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		<title>By: FreeWestRadio.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Scenes from a Militarized America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Howlers (Part One) &#171; Boston College Subpoena News</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-3/#comment-2895942</link>
		<dc:creator>Howlers (Part One) &#171; Boston College Subpoena News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Of course, the government is quite boldly going for it in arguments against the First Amendment all the time, these days, so I take that boldness as part and parcel of a larger assault on civil society. In 2012, the pattern is well established: Yes, government is going to boldly go for it and argue against our First Amendment &#8220;privileges.&#8221; (See also.) [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Of course, the government is quite boldly going for it in arguments against the First Amendment all the time, these days, so I take that boldness as part and parcel of a larger assault on civil society. In 2012, the pattern is well established: Yes, government is going to boldly go for it and argue against our First Amendment &#8220;privileges.&#8221; (See also.) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Militant Libertarian &#187; Scenes from a Militarized America</title>
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		<dc:creator>Militant Libertarian &#187; Scenes from a Militarized America</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: el coronado</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-3/#comment-2852978</link>
		<dc:creator>el coronado</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hell of an &quot;argument&quot; there, Heron. Follows the playbook almost to the letter: &quot;When your nonsensical arguments can&#039;t win the day, try and obscure/derail the debate by attempting to change the definition of the words being used; all in the name of clarity, of course. &quot;That&#039;s not what &#039;Liberal&#039; means! You&#039;re using it wrong!&quot;

Then there&#039;s the ol&#039; logic double-reverse. Using your argument that since &quot;you believe firearms registration is Constitutional, (...) going back to the founding&quot;, (which is horseshit, BTW), I should also therefore accept it because....well, because you say so. 

Uh-huh. OK. 

Saaay, does that work both ways? Can I proclaim that I think abortion, say, is unconstitutional, &#039;going back to the founding&#039;, and the founders were, &#039;to a man, champions of unborn children&#039;.....does that count? Do we get to shut down all fetus-butchery mills forthwith because &quot;The Founders would have been appalled by such a thing&quot;? ? No? Thought not.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hell of an &#8220;argument&#8221; there, Heron. Follows the playbook almost to the letter: &#8220;When your nonsensical arguments can&#8217;t win the day, try and obscure/derail the debate by attempting to change the definition of the words being used; all in the name of clarity, of course. &#8220;That&#8217;s not what &#8216;Liberal&#8217; means! You&#8217;re using it wrong!&#8221;</p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s the ol&#8217; logic double-reverse. Using your argument that since &#8220;you believe firearms registration is Constitutional, (&#8230;) going back to the founding&#8221;, (which is horseshit, BTW), I should also therefore accept it because&#8230;.well, because you say so. </p>
<p>Uh-huh. OK. </p>
<p>Saaay, does that work both ways? Can I proclaim that I think abortion, say, is unconstitutional, &#8216;going back to the founding&#8217;, and the founders were, &#8216;to a man, champions of unborn children&#8217;&#8230;..does that count? Do we get to shut down all fetus-butchery mills forthwith because &#8220;The Founders would have been appalled by such a thing&#8221;? ? No? Thought not.</p>
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		<title>By: ice9</title>
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		<dc:creator>ice9</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late to this one, but is that a silencer/suppressor on that HK?

Got to have the firepower...also got to be able to take out a few of them NARAL terrorist bitches before they even realize we&#039;ve dropped the hammer on &#039;em.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Late to this one, but is that a silencer/suppressor on that HK?</p>
<p>Got to have the firepower&#8230;also got to be able to take out a few of them NARAL terrorist bitches before they even realize we&#8217;ve dropped the hammer on &#8216;em.</p>
<p>ice</p>
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		<title>By: Rog</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-3/#comment-2851500</link>
		<dc:creator>Rog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Heron,

&quot;The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&quot; Regulation is infringement regardless of the &quot;long history of gun regulation in the US going back to the Founding.&quot;  Gun regulation is an expression of fear of those owning guns. If government has no intention of turning on its&#039; own citizens they have nothing to fear from gun owners, on the other hand... And don&#039;t bother with the &quot;criminal&quot; argument, a criminal will use whatever is at hand to facilitate his crime, including guns acquired in spite of gun regulation. 

