, 02:27 PM
Wish I could find the "NY Post" bit by comedian John Mulaney.

Long story short: The Post is a joke.

LRC's Becky Ackers occasionally has articles published by them and basically says the same thing.

Occam's Banana
01-03-2015, 02:30 PM
http://i.imgur.com/2cHJslY.jpg

Anti Federalist
01-03-2015, 03:20 PM
the other is the New York Police Department. Both are widely respected for their professionalism and trusted for their devotion to causes higher than themselves

http://tosh.cc.com/blog/files/2013/04/copmiddlefinger-copy.jpg

Anti Federalist
01-03-2015, 03:20 PM
the other is the New York Police Department. Both are widely respected for their professionalism and trusted for their devotion to causes higher than themselves

http://tosh.cc.com/blog/files/2013/04/copmiddlefinger-copy.jpg