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In reply to the discussion: Gun Activists Warn Obama is Raising a Private Black Army to Massacre White Americans [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)For a long time when I let the chows out, I'd walk the entire yard first even though, as I said somewhere before, I poison-trained them. They wouldn't touch any food except from me. But they both died at 16 and now I only have a little yapper for a watchdog. I'm not at all sure she's a likely candidate for such training. Still I keep as close an eye on her as I can.
During campaign season the big wooden sign I crafted stood in the middle of the side yard in case anyone used it for target practice as threatened. I put a row of little American flags across the top in an effort to shame low-level bullies from throwing actual mud. And yes, I know that would be useless against the truly dangerous ones.
Did you read about the SPLC's recent report that militia groups are on the rise?
When I moved here, I still had an old joke card with FBI printed in bold letters on the top and 'Federal Bureau of Idiots' in small print at the bottom. One day while at the county offices I flipped through the other ID in my hands and placed the stack on the table with the top of that one showing so the clerk couldn't miss it, then as if it had been an accident I scooped it back up and told her in my calmest managerial voice, "Forget you ever saw that."
Of course the twit used her wild imagination and the rumor was all over town before I got home. My purpose had been not to gain favor or status of any kind but to discourage reprisals from certain people I knew would hear the most outrageous version of what happened. Although I MIGHT have pushed the envelope a little, it was not impersonation or I wouldn't have done it and I certainly wouldn't be talking about it in public. But by that time I'd learned - forgive me - how seriously dumb and gullible a lot of these people are.
By far my best layer of protection, though, has been a loud mouth about the worst things that have gone on. I'm prone to shout the news from the rooftops, not to mention the local weekly paper. Why the archconservative owner/publisher sticks his own neck out by printing my quarterly rants remains a mystery to me. I have to wonder if he's a cut above the usual around here. So by now anything that might go too far south for me would be hard for the militia to hide. I wouldn't go quietly.
To wind up this particular mini-rant, I want to point out that most of those militia wannabes couldn't even make it through boot camp in a real army. Most are fat-ass cowards. They think they're such bigshots and they are indeed dangerous, but I'd never give them credit for being anywhere near real soldiers.