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    Rand Paul: Why Are We Spending $8M in Fargo To Fight Terrorism?

    Rand Paul: Why Are We Spending $8M in Fargo To Fight Terrorism?

    By Courtney Coren
    Sunday, 24 Aug 2014 12:26 PM

    Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who has been openly critical of the militarization of local police forces by the federal government that has come to light during the tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, wants to know why Homeland Security has spent $8 million in Fargo, North Dakota to fight terrorism.

    "Homeland Security gave $8 million to Fargo to fight terrorism," Paul said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.

    "I say, if the terrorists get to Fargo, we might as well give up," he told NBC's Senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing.

    "I say that as a joke, but what are we doing spending $8 million in Fargo? What are we doing sending a tank — there's an armored personnel carrier in Keene, New Hampshire?" the Kentucky Republican asked.

    The Kentucky Republican wrote an opinion piece for Time Magazine on Aug. 14 criticizing the use of military equipment in Ferguson, Missouri to fight back the protests and riots that broke out following the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer.

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    http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ran.../24/id/590551/
    Last edited by jct74; 08-24-2014 at 12:59 PM.



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    Good interview. Didn't care for the opening slant that his work was more political than humanitarian.

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    "They sell us the president the same way they sell us our clothes and our cars. They sell us every thing from youth to religion the same time they sell us our wars. I want to know who the men in the shadows are. I want to hear somebody asking them why. They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are but theyre never the ones to fight or to die." - Jackson Browne Lives In The Balance

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    The right guy would take care of that for free, if sufficiently pissed off:


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    I see a liberal commenter here:

    http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/...ts-afraid.html

    suggests that Paul lifted his remarks about Fargo and Keene from an article in the Economist here:

    http://www.economist.com/news/united...ps-or-soldiers

    without citing the source. But I'm not sure one is required to cite sources while having a one on one conversation. I dunno. And perhaps Paul's source is the same source that The Economist used. And I don't know that The Economist cited their source, either. At least it's not listed with the online article.
    Last edited by anaconda; 08-24-2014 at 07:44 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anaconda View Post
    I see a liberal commenter here:

    http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/...ts-afraid.html

    suggests that Paul lifted his remarks about Fargo and Keene from an article in the Economist here:

    http://www.economist.com/news/united...ps-or-soldiers

    without citing the source. But I'm not sure one is required to cite sources while having a one on one conversation. I dunno. And perhaps Paul's source is the same source that The Economist used. And I don't know that The Economist cited their source, either. At least it's not listed with the online article.
    Lol, it's not like he said that in a speech. It was simply a response to a question he was asked in an interview. Liberals are just ridiculous.



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