Militia takes over wildlife refuge
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The battle the militia is fighting is what we have court systems for and appeals processes for verdicts we don't agree with and I think they are wrong to think they can achieve by force what they want.
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Seems like you're both saying that that militia has no place in modern society?
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This.
Seems like you're both saying that that militia has no place in modern society?
Seems like you're both saying that that militia has no place in modern society?
It doesn't apply to this situation. If it was used anytime someone felt wronged by a government official, there would be standoffs over parking tickets.
If the government is rounding people up or cooking the books on elections then those are definitely times that a militia would be important.
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God save the Queen...
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This.
Seems like you're both saying that that militia has no place in modern society?
Seems like you're both saying that that militia has no place in modern society?
I think a militia might be good if we have a breakdown in society (a concern I do have). We have seen the anarchy and chaos after hurricane Katrina or the riots which always are just one video camera spark away from happening. If something were to happen on a national scale you could see the same results nationally as you did locally in Los Angeles (Rodney King riots) or New Orleans, Baltimore, Ferguson etc... I know we have the national guard but I see nothing wrong with a militia in place as well.
I also see another scenario where we could have a break down in society and that is with an economic crisis. How would people act today if we had another Great Depression? I think there would be looting and rioting nationwide. The atheists may knock religion but I personally believe it was that people in the 30's had more (religious) morality than today and that was the reason people did not go on a looting rampage when things were very bad in this country and people persevered through the trial.
I had someone tell me once that he and his family had a steady diet of lard sandwiches during the Great Depression. I think people today will riot and loot before eating lard sandwiches. JMO.
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Seems like you're both saying that that militia has no place in modern society?
It doesn't apply to this situation. If it was used anytime someone felt wronged by a government official, there would be standoffs over parking tickets.
If the government is rounding people up or cooking the books on elections then those are definitely times that a militia would be important.
It doesn't apply to this situation. If it was used anytime someone felt wronged by a government official, there would be standoffs over parking tickets.
If the government is rounding people up or cooking the books on elections then those are definitely times that a militia would be important.
Fair enough.
FWIW, I'd be all in favour of an actual well trained, armed militia.
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It doesn't apply to this situation. If it was used anytime someone felt wronged by a government official, there would be standoffs over parking tickets.
If the government is rounding people up or cooking the books on elections then those are definitely times that a militia would be important.
Fair enough.
FWIW, I'd be all in favour of an actual well trained, armed militia.
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Actually, as is the case with most protests, I don't give a fuck about their cause at all and think they are attention hog pains in the ass.
Less annoying but just as stupid as the Occupy Wall Street jerk offs that some of you may support.
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Actually, as is the case with most protests, I don't give a fuck about their cause at all and think they are attention hog pains in the ass.
Less annoying but just as stupid as the Occupy Wall Street jerk offs that some of you may support.
WSS
but the occupy wall st people actually had a legit cause, you remember...the bullshit that wall st did that gave us the 08 recession? Annoying or not, they were right. Yes they were annoying full admission, but they were "right". I'm still trying to figure out what these Oregon people are about, and why they took over a wildlife refuge.
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ok my buddy from that area just texted me that it's the last family in that valley that's rich in uranium that hasn't sold their property. So they're protesting being forced off their land by the govt so they can destroy the land with a uranium mine. Good on those folks. They're "right".
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First I've heard of this uranium angle. From what I've read both sides have been in the wrong at one time or another. Been a quiet story for the most part.
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Actually, as is the case with most protests, I don't give a fuck about their cause at all and think they are attention hog pains in the ass.
Less annoying but just as stupid as the Occupy Wall Street jerk offs that some of you may support.
WSS
but the occupy wall st people actually had a legit cause, you remember...the bullshit that wall st did that gave us the 08 recession? Annoying or not, they were right. Yes they were annoying full admission, but they were "right". I'm still trying to figure out what these Oregon people are about, and why they took over a wildlife refuge.
but the occupy wall st people actually had a legit cause, you remember...the bullshit that wall st did that gave us the 08 recession? Annoying or not, they were right. Yes they were annoying full admission, but they were "right". I'm still trying to figure out what these Oregon people are about, and why they took over a wildlife refuge.
That's hilarious. These fucking morons had no idea what they were protesting.
But if you'd like to believe they had some sort of understanding about subprime financing or the creation of mortgage backed securities then good for you. Seems to me that people who understood that would not be the sort to shit on a police car but who knows...
WSS
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but the occupy wall st people actually had a legit cause, you remember...the bullshit that wall st did that gave us the 08 recession? Annoying or not, they were right. Yes they were annoying full admission, but they were "right". I'm still trying to figure out what these Oregon people are about, and why they took over a wildlife refuge.
