Armed Neighborhood Fortress called Citadel

[cbrons]

How many people want to bet the Fedcoats burn it down?

From: http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn...rhood-fortress

A group of like-minded patriots, bound together by pride in American exceptionalism, plan on building an armed community to protect their liberty.

The group, named Citadel, intends to purchase 2,000 to 3,000 acres for the project in western Idaho. The community will comprise of 3,500 to 7,000 families of patriotic Americans who "voluntarily choose to live together in accordance with Thomas Jefferson's ideal of Rightful Liberty."

According to the Citadel website, Rightful Liberty means that "neighbors keep their noses out of other neighbors' business, that neighbors live and let live."

Citadel explains that residents in the community will be bound by the following:

Patriotism
Pride in American Exceptionalism
Our proud history of Liberty as defined by our Founding Fathers, and
Physical preparedness to survive and prevail in the face of natural catastrophes --such as Hurricanes Sandy or Katrina -- or man-made catastrophes such as a power grid failure or economic collapse.

Residents should also agree that being "prepared for the emergencies of life and being proficient with the American icon of Liberty -- the Rifle -- are prudent measures."

Some of the benefits of the Citadel community include a safe, well-prepared, patriotic community where children will be educated in school, not indoctrinated.

The community will be protected by a perimeter wall that will be inaccessible to "tourists." Each neighborhood within the community will have lower walls, dividing the town into defensible sections.

The website has a link to applications where prospective residents can sign up. According to Citadel, more than 200 families have completed applications, even before any land has been purchased.

While Citadel may sound wonderful to many who are reading this, the community has posted a warning on their home page:

"Marxists, Socialists, Liberals and Establishment Republicans will likely find that life in our community is incompatible with their existing ideology and preferred lifestyles."

Citadel says that every patriot selected to live within the community "will voluntarily agree to follow the footsteps of our Founding Fathers by swearing to one another our lives, our fortunes and our Sacred Honor to defend one another and Liberty against all enemies, foreign and domestic."

[Pauls' Revere]

money bomb to help establish it?

[Philhelm]

Waco II?

[Occam's Banana]

Assuming this effort gets any traction, I wonder how long it will be before MSM outlets start referring to this place as a "compound" ...

[Tod]

Assuming this effort gets any traction, I wonder how long it will be before MSM outlets start referring to this place as a "compound" ...

It will be called a compound as soon as they get their grimy little hands on the thing.

[Keith and stuff]

It will be called a compound as soon as they get their grimy little hands on the thing.

I am pretty sure the self chosen name of citadel sounds scarier than compound. The facts that it is planned to have gun towers and a gun factory don't help with PR either

[CaptUSA]

Thanks, Drudge.

If a place like that were ever really to exist, you just ruined them. Imagine if Galt went around advertising the gulch. lol.

[Restore America Now]

I saw this on Colbert (although of course, he ridiculed it). This is definetly something to keep an eye on...

[PaulConventionWV]

Sounds like The Village.

[cbrons]

Waco II?

Haha exactly what I said.

Sounds like The Village.

What is that?

[PaulConventionWV]

I am pretty sure the self chosen name of citadel sounds scarier than compound. The facts that it is planned to have gun towers and a gun factory don't help with PR either

... you say, as if this measure was meant for PR.

[PaulConventionWV]

Haha exactly what I said.



What is that?

A movie made in 2004.

[TheTexan]

I'm not sure exactly what the point of the walls are. May be useful in the event of a zombie apocalypse, but that's about it

[Carehn]

I don't like the Idea of this. Its fake. something is not right about it. Its to.... It dose not seam to me (and I hope I'm wrong) that the makers and just guessing the buyers of this place have a good understanding of liberty....

This will be the most epic straw man ever!!!

[PaulConventionWV]

I'm not sure exactly what the point of the walls are. May be useful in the event of a zombie apocalypse, but that's about it

Probably to prevent another Waco.