Back to topic, this extreme display of little boy, my gun is bigger than your gun, we&#039;re the good guys thin blue line nonsense, is to acclimate you to their presence for the coming takeover. Luckily, from reading the responses here, it isn&#039;t working so well. Jack boot thugs take notice.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Heron,</p>
<p>&#8220;The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&#8221; Regulation is infringement regardless of the &#8220;long history of gun regulation in the US going back to the Founding.&#8221;  Gun regulation is an expression of fear of those owning guns. If government has no intention of turning on its&#8217; own citizens they have nothing to fear from gun owners, on the other hand&#8230; And don&#8217;t bother with the &#8220;criminal&#8221; argument, a criminal will use whatever is at hand to facilitate his crime, including guns acquired in spite of gun regulation. </p>
<p>Back to topic, this extreme display of little boy, my gun is bigger than your gun, we&#8217;re the good guys thin blue line nonsense, is to acclimate you to their presence for the coming takeover. Luckily, from reading the responses here, it isn&#8217;t working so well. Jack boot thugs take notice.</p>
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		<title>By: Heron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[el coronado @ # 98:  What exactly is hypocritical about Mykeru?  The fact that he owns guns?  Not all liberals are anti-gun; in fact, the Democratic party was pretty much run by the very pro-gun Texas branch of it from about the time of Sam Rayburn until the 1970s.  I myself certainly believe that regulation of gun ownership, and shall we say &quot;accoutrement&quot;, is Constitutional, if for no other reason than the long history of gun regulation in the US going back to the Founding, but I still acknowledge the right to own weapons.  You&#039;d do well to remember that the men who wrote the 2nd Amendment in the first place were, to a man, champions of &quot;liberal&quot; values which those of us still more loyal to the ideals of the Enlightenment more than modern political factions hold dear.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>el coronado @ # 98:  What exactly is hypocritical about Mykeru?  The fact that he owns guns?  Not all liberals are anti-gun; in fact, the Democratic party was pretty much run by the very pro-gun Texas branch of it from about the time of Sam Rayburn until the 1970s.  I myself certainly believe that regulation of gun ownership, and shall we say &#8220;accoutrement&#8221;, is Constitutional, if for no other reason than the long history of gun regulation in the US going back to the Founding, but I still acknowledge the right to own weapons.  You&#8217;d do well to remember that the men who wrote the 2nd Amendment in the first place were, to a man, champions of &#8220;liberal&#8221; values which those of us still more loyal to the ideals of the Enlightenment more than modern political factions hold dear.</p>
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		<title>By: Heron</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2847118</link>
		<dc:creator>Heron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mykeru @ #43:  I pretty much agree with all of that.  The only thing I would add is the timeline behind the pictures posted here.  Virginia lege schedules to vote for trans-vaginal ultrasound bill; women show up in droves to silently protest, shaming the lege; lege backs down on bill but continues with other anti-abortion legislation; state cops start showing up fully armed in numbers equivalent to the women protesting.  It seems pretty clear to me that the lege found themselves confronted with the consequences of their own actions, didn&#039;t like being reminded that they aren&#039;t unbounded demi-gods living far above it all, and decided to respond with some &quot;intimidation&quot; of their own.  What I see in those pics, as much as a bunch of cops being their usual charming selves, is the Virginia legislature saying to those women &quot;you might have beat us this time, but we&#039;re still bigger than you.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mykeru @ #43:  I pretty much agree with all of that.  The only thing I would add is the timeline behind the pictures posted here.  Virginia lege schedules to vote for trans-vaginal ultrasound bill; women show up in droves to silently protest, shaming the lege; lege backs down on bill but continues with other anti-abortion legislation; state cops start showing up fully armed in numbers equivalent to the women protesting.  It seems pretty clear to me that the lege found themselves confronted with the consequences of their own actions, didn&#8217;t like being reminded that they aren&#8217;t unbounded demi-gods living far above it all, and decided to respond with some &#8220;intimidation&#8221; of their own.  What I see in those pics, as much as a bunch of cops being their usual charming selves, is the Virginia legislature saying to those women &#8220;you might have beat us this time, but we&#8217;re still bigger than you.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: el coronado</title>
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		<dc:creator>el coronado</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The outstanding feature of the modern liberal is not his/her ability to deny what his/her lyin&#039; eyes are seeing - rather it is, I think, their easy acceptance of differing political views and even some criticisms. &quot;Let a thousand flowers bloom&quot;, as Mao said - right about the time he orchestrated the deaths of tens of millions who didn&#039;t think in the manner he demanded.