That's hilarious. These fucking morons had no idea what they were protesting.
But if you'd like to believe they had some sort of understanding about subprime financing or the creation of mortgage backed securities then good for you. Seems to me that people who understood that would not be the sort to shit on a police car but who knows...
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That's hilarious. These fucking morons had no idea what they were protesting.
But if you'd like to believe they had some sort of understanding about subprime financing or the creation of mortgage backed securities then good for you. Seems to me that people who understood that would not be the sort to shit on a police car but who knows...
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ok yes, there were some people that FOX news went out and found that were like "yeah man, we need to go back to tribal life man...we need to live in teepees and wipe our asses with dew laden grass every morning man". Last part actually sounded nice but anyway....most of those people got the gist of the corruption gong on in wall st. "NONE" of us know the true depth of corruption that goes on there. We would have to have PHD's in economics and work on wall st for 20 years before we could uncover all the layers of schemes that to normal people seems innocuous.
I don't have a PhD in economics, but I still know enough to smell a bunch of con artists.
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These are the same people that Jesus flipped his shit on cause he smelled the same bullshit.
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It was quite a bit more than a Fox News sting operation. MSNBC had self-appointed leaders of theach protesters on who didn't sound much more informed then the TP assholes.
The big short starts off by warning that banks and financial institutions have their own language to make it impossible for the common man to understand what's going on. And then they go on to use that language to make their left wing diatribe.
But I never heard anyone give any of those things as a reason for the protests. Attention seeking idiots just like protesters all over the world.
WSS
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
I didn't see anything mentioned about subprime or mortgage based derivatives. I saw income inequality.
Yes children some people have more money than others. Lots more. Lots lots and lots more. They always have. Man.
WSS
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Ok first off, it's Wikipedia....2nd, even in that wiki it starts off by saying "one' of the original intents was to protest the influence of wall st/corporate America on democracy. Which goes entirely hand in hand with the 08 recession. Wall st, in collusion with our govt....put us economicall in a spot where we became vulnerable to such a collapse. But of course wall st didn't care all htat much cause they were playing mostly with our munnehs. I distinctly remember people getting up with microphones though and detailing the subprime horseshit right infront of one of the banks, I think it was Chase but not sure. So yeah plenty people in those protests knew exactly what was going on. Some of them were ex wall st employees who were there precisely for that reason, to add real substance to the protests. But most of htose people were gainfully employed so they couldn't be there 24/7. Broadstroking the protests with the homeless or near homeless people htat camped out there for months on end ain't exactly legit.
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Pretending the unemployed rabble-rousers were for the most part PhDs it economics ( or had any clue besides the fact they didn't like rich people and it must be Wall Street's fault) ain't all that legit either.
WSS
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Pretending the unemployed rabble-rousers were for the most part PhDs it economics ( or had any clue besides the fact they didn't like rich people and it must be Wall Street's fault) ain't all that legit either.
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Pretending the unemployed rabble-rousers were for the most part PhDs it economics ( or had any clue besides the fact they didn't like rich people and it must be Wall Street's fault) ain't all that legit either.
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well I said that there were a lot of simply unemployed stoners. But there were also a lot of people who knew "exactly" what they were talking about. But they weren't there all the time. They used the unemployed people as a constant presence.
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Pretending the unemployed rabble-rousers were for the most part PhDs it economics ( or had any clue besides the fact they didn't like rich people and it must be Wall Street's fault) ain't all that legit either.
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well I said that there were a lot of simply unemployed stoners. But there were also a lot of people who knew "exactly" what they were talking about. But they weren't there all the time. They used the unemployed people as a constant presence.
well I said that there were a lot of simply unemployed stoners. But there were also a lot of people who knew "exactly" what they were talking about. But they weren't there all the time. They used the unemployed people as a constant presence.
I'd say a tiny fraction knew anything about mortgage based securities. And I mean tiny.
And those that might have wouldn't be the type of people who think you change it by shitting on a police car. Or even carrying a sign.
WSS
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you wouldn't be holding all the protesters responsible for one guy would you? One guy who decided he didn't like cops and shit on their car?
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you wouldn't be holding all the protesters responsible for one guy would you? One guy who decided he didn't like cops and shit on their car?
you wouldn't be holding all the protesters responsible for one guy would you? One guy who decided he didn't like cops and shit on their car?
Not at all, I realize he's just one idiot and probably not much like the rest of them. I do, however, think that the protest is stupid and all of them are idiots. But the car shitter is not an across the board indictment.
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