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eileen from OH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:45 PM
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Where's the black helicopter crowd when you need 'em?
Remember the amateur militias who were convinced that the government was out to take away their personal liberties? If I remember correctly, Michigan and Montana were real hotbeds for these guys. Geez, seems they were in the news every other week while Clinton was Prez. But now we have the Patriot Act and John Ashcroft and REAL threats to our liberties and there's nary a peep. I mean, yeah, they were whackjobs, but when you think about it, a lot of their tinfoil hat theories ain't lookin' quite so tinfoil-y anymore.

Did 911 do 'em in, do ya think?

Did they transfer their paranoia towards them foreign terra-ists?

Has eileen had one beer over the line that she is even musing 'bout this?

eileen from OH
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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:53 PM
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1. Guess again...They are them ! Running things
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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 11:57 PM
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2. They're still out there...
but have gone towards a "militia of one" approach, due to the government crackdown and inprisonment of the visible leaders from the 90's, and government infiltration operations.

I'm not a black helicopter person, but firmly believe in the "militia of one" outlook.

In the times we're living in, it behooves EVERYBODY to have a good gun or five, plenty of ammo (at least a thousand rounds per gun), and survival supplies (like a good supply of non-perishable food and a manual can-opener, bottled potable water, candles, generators, emergency radio, et cetera). Just ask people who were in the path of Isabel....
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Columbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 12:04 AM
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3. I try to keep a good supply of ammo on hand
But I always end up shooting it all... :shrug:
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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 12:11 AM
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4. as long as you replace it...
it's "ammo rotation", not waste. ;)
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Columbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:36 AM
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7. I know, but I'm runnin' low
Gotta make a run to a gun show when I get a chance. Buying in bulk is the only way to go. :evilgrin:
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:20 AM
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5. I think Timothy McVeigh did them in.
Kinda took the wind out of their sails.
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PeaceProgProsp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:30 AM
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6. Tells you something about the editorial priorities of the nation's media
The Democrats are a threat to your liberties. But the fascists...well, better not to talk about them.
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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:43 AM
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8. Not all of the black helicopter crowd are fascists...
we just call progressive black helicopter folks "tinfoilhatters".
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PeaceProgProsp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:45 AM
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9. (That was a reference to the government, not the citizens.)
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:49 AM
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10. They're theories are just as tinfoily
Yeah, more guns = More safe. Their you go, just what you want when you think of safety: Crossfire.

There is nothing good about activist leftists cozying up to the right fringe.
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 04:24 AM
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11. Dear Eileen, everyone is underground.
;) n/t :evilgrin: :toast:

:tinfoilhat:

:bounce:
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