tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post6531185104479588949..comments2023-05-11T00:38:23.906-07:00Comments on Stupid Is A Five-Letter Word: Freedom isn't free. And it isn't safe, either. Buttercuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-53559577269316022622013-04-22T11:07:39.111-07:002013-04-22T11:07:39.111-07:00Oh yes, there is clearly CYA in bucket loads on th...Oh yes, there is clearly CYA in bucket loads on this. But I think that's not because they dropped the ball, but because they WANT shit like this to go down to justify the buildup of militarized police forces, the DHS, the TSA, and the trampling of the Constitution. It's just that when it DOES go down, they have to "spring" into action so the rupes don't get the idea that they are either grossly incompetent or this is what they were hoping for.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-40975283449178329072013-04-22T10:59:53.241-07:002013-04-22T10:59:53.241-07:00All that statist "muscle show", in my op...All that statist "muscle show", in my opinion, was to camouflage the fact that federal agency that's supposed to stop these kinds of threats in the first place failed spectacularly. FBI had received a tip about the older brother a year or 2 ago, "investigated" him and found nothing! In a meanwhile the guy was radicalizing rapidly and even posted videos on youtube - which, per conspiracy theorists, are monitored extensively by government! <br />This story has so many huge "EPIC FAIL" signs written all over it w/regards to gov-t...don't you think they were rather quick announcing the brothers acted alone, and there is no terror cell and no masterminds? All their behavior shows the opposite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-79424017819050951822013-04-22T08:56:15.318-07:002013-04-22T08:56:15.318-07:00THIS! You said it. I am appalled at my countrymen ...THIS! You said it. I am appalled at my countrymen who are so eager to be "safe" at the expense of their freedoms. I have traveled a far amount of the world and one of the rock bottom core beliefs I always had about my country was that I would NEVER NEVER EVER EVER see military style "police" on the streets of my own country "protecting" me. This is what you see in communists countries. <br /><br />We are being conditioned to see the massive buildup of domestic force in our country as protection from --- what? LIFE? Shit happens and it is our response to it that determines whether we wish to remain free or abandon our freedoms for some imagined safety.<br /><br />The safest place in the world is a jail cell. Oh...until your jailer decides you are no longer necessary.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-62024190768473304672013-04-22T08:04:16.669-07:002013-04-22T08:04:16.669-07:00I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise, since...I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise, since Watertown, Newton, etc are all limousine-liberal suburbs of Boston, already pre-conditioned, so to say, to welcome government show of force.<br /><br />One of local residents, a Russian-born American IT programmer (lefty, what a surprise) have written a long post describing his and his family ordeal (not being able to come out with kids to go to a movie in Boston, as my wife planned!)and praised "coordinated efforts" of government agencies. "Many people outside US expressed surprise seeing on TV how residents applauded the police vehicles when they were leaving Watertown after 2nd terrorist was apprehended. I'll say - I would do the same: my police protects me! Terrorist act happened on Monday, by Thursday the culprit was tracked down, on Friday he was arrested. They [government] deserve our respect!"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-13460067543309040692013-04-21T10:36:06.582-07:002013-04-21T10:36:06.582-07:00Check out luckygunner.com too.Check out <a href="http://www.luckygunner.com/rifle/5.56x45-ammo" rel="nofollow">luckygunner.com</a> too.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171113315326198836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-72137804788059920782013-04-21T10:25:19.680-07:002013-04-21T10:25:19.680-07:00Just in case ya'll are interested: Cheaper tha...Just in case ya'll are interested: Cheaper than Dirt has 5.56 NATO green tip penetrator rounds, 300 round bulk for $400, and antipersonnel.net has flechette rounds for 12 ga. shotguns, 100 rounds for $270 and change.Ogrrrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367747403389258422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-59296977827439981222013-04-21T09:45:03.468-07:002013-04-21T09:45:03.468-07:00Probably, but I'm not going to get used to it....Probably, but I'm not going to get used to it. I've watched it ramping up for years and I get more and more troubled by it.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171113315326198836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-64857799620608606912013-04-21T09:15:35.676-07:002013-04-21T09:15:35.676-07:00I ALWAYS celebrate Earth Day as Human Achievement ...I ALWAYS celebrate Earth Day as Human Achievement Day. I turn on every light, run all four cars, the lawnmower, every small appliance and shoot sprinklers into the sky.<br /><br />YIPPEE!!!!!Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-79717841324781369782013-04-21T09:14:28.427-07:002013-04-21T09:14:28.427-07:00They want to know how far they can push. Who will ...They want to know how far they can push. Who will push back? Where are their enemies? <br /><br />And we are just watching our TV. Some of us are evening cheering this horrifying display of force. And NOW the kid is going to be treated as an "enemy combatant", without any constitutional protections, even though he is a citizen. Anyone beginning to see where this will end?