Still, in Mao&#039;s defense, he burned through less bandwidth than Mykeru in rationalizing his laughable, grotesque hypocrisy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The outstanding feature of the modern liberal is not his/her ability to deny what his/her lyin&#8217; eyes are seeing &#8211; rather it is, I think, their easy acceptance of differing political views and even some criticisms. &#8220;Let a thousand flowers bloom&#8221;, as Mao said &#8211; right about the time he orchestrated the deaths of tens of millions who didn&#8217;t think in the manner he demanded.</p>
<p>Still, in Mao&#8217;s defense, he burned through less bandwidth than Mykeru in rationalizing his laughable, grotesque hypocrisy.</p>
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		<title>By: CyniCAl</title>
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		<dc:creator>CyniCAl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[#48 &#124; Mykeru -- &quot;You would think that’s ad hominem. But that’s because you’re an idiot.&quot;

Wow!  You win!  You are a masturbator, er ... master debater Mykeru.  Go fuck yourself hard.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#48 | Mykeru &#8212; &#8220;You would think that’s ad hominem. But that’s because you’re an idiot.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wow!  You win!  You are a masturbator, er &#8230; master debater Mykeru.  Go fuck yourself hard.</p>
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		<title>By: Mykeru</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2844454</link>
		<dc:creator>Mykeru</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@el coronado 

&quot;When the brave Warriors burned the kids alive at Waco,&quot;

Yup, Someone got their advanced degree in wingnuttery from &quot;Waco: Rules of Engagement&quot;. 

Fleer footage: Cutting edge pareidolia for people bored with finding Jesus in a taco.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@el coronado </p>
<p>&#8220;When the brave Warriors burned the kids alive at Waco,&#8221;</p>
<p>Yup, Someone got their advanced degree in wingnuttery from &#8220;Waco: Rules of Engagement&#8221;. </p>
<p>Fleer footage: Cutting edge pareidolia for people bored with finding Jesus in a taco.</p>
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		<title>By: Mykeru</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2844421</link>
		<dc:creator>Mykeru</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Cynical in New York 

&quot;His story may or may not be true but his description of Freepers sounds pretty spot on. However if you take out Freeper and replace it with Kos its just the same scum, different pond.&quot;

The story is true. And if push comes to shove and internet archiving allowing, I could prove everything peripheral to the events, including Freeper posts, videos, and such. Obviously I can&#039;t prove unrecorded personal conversations on the street. 

I disagree with the &quot;everything has its equivalent argument&quot; which tends to be deployed by people whose aim is to express a snotty, holier-than-everyone agnosticism. You know the type, they despise religion, but then claim atheism is a form of religion so they can be above that too. In that way of thinking Fox News and MSNBC are the same thing on polar ends of the political spectrum (assuming a rat&#039;s ass tight spectrum), Creationists are nutters, but then, Evolution fails due to a lack of absolute certainty science never aspires to anyway, the cops are at fault for gearing up like the army surplus version of Voltron, but those pesky protesters are just as bad because someone once threw an egg. 