[PaulConventionWV]

I don't like the Idea of this. Its fake. something is not right about it. Its to.... It dose not seam to me (and I hope I'm wrong) that the makers and just guessing the buyers of this place have a good understanding of liberty....

This will be the most epic straw man ever!!!

Jump to conclusions much?

[James Madison]

Probably to prevent another Waco.

There's a reason we stopped building castles 500 years ago.

[TywinLannister]

Haha exactly what I said.



What is that?

[phill4paul]

Pride in American Exceptionalism

I'm out without reading farther..............

[jdcole]

Their FAQ answers a lot of questions, for sure: http://iiicitadel.com/faq.html

[idiom]

I wonder if the ethnic composition will reflect 'pride' and 'exceptionalism'...

[jdcole]

What About Racial Diversity?
Rightful Liberty knows no racial barriers. We care not from which part of the globe you or your ancestors originated. We care only that you adhere to the Patriot Agreement.

What About Religion?
Rightful Liberty knows no religious barriers.
Space will be limited within the walls of the Citadel for building houses of worship. There will be plenty of space outside the walls.

Are You a Bunch of Wackos/Cultists/Racists... etc.?
Actually, quite the opposite. Rightful Liberty is a very tolerant, live and let live philosophy. We stand fully against extremists and all prejudicial philosophies. Those types of people would not be comfortable around us.

What is Jefferson's Rightful Liberty
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others." ~ Thomas Jefferson

[PaulConventionWV]

There's a reason we stopped building castles 500 years ago.

Why is that?

[gerryb1]

Why is that?

cannons

[Demigod]

cannons

There were fortresses up until after WW II.They were not the movie "design" with tall walls and gates though.Sevastopol is a good example of a city fortress.

[ClydeCoulter]

And some fortresses are built deep, so there are bunker busters, etc...

[compromise]

What About Racial Diversity?
Rightful Liberty knows no racial barriers. We care not from which part of the globe you or your ancestors originated. We care only that you adhere to the Patriot Agreement.

What About Religion?
Rightful Liberty knows no religious barriers.
Space will be limited within the walls of the Citadel for building houses of worship. There will be plenty of space outside the walls.

Are You a Bunch of Wackos/Cultists/Racists... etc.?
Actually, quite the opposite. Rightful Liberty is a very tolerant, live and let live philosophy. We stand fully against extremists and all prejudicial philosophies. Those types of people would not be comfortable around us.

What is Jefferson's Rightful Liberty
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others." ~ Thomas Jefferson

Sounds pretty good to me. I don't think it will work out too well though. Locking yourself in a "citadel" makes trade pretty difficult.

[cheapseats]

Locking yourself in a "citadel" makes trade pretty difficult.

Business boomed in the Green Zone throughout the ill-conceived, ill-executed Iraq War...and supplies always make it into the sprawling embassy "we" built there (largest and most expensive ever built, anywhere, by anyone, in the history of diplomacy).

[Aeroneous]

Business boomed in the Green Zone throughout the ill-conceived, ill-executed Iraq War...and supplies always make it into the sprawling embassy "we" built there (largest and most expensive ever built, anywhere, by anyone, in the history of diplomacy).

I think the big difference here is that the embassy you mentioned was supplied by the government, whereas this citadel won't have such a tremendous organization backing it logistically.

I'm sure they can figure out a way, though. I get the impression that they're hoping to be completely self sufficient.

[cheapseats]

It will be called a compound as soon as they get their grimy little hands on the thing.

Sounds like a compound to me. So WHAT?

Rather than allow the word COMPOUND to imply wrong/illegal/dangerous, OWN IT. I draw attention to the preponderance of GATED COMMUNITIES among the Wealthy. Ask whether Limousine Liberals & Scaredy Cats would FEEL more comfortable if this is called a WALLED COMMUNITY. Ask what IS the difference between a Gated Community and a Walled Community. GUNS, they will accuse. MEDIAN INCOME, accuse right back.