Judge Allows Blackwater To Open San Diego Center

Source: (AP)



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_re_us/blackwater_fight

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- So, "the company would suffer irreparable harm," eh? Well, that's nothing compared to the irreparable harm Blackwater inflicts upon us. But what else would one expect coming from a judge who was appointed by a Bush????
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DeSwiss


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Another party-line decision for Bu$hco.

Who is that judge and can that idiot be recalled? Let's have lots of munitions and firing ranges in high fire country.

because we all know how loyal mercenaries are.

and we can see how well that works in every other area...:sarcasm:

"Back in my day" (a mere 4 years ago), we did our training internally. NATU (Naval Anti-Terrorist Unit) would come to your ship and teach you what to look for. FTG/ATG (Fleet Training Group/Afloat Training Group) would run exercises with you. We cross trained with Marines. We went to the shooting ranges with our own gunner's mates and learned how to shoot.

Has our military gotten that helpless?

Former Seals, Delta, and Special Forces operatives who have practiced it countless times and done on more than a few occasions or a Surface Warfare Officer and ten sailors who went to a month long course and are now on the training staff?

Also, it is cheaper for the military to send personnel to a course for a flat fee, rather than have to pay the salaries, housing, etc for the instructors and the ammo, electric bill, insurance, etc for the training facility.

Things will start to get real weird now!

It's been down the Rabbit Hole since 2000!

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:mad: :grr: :hide: :nuke: :grr: :mad:

They are answerable to NO ONE. If they decide you are a terrorist, you can be another casualty in the War On Terror and the Constitution is not in effect, just like in Iraq

Constitutional as they say. Is this 6 plant limit only in Mendocino?

that some incident is going to happen in the San Diego area.

...and guess what? Blackwater just happens to be available to step in to provide "security". That would set the precedent for other actions later.

I hope I'm just paranoid from the recent bong-hit.

Source: Los Angeles Times

SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge Wednesday cleared the way for the controversial Blackwater Worldwide security firm to open a facility to provide weapons training and other "force protection" techniques to U.S. Navy sailors.

U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff ruled that "the public interest weighs in favor" of allowing the company to open its facility in a 61,000-square-foot warehouse on Otay Mesa near the Mexican border.

Still, Huff gave city lawyers a final chance to make their argument that the company, in effect, engaged in trickery by using the name of subsidiaries in applying for permits. A hearing is set for June 17.

The Blackwater facility is opposed by a coalition of environmentalists, Rep. Bob Filner (D-Chula Vista) and opponents of U.S. policy in Iraq. The same group opposed Blackwater's plan to build a much larger complex in a rural area east of San Diego, a plan that was scrapped in March.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-blackwater5-2008jun05,0,3365235.story?track=rss

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Our only real defense if the Boy from Brazil declares martial law and uses Blackwater to enforce it is the Second Amendment. The reality is the founding fathers intended us to be able to defend ourselves from the government itself if need be. You can go to prison for talking about ovethrowing the goverment but the Second Amendment talks about defending ourselves if anyone attempts to overthrow the government. And the reality of George W Bush is that he may yet attempt to do just that and do so by declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution.

And the Republicans will probably be firing the first shot if he does so.

For those who are not familiar with the show, Oz was an organization pretty much like Blackwater. The show takes place several centuries in the future when space colonies have been established to alleviate overpopulation on earth.

Oz worked hand-in-hand with what was known as the Earth Sphere Alliance, which was an organization originally established to promote peace and freedom throughout the world and the colonies. Over time, the ESA became infiltrated with Oz militarists, and the Alliance gradually adopted a more militaristic stance on promoting its policies. Eventually, the ESA resorted to force and terror to make nations join the alliance. Pacifist nations were dealt with cruelly.

Oz, like Blackwater, became an organization that provided not just training to soldiers of the Alliance but also provided military hardware, and it was their war machines that were the secret to the Alliance's success in crushing opposition. Because of Oz's position in the Alliance, they quickly gained a level of autonomy within the military structure that no other entity inside the Alliance military possessed.

In time, Oz would launch a coup d'etat by engineering the killing of the pacifists within the Alliance military who were seeking to assure the space colonies that the Alliance would not attack them. With the pacifists gone, Oz swept aside the remaining internal opposition within the Alliance and took control. Oz itself was an organization sponsored by the Romefeller Foundation, which also helped establish the Alliance in the first place. The Foundation was an organization comprised of elite industrialists and wealthy aristocrats who sought power and control over all humanity.

This coup would spark a bloody war that spanned earth and the colonies and would end with the eventual defeat of the militarists and the dismantling of most major war machines.

I bring the whole spiel up to demonstrate a point: Letting organizations like Blackwater train and provide support to the military is a recipe for developing a dependency on them, like becoming addicted to the drug. Eventually, they will gain more and more influence until they eventually dictate the future of your nation.

Blackwater would not exist without arms build-ups and wars. Hence, it would be in their best interest to see that the US adopt a permanent militarized stance. There can be no peace in such an environment.

To sustain them : not win them.

The rightwingers now have a private militia at hand to deal with us riff-raff. This is so wrong.