Everyone is in the wrong, except for the snotty false-equivalence spouter, who is just smarter, more moral, dresses better and has a better g-spot locating prehensile penis than the masses of knuckle-dragging, feces flinging troglodytes. 

The only thing they are wrong about, and therefore not superior, is in the dumb false equivalence, of course.

The eliminationist right has bee responsible for not only death threats, but often acting on those threats from intimidation to action. My personal experience with the right can be discounted, but bloggers such as David Neiwart has extensively documented the threats of the eliminationist right. 

Yet, in typical snotty false equalizer fashion, you claim posters to The Daisy Kos do the same thing. 

Well, your assertion is good enough for me. 

No, wait, sorry, I just remembered that something asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Like the way you claim my story may or may not be true. Your claim, similarly, may or may not be true, but assuming it is not true is the default position. 

So why don&#039;t you humor me by presenting some equivalent Daily Kos intimidation, death threats, even a couple or congressional district maps marked by cross-hairs and a photo or two of a Daily Kos member at a public rally with a sign reading &quot;I didn&#039;t bring my gun THIS TIME&quot;, and calls to put various democrats and progressives in Gitmo, all of which is pretty standard Freeper fare, and then we can talk.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Cynical in New York </p>
<p>&#8220;His story may or may not be true but his description of Freepers sounds pretty spot on. However if you take out Freeper and replace it with Kos its just the same scum, different pond.&#8221;</p>
<p>The story is true. And if push comes to shove and internet archiving allowing, I could prove everything peripheral to the events, including Freeper posts, videos, and such. Obviously I can&#8217;t prove unrecorded personal conversations on the street. </p>
<p>I disagree with the &#8220;everything has its equivalent argument&#8221; which tends to be deployed by people whose aim is to express a snotty, holier-than-everyone agnosticism. You know the type, they despise religion, but then claim atheism is a form of religion so they can be above that too. In that way of thinking Fox News and MSNBC are the same thing on polar ends of the political spectrum (assuming a rat&#8217;s ass tight spectrum), Creationists are nutters, but then, Evolution fails due to a lack of absolute certainty science never aspires to anyway, the cops are at fault for gearing up like the army surplus version of Voltron, but those pesky protesters are just as bad because someone once threw an egg. </p>
<p>Everyone is in the wrong, except for the snotty false-equivalence spouter, who is just smarter, more moral, dresses better and has a better g-spot locating prehensile penis than the masses of knuckle-dragging, feces flinging troglodytes. </p>
<p>The only thing they are wrong about, and therefore not superior, is in the dumb false equivalence, of course.</p>
<p>The eliminationist right has bee responsible for not only death threats, but often acting on those threats from intimidation to action. My personal experience with the right can be discounted, but bloggers such as David Neiwart has extensively documented the threats of the eliminationist right. </p>
<p>Yet, in typical snotty false equalizer fashion, you claim posters to The Daisy Kos do the same thing. </p>
<p>Well, your assertion is good enough for me. </p>
<p>No, wait, sorry, I just remembered that something asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Like the way you claim my story may or may not be true. Your claim, similarly, may or may not be true, but assuming it is not true is the default position. </p>
<p>So why don&#8217;t you humor me by presenting some equivalent Daily Kos intimidation, death threats, even a couple or congressional district maps marked by cross-hairs and a photo or two of a Daily Kos member at a public rally with a sign reading &#8220;I didn&#8217;t bring my gun THIS TIME&#8221;, and calls to put various democrats and progressives in Gitmo, all of which is pretty standard Freeper fare, and then we can talk.</p>
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		<title>By: Pugnacious</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pugnacious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a speech by Madeleine Albright at a Southern university three years ago, I saw the same sort of Delta Force protection types along the streets leading to the theater where the event was held. And, too, inside the auditorium, all exits and entrances were guarded by these robocops carrying 9mm Glocks.  