<br /><br />I am worried, truly, about my country.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-39897887562924358362013-04-21T09:12:19.238-07:002013-04-21T09:12:19.238-07:00Joan, you said it. In fact, while I was writing th...Joan, you said it. In fact, while I was writing this, I was thinking of <a href="http://primordialslack.com/?p=2683" rel="nofollow">your post</a> about how we will just stand there and watch our neighbors being arrested because it's "the law." Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-37030295054906777582013-04-21T09:10:58.926-07:002013-04-21T09:10:58.926-07:00Get used to it. We are going to see more of this.Get used to it. We are going to see more of this.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-7469315874467453722013-04-21T09:10:38.886-07:002013-04-21T09:10:38.886-07:00And while they are conditioning us to the overt us...And while they are conditioning us to the overt use of overwhelming military-style force, they are also carefully and continuously attacking right-wing extremism. Just wait for the time (and my guess is you won't have to wait too long) when this type of force will be brought against people who simply believe in the Constitution.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-83628888125407286092013-04-20T17:10:47.868-07:002013-04-20T17:10:47.868-07:00if you decide to cook cat, rat, or dog, please kee...<i>if you decide to cook cat, rat, or <b>dog</b>, please keep it to yourself</i><br /><br />Of course if 0's at your party, everybody will know why anyway.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171113315326198836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-26148598503619017772013-04-20T15:28:35.985-07:002013-04-20T15:28:35.985-07:00Just a reminder to all you unrepentant oxygen brea...Just a reminder to all you unrepentant oxygen breathers: Monday is Earth Day. Please join me in commemorating Earth Day by firing up your charcoal grills and charring a piece of dead cow, pig, or chicken (if you decide to cook cat, rat, or dog, please keep it to yourself), leaving your lights on all day, and taking a long drive in a gas guzzling SUV. For all you wealthier reprobates with airplanes or private jets, think about buzzing a college, high school, jr. high, or elementary school Earth Day celebration.Ogrrrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367747403389258422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-75209247213073275272013-04-19T20:12:46.412-07:002013-04-19T20:12:46.412-07:00I had a similar feeling of not sure what when I sa...I had a similar feeling of not sure what when I saw the Black armored swat trucks and the swat cops in black. I grew up in Mass and I don't know that the Mass I lived in 30 years ago would have put up with being told to hunker down. I think the idea of a dry run could be a truism.Curmudgeon 7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-14950244214494490822013-04-19T19:30:12.811-07:002013-04-19T19:30:12.811-07:00While I was driving around town for five hours tod...While I was driving around town for five hours today, I was listening and thinking, "Dry run. Damned dry run."<br /><br />You could almost feel Valerie Jarrett smiling.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-43546846718741000592013-04-19T18:56:16.995-07:002013-04-19T18:56:16.995-07:00I'm sure a lot of them recognize it. Probably ...I'm sure a lot of them recognize it. Probably not at MSNBC, the short bus of journalism, though. They couldn't recognize the pattern on a checkerboard.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171113315326198836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-45621888495199769262013-04-19T18:50:53.909-07:002013-04-19T18:50:53.909-07:00I'm always creeped out, seeing these paramilit...I'm always creeped out, seeing these paramilitary SWAT teams. It seems like something you'd expect in some third world banana republic. This was the worst I've seen, the force was so huge.<br /><br />I won't do well in a country conditioned to accept this kind of thing as normal. <br /><br />RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171113315326198836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-57088608198374243742013-04-19T18:27:24.978-07:002013-04-19T18:27:24.978-07:00The sight of such heavy military presence in the c...The sight of such heavy military presence in the city street dwarfing to the average Joe American's car and trucks that had pulled over to the side to make way struck a cold chill in my heart. There by by the Grace of God go thee and me and mine.....targeted by a tyrannical government. I completely agree with your comments, we are being conditioned. Wouldn't you like to trade in your freedom for safety (economic, physical, psychologically)? If that had happened in my town, I wouldn't be afraid. We would have been armed and ready. Esternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-82384315223946548612013-04-19T18:17:33.407-07:002013-04-19T18:17:33.407-07:00"As long as the media maintain the drumbeat t..."As long as the media maintain the drumbeat that the right is inherently dangerous and that it is reasonable to immediately suspect them of just about anything ..."<br />Let's see: when Rep. Giffords was shot in Tucson, the "radical right-wing teabagger" turned out to be a radical left-wing anarchist nut job. The Virginia Tech "radical right-wing teabagger" shooter was a leftist nut job. The Aurora, CO "radical right-wing teabagger" shooter was a leftist nut job. Hey, MSM, are you beginning to see a pattern here?Ogrrrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367747403389258422noreply@blogger.com