(09-20-2024, 07:22 AM)727Sky Wrote: People who got participation ribbons and who have never been in a fight or had their butts beat are usually all mouth having never suffered the consequences of pushing stuff to far. The feds were sent there by some commander as they are the government enforcers.... I felt sorry for the feds as the older one seemed to know it was a BS mission IMO.
I used to respect the DOJ, DHS, and FBI, now the only respect I have for them is knowing how corrupt their leadership is and how much hurt the enforcers can bring down on a targeted individual.
I used to have respect for DOJ and FBI, but have never had any for DHS. I was against the "Patriot Act" that set DHS up, and that has never changed. It was written too broadly with clear intent to be applied as an internal security apparatus to be used primarily against US citizens, like the East German Stasi.
When DHS started giving away military surplus weapons and vehicles to local police departments, my crooked glance at them somewhat intensified. I have a spreadsheet here somewhere of the crap they gave to the local "podunk" cops, and it was an eye-opener. For instance, they gave about 700 surplus M16A1's to a local town police department that only has about 12 officers total - who are the rest of those guns for? Another tiny town here was given some kind of armored tank-looking thing for a department that has about 8 officers. I used to drive past it every day, just sitting there in a gravel lot across the street from the police station. The most dangerous, heinous crimes that occur there are running red lights or shoplifting at Walmart - what the hell are they gonna do with a tank? Leave it sitting in a gravel lot on display, apparently.
I guess we're all set in case Russia and China ever team up to invade us!
When DHS stood up TSA, they came to talk to me about working for TSA at the Greensboro International Airport. I laughed... and laughed... and laughed. I don't think I'd look good with lightning bolts or a skull and crossbones on my collar or a swagger stick... or a monocle.
FBI was stood up to fight criminals in America, but now it has morphed into a Citizen Harassment Agency. Same for DOJ, in general of which FBI is only a particular part.
Geez! I hope they don't come to have a "word of prayer" with me over THIS post! Just kidding, guys! You're doing a bang up job! Go get 'em, Tigers!
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