Standing on the stage behind the curtains during the speech was the College Dean of Journalism. After Albright&#039;s speech supporting  the Coming Cyber Warfare Wars,  puff and fluff questions from the audience were read by the dean to Albright.  Not one question was asked about her years as Secretary of State and the horrible starvation deaths of over 600,000 Iraqi infants and toddlers brought on by UN Sanctions Starvation Blockade.  

I always wondered why she was in her late 50s before she discovered that she was Jewish. Wasn&#039;t it always evident?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At a speech by Madeleine Albright at a Southern university three years ago, I saw the same sort of Delta Force protection types along the streets leading to the theater where the event was held. And, too, inside the auditorium, all exits and entrances were guarded by these robocops carrying 9mm Glocks.  </p>
<p>Standing on the stage behind the curtains during the speech was the College Dean of Journalism. After Albright&#8217;s speech supporting  the Coming Cyber Warfare Wars,  puff and fluff questions from the audience were read by the dean to Albright.  Not one question was asked about her years as Secretary of State and the horrible starvation deaths of over 600,000 Iraqi infants and toddlers brought on by UN Sanctions Starvation Blockade.  </p>
<p>I always wondered why she was in her late 50s before she discovered that she was Jewish. Wasn&#8217;t it always evident?</p>
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		<title>By: Pi Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pi Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Fezzik: You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
For a big dumb guy, it sure seems as tho Fezzik was onto something...

&lt;blockquote&gt;Fezzik: Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid, or something like that? 
Man in Black: Oh no, it&#039;s just that they&#039;re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Maria @77: &quot;Yes, because woolen/nylon ski masks sure do protect the wearer from acid or gas. Or was it supposed to be protection against glitter? Or cream pies?&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
See? See? Function and Beautiful. :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Fezzik: You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted.</p></blockquote>
<p>For a big dumb guy, it sure seems as tho Fezzik was onto something&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Fezzik: Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid, or something like that?<br />
Man in Black: Oh no, it&#8217;s just that they&#8217;re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Maria @77: &#8220;Yes, because woolen/nylon ski masks sure do protect the wearer from acid or gas. Or was it supposed to be protection against glitter? Or cream pies?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>See? See? Function and Beautiful. :)</p>
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		<title>By: John C. Randolph</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2843128</link>
		<dc:creator>John C. Randolph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;I&gt;the lefties are maybe even a tad MORE authoritative&lt;/I&gt;

It was FDR who decided he was entitled to lock up innocent people for their race,  It was Harry Truman who decided he had the authority to go to war without a declaration, and it was Obama who decided that he&#039;s entitled to order people killed without any declaration of war, letter of marque, conviction, or even so much as an indictment.

So yeah, the  Ruling Party&#039;s left wing of the probably edges out the right wing when it comes to power-grabbing, although Tricky Dick certainly gave them a run for their money.

-jcr]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>the lefties are maybe even a tad MORE authoritative</i></p>
<p>It was FDR who decided he was entitled to lock up innocent people for their race,  It was Harry Truman who decided he had the authority to go to war without a declaration, and it was Obama who decided that he&#8217;s entitled to order people killed without any declaration of war, letter of marque, conviction, or even so much as an indictment.</p>
<p>So yeah, the  Ruling Party&#8217;s left wing of the probably edges out the right wing when it comes to power-grabbing, although Tricky Dick certainly gave them a run for their money.</p>
<p>-jcr</p>
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		<title>By: John C. Randolph</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2843115</link>
		<dc:creator>John C. Randolph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, is it a good thing or a bad thing that the cops are so ashamed that they&#039;re hiding their faces?

-jcr]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, is it a good thing or a bad thing that the cops are so ashamed that they&#8217;re hiding their faces?</p>
<p>-jcr</p>
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		<title>By: el coronado</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2842333</link>
		<dc:creator>el coronado</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couldn&#039;t agree with you more, Cynic-NY. It just pisses me off when lefty douchebags act like the &quot;rightwingers&quot; are the point of the spear when it comes to police/nanny state mission creep. Seems to me they both have about the same sorry track record on it, and the lefties are maybe even a tad MORE authoritative. We never hear of lefties complaining about the sinister environmentalist po-po driving farmers out of business in Oregon and central CA in order to save a useless fucking *fish*. Why? &quot;Cause that&#039;s *good* police-state tactics!

When the brave Warriors burned the kids alive at Waco, who was Prez? And even though his bulldyke AG &quot;took the blame&quot;, she went on ahead and kept the job for another 8 years or so, no doubt feeling guilty about all that &quot;blame&quot; she &quot;accepted&quot;, but she bravely soldiered on, didn&#039;t she. When they sent the crack Immigration Commando Team, armed with full-auto MP-5&#039;s, to snatch the cuban kid, who was Prez? And with this latest &#039;show of force&#039; farce in VA, who&#039;s Prez? Democrats all, right? And not one fucking peep of protest from any of &#039;em, right? 

So tell us again about the &quot;right-wing authoritarians&quot;, ok?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Couldn&#8217;t agree with you more, Cynic-NY. It just pisses me off when lefty douchebags act like the &#8220;rightwingers&#8221; are the point of the spear when it comes to police/nanny state mission creep. Seems to me they both have about the same sorry track record on it, and the lefties are maybe even a tad MORE authoritative. We never hear of lefties complaining about the sinister environmentalist po-po driving farmers out of business in Oregon and central CA in order to save a useless fucking *fish*. Why? &#8220;Cause that&#8217;s *good* police-state tactics!</p>
<p>When the brave Warriors burned the kids alive at Waco, who was Prez? And even though his bulldyke AG &#8220;took the blame&#8221;, she went on ahead and kept the job for another 8 years or so, no doubt feeling guilty about all that &#8220;blame&#8221; she &#8220;accepted&#8221;, but she bravely soldiered on, didn&#8217;t she. When they sent the crack Immigration Commando Team, armed with full-auto MP-5&#8242;s, to snatch the cuban kid, who was Prez? And with this latest &#8216;show of force&#8217; farce in VA, who&#8217;s Prez? Democrats all, right? And not one fucking peep of protest from any of &#8216;em, right? </p>
<p>So tell us again about the &#8220;right-wing authoritarians&#8221;, ok?</p>
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		<title>By: Charles</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2841595</link>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bergman, I saw where citizens showed up at a protest in Arizona to protect the protesters. It was an interesting interaction, but the police recognized the right to be carrying AR15s.
Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkE3GnsLF0w]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bergman, I saw where citizens showed up at a protest in Arizona to protect the protesters. It was an interesting interaction, but the police recognized the right to be carrying AR15s.<br />
Video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkE3GnsLF0w" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkE3GnsLF0w</a></p>
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		<title>By: Cynical in New York</title>
		<link>http://www.theagitator.com/2012/03/05/scenes-from-a-militarized-america/comment-page-2/#comment-2841491</link>
		<dc:creator>Cynical in New York</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[#80

His story may or may not be true but his description of Freepers sounds pretty spot on. However if you take out Freeper and replace it with Kos its just the same scum, different pond.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#80</p>
<p>His story may or may not be true but his description of Freepers sounds pretty spot on. However if you take out Freeper and replace it with Kos its just the same scum, different pond.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Free Speech shut down at peaceful rally in Virginia - INGunOwners</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] I&#039;ve been reading up on this. I haven&#039;t seen a report of things getting out of hand until those that brought grenade launchers and covered their faces. Where was the problem before the Eo-techs and thigh holsters with covered faces showed up?  Scenes from a Militarized America &#124; The Agitator [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I&#039;ve been reading up on this. I haven&#039;t seen a report of things getting out of hand until those that brought grenade launchers and covered their faces. Where was the problem before the Eo-techs and thigh holsters with covered faces showed up?  Scenes from a Militarized America | The Agitator [...]</p>
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