Ain't that Amerika?

[Occam's Banana]

Ain't that Amerika?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/aint-that-amerika/
William Norman Grigg (09 February 2014)



A paramilitary team operated by North Carolina’s Wilson County Sheriff’s Office recently executed what was described as a “high risk search warrant” on a narcotics suspect. The members of the “Emergency Response Team,” clad in black armor, bucket helmets, and balaclavas, found what “nearly a pound of marijuana” – which could be the yield from a single healthy plant – and a single handgun.

A photograph taken by an embedded correspondent for the Wilson Times newspaper showed two of the masked SWAT operators in full military regalia. One of them bore, ‘mid snow and ice, a tactical shield inscribed with a strange device – “Defender.”

To those not of an Orwellian cast of mind, it’s not clear what or whom the stormtroopers were defending. Peace officers don’t dress that way, nor do they conduct military-style raids to arrest people suspected of non-violent offenses. Perhaps most importantly, peace officers don’t wear masks to hide their identity from the people they are supposedly protecting.

Many of the federal operatives who carried out the 1992 siege against the Randy Weaver family at Ruby Ridge, Idaho were cloaked in ski masks. The same was true of the berserkers from the combined FBI-Delta Force death squad that annihilated the Branch Davidians at Mt. Carmel the following April.



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[KCIndy]

[Anti Federalist]

Bullet the Blue Sky...

[Occam's Banana]

Be sure to read the whole article (unless, of course, you have blood-pressure issues).

And did anyone notice this interesting little tidbit:

A photograph taken by an embedded correspondent for the Wilson Times newspaper [...]

"Embedded correspondent" ... now somebody help me out here - where have I heard that phrase before ... ?

[green73]

He should write about homosexuals or illegal immigrants. That would get some play here.

[Occam's Banana]

He should write about homosexuals or illegal immigrants. That would get some play here.

The man clearly just doesn't understand what's really important ...

[GunnyFreedom]

Be sure to read the whole article (unless, of course, you have blood-pressure issues).

And did anyone notice this interesting little tidbit:


"Embedded correspondent" ... now somebody help me out here - where have I heard that phrase before ... ?

War on us.

[DamianTV]

...

“If you’re 21, male, living in one of these neighborhoods, and you’re not in our computer, then there’s definitely something wrong,” insisted VCSU officer Paul Boyer. This isn’t because such people are unjustly abused innocent people, but rather particularly devious “enemy combatants” who had somehow escaped the dragnet.

...

So now to be an "Enemy Combatant", you just need to be a 21 year old in the wrong neighborhood. Soon, both of the other two requirements will be removed and we will ALL be Enemy Combatants.

[phill4paul]

O, bountiful
the specious laws
e-lec-tric waves of pain.
For amber lamps and magistrates
the aftermath of raids.
AmeriKa, AmeriKa
God shed a tear for thee
The crowne is goode, blue brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

[Suzanimal]

“I feel bad for the innocent women and children that were here,” stated SFPD narcotics lieutenant Kitt Crenshaw after a nighttime military raid terrorized an apartment complex and netted a minuscule amount of marijuana, “but in a way they do bear some responsibility for harboring drug dealers.”

SMH...

[tod evans]

[Henry Rogue]

Be sure to read the whole article (unless, of course, you have blood-pressure issues).

And did anyone notice this interesting little tidbit:


"Embedded correspondent" ... now somebody help me out here - where have I heard that phrase before ... ?

I noticed that right off the bat. It's got that "shock and awe" Iraq war vibe.

[Travlyr]

Is that Andy and Barney's new costume in Mayberry?

[Henry Rogue]

hood·lumˈho͞odləm,ˈho͝od-/a person who engages in crime and violence; a hooligan or gangster.synonyms:thug,*lout,*delinquent,*vandal,* ruffian,*hooligan,*lowlife;*

The hooded ones.

[Henry Rogue]

O, bountiful
the specious laws
e-lec-tric waves of pain.
For amber lamps and magistrates
the aftermath of raids.
AmeriKa, AmeriKa
God shed a tear for thee
The crowne is goode, blue brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

[fr33]

Booby traps needed.

[Root]

War pigs.