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In reply to the discussion: This "militiaman" is aiming at law enforcement at Bundy ranch. Let that sink in. Then imagine... [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)... he did so because there had been break-ins in the neighborhood ... and on this particular night, my next door neighbor's alarm had gone off.
There was no one home at their house, and everything seemed fine, but he noticed lights and movement at my house ... so he knocked to make sure we were ok. I called my neighbor to let him know the police had come. He was on a trip. We talked to the cop for a little while. Nice guy. At no point did I feel the need to "convince" him to stop being part of a "private army".
Perhaps I should I have considered him to be one of the "thugs" you speak of? Or, maybe I'm one of the oligarchs.
And as for the events in Nevada ... why do I get the impression that if those "law enforcement officials" got into a shoot out with those nut jobs, you'd be screaming ... POLICE STATE!!!!
But more importantly ... if the law enforcement officials that went to Nevada are actually part of some secret army, whose only job is to maintain the status quo ... then why did they need to go to Nevada at all?
I mean, why go and start to take that idiot's cattle, if the PLAN of the oligarchs is to let him do whatever he wants anyway? Why not just ignore him completely. Send no one. He'd been grazing on that land for years. Its not like anyone was going to notice or care.
So, if the goal is to keep things quiet, maintain the status quo ... they might as well ignore this guy, its not like he's part of "occupy", right?