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| Ruby Ridge, Waco, and the swamp |
| 2017-11-03 |
| [American Thinker] As one alternate juror put it, "I felt like a little kid that finds out there is no Santa Claus." This was the remark of one citizen who observed testimony and other evidence arising from the 1992 Ruby Ridge incident, in which an innocent woman and her 14-year-old son were ambushed and gunned down by federal agents over what was, at worst, a minor infraction that could easily have been remedied without violence. Then, in the following year, the Waco incident proved, once again, that there is no government Santa Claus. Seventy-six men, women, and children were killed in a fire started by the improper use of tear gas by federal agents after four of the agents were killed trying to gain forced entry to the building housing the targeted cult members. Yet the cult leader could easily have been arrested in prior days, when he had voluntarily visited the federal office to which he had been summoned. Years later, I am finding the same childlike reaction expressed by the juror in myself with regard to the massive and pervasive corruption in Washington, D.C. that is slowly being revealed in the Uranium One scandal, and in the Mueller probe aimed at destroying the presidency of Donald Trump. There is no Santa Claus, no honesty in government. What was demonstrated by the Ruby Ridge and Waco events is that government is like fire: necessary in its place and dangerous when it breaches its containment. Until recently, I had always been convinced that however corrupt the government is, at least there are honesty and integrity in the upper reaches of law enforcement. My faith had been tested, but not shattered, when what I considered to be a few rogue officers went berserk and slaughtered the aforementioned innocent Americans in an abuse of power. Now I understand that the problem is vastly worse than my worst fears had ever led me to believe. We are faced not with a few renegade cops, but with ensconced corruption almost beyond imagining. Pardon the reference to the NFL team owner who said that we "can't have the inmates running the prison," but in fact, we now have criminals running the government. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 erase the state department. erase the justice department. fold the fbi into the cia or vice versa. Start making the federal government smaller. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2017-11-03 17:47 |
| #4 When times seemed good (20 trillion in debt says they actually weren't, but let that go) and everyone had money and status and all their favorite trinkets, nobody gave a damn. Think of the Clinton years - full of corruption, full of immorality, but "Hey, I've got a great paying job!". It's only when things finally crashed enough to hurt in 2007 that people started to take notice of these things again. We need to pursue this evil, publicly punish and vilify those who are evil, and advertise their fate. We might only get a few years of deterrence out of doing so, but that's better than life just goobering along. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2017-11-03 05:26 |
| #3 The government agent killed the dude's dog |
| Posted by: Daniel 2017-11-03 03:03 |
| #2 Under Carter my dad's cousin's GS rating was too high to fire so they made him the acting drug czar. Something he wanted nothing to do with. First day on the job it took two hours of security to get to his office. 15 mins later the mob walked in and demanded he leave their shipments alone or his family would be killed. He was like fine... I am a cold warrior not a drug warrior I will leave you alone. 6 months later he was back in State. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-11-03 01:15 |
| #1 “A minor infraction”? Dude killed the guy’s dog! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-11-03 00:12 |