"G'morning."
This is pretty depressing for a Monday, but it seems throughout the month of June, the military will be invading and securing 26 "surrendered" locations. In Indianapolis.
Of course it's all a big martial law training exercise and many of the citizens are excited about getting to see the soldiers doing their thing.
You can go here to read what this is really all about. The brief article nicely summarizes my dismal view of our future. Or you can can just take it at face value.
“That in the interest of national security the sights and sounds of war will be brought to Indianapolis.”
How does it make Hoosiers more secure to be familiar with the sights and sounds of war?
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Wow! Practicing for martial law. In Indiana. So, if there's a big thunderstorm in Indianapolis, the government can take over, huh? Great! And maybe it's a good thing midwesterners get a glimpse of what war sounds like. I say they should strew a buncha body parts everywhere, and rape a buncha teenage girls before setting them on fire along with the rest of their families. Might as well get the sights and smells of war, too. Unless, of course, their aim is not to turn people away from war, but to become comfortable with it... Run to the hills!
Gak! I read some of the comments, what a buncha fookin' nutcases! You linked to a freakin' conservative web site? Sacrelige! Burn 'im, he's a witch!
I think the people of Indianapolis should also get the chance to know one of these soldiers, really become friends with him, and then watch his head get blown off in mid-sentence. That'd be good for them too.
What if this happened in your town? Jeff, what if the marines invaded and secured the airport, the race track, the strip mall across from your office, the Casey's, and a location in the heart of downtown, like the old movie theater. And for a month, you had helicopters flying around and tanks on the streets, not to mention guys like in the picture standing on every street corner in downtown Morris.
Would you feel more safe? Or would you feel like it was already over and the Constitution is gone?
It's why we've had the National Guard in airports since 9/11, even though security tests fail 95% of the time.
Get us used to the presence of soldiers among us.
8) I didn't read the comments before.
THEY CAN'T KILL ALL OF US!! WHO'S WITH ME??
LOL. There are some silly people out there.
A long time ago, when I was still married to a Navy pilot, we had a terrorist exercise on Coronado island in San Diego. We didn't really get any warning before the "bad guys" stormed the beaches, and it shut down the whole base while the macho dudes played hide and seek. If you left your apartment, even a civilian, you would be "taken prisoner" and not allowed to leave the "brig" all day. As it was, we were stuck inside with no food, a little baby, and couldn't even go to the beach. I was so fookin' pissed, it wasted a day of my short vacation. Fuckin' testosterone poisoned, overgrown toddlers and their very lethal weapons.
No shit. Even if this isn't a step towards Totalitarianism, what a bullshit exercise anyway!
What's the scenario? Indianapolis has become invaded by the terrorists (who followed us all the way home to Indy), and we have to drop in and take the city back?
We call this "Doomsday Scenario 8437.4"
Interesting they don't try this shit in Fargo. There's an idea! Go disrupt civilization for your little paintball games in Montana! See how the mountain men and survivalists react.
I guess they figure, "If we can successfully take Indianapolis, chances are we can take Tehran."
I swear, back when they were arguing whether to attack Iraq, there were lots of assholes behind keyboards saying "what good is having all these weapons if we ain't gonna use 'em?" These are prolly the same guys who can't wait until July 4th to set off their fireworks...
"what good is having all these weapons if we ain't gonna use 'em?"
Well, we don't have them. The military does. So by that rational, how 'bout they invade Bumfuck, Iowa or wherever it is those idiots live, and use 'em on YOU.
Fuck it, these guys are trained killers. They'll shoot wherever they're order to shoot. So I don't think I want them on the street corner when I come out of the head shop.
And I think it'll take about 2 minits into martial law before the first teen girl is gangraped by America's finest. Nothing like a little power to corrupt absolutely, eh?
And all these gun nuts think they're gonna be protected by their AK-47s and glocks. Yeah. At least until the first RPG hits their compound and blows 'em to shit.
My friend used to say that the only thing giving money any value is our belief that a piece of paper has value. Take that believe away and you have a worthless piece of paper. Same holds true for laws; if people in power stop believing in them, as Cheney and his lapdog, Bush the Dumber have done, blatantly, viciously, and without conscience, then the lawlessness will trickle down to all the little Hitlers in small towns. Funsies!
Luckily, my headshop is disguised as a cigarette shop - complete with big ass knives and framed pics of Pacino as Scarface. "Say hello to my leetle friend!"
Good post!
Sorry I'm a no-show but my real life is too fucked up to comment on the world around me. Obviously you know where I stand with this, but you're right, it's coming.
FREEDOM AIN'T FREE!
DON'T TREAD ON ME!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!
USA! USA! USA!
REMEMBER 9/11!
BARACK HUSSEIN OSAMA!!
MARRIAGE=ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN!!
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
YOU'LL TAKE MY GUN OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GO HOME TO THE FUCKED UP PLACE YOU CAME FROM!
ENGLISH ONLY!
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