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SS_N_NE:
It seems our "transparent" administration is keeping a number of events and agendas rather opaque.
Recent Congressman questioning regarding DHS requisition of 1.6 billion rounds of ammuniton, 7000 select fire rifles, 2700 armored vehicles and body armor has resulted in no response. It is concerning that we have a number of military branches that can provide security but are allowing another entity to build power without having to answer to purpose.
I recently sent email asking for the DHS purchase necessities to Administration, Senate, and Reps of NE. I am certain this will not get an answer, but at least press some concerns at the lack of answers.
Phantom:
--- Quote from: SS_N_NE on March 23, 2013, 06:28:33 PM ---Recent Congressman questioning regarding DHS requisition of 1.6 billion rounds of ammuniton, 7000 select fire rifles, 2700 armored vehicles and body armor has resulted in no response. It is concerning that we have a number of military branches that can provide security but are allowing another entity to build power without having to answer to purpose.
I recently sent email asking for the DHS purchase necessities to Administration, Senate, and Reps of NE. I am certain this will not get an answer, but at least press some concerns at the lack of answers.
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No ......but it did get you listed on the NO Fly and several other lists :P You bad boy! you....
RedDot:
--- Quote from: Phantom on March 23, 2013, 06:25:01 PM ---how did it Go out there .....I wasn't feeling well enough to be there like i'd planed
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50-60 people showed up and stuck it out. Lots of favorable responses from traffic. