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What thoughts do TEDster's have regarding plausible reasons why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is purchasing major firepower?
Here are two recent procurements made by Secretary Napolitano (my former governor) presumably to meet her department's strategic needs: 1.6-BILLION cartridges for .40 caliber and 9mm firearms; 2,717 MRAP's (Mine Resistant Armor Protected motorized vehicles) retrofitted for DOMESTIC (aka Homeland) use. Advances in taxpayer funded Technolgy and Design are meant to enhance our society, right?. . . right?
Closing Statement from edward long
18 possibilities mentioned by respondents:
For use in Syria (1). To protect and serve citizens (1). A pre-sequester spending spree (1). No problem at all (2). To stimulate the economy (1). To match forces with armed citizens (4). A conspiracy against citizens (1). Just good purchasing policy (2). Preparing for chaos after economic collapse (2). Marshall Law (2). To drive-up metals markets (1).
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Random Chance 30+
and this kind of action, to me, means they know exactly what is coming.
All that stuff,
is to be used on You! And against You!
When 9/11 happened, I thought there is probably about 1,000 terrorists in the U.S., if that.
So why were 299,999,000 Americans all suspect?
Then I thought, well how about 10,000 terrorists?
That's a much higher number and maybe more realistic, accurate and 'real'.
So, why were and are, 299,990,000 Americans suspect?
Now that list of potential terrorist suspects, as many know, grew to over one million!
Really? One million terrorists are roaming America? Yet, they can catch those who have puny methods of coming into the country, ridiculous plans that unravel and in the next breath tell Americans they can protect them and they can't protect them, as a next attack, the next attack, is inevitable. And people believe this bull!
You have a government admittance of using the military to spy on us/US citizens, despite this being prohibited and banned by Federal law.
You have police, SWAT teams, the ATF, even the IRS, outfitted with arms, a la the military. All look like Stormtroopers and they are not to be used against terrorists. They are to be used against the citizens of us/US.
But keep on coming up with those soothing lies you tell yourself in order to not look at and see, admit and do something about all the arms they have, and all the weapons they want dearly to remove from the hands of the citizens who will then have nothing, absolutely nothing, to protect themselves with.
They twisted and manipulated the laws so that they can enter your homes, without warning, without reason, removing you and retaining you, where no one can find you, help you and they can do so indefinitely, without explanation or due process of law. They continually spew the idea of being a country "ruled by law".
And you fall for it.
By law, they can watch you, spy on you and you can't even film them!
Not even from public property!
edward long 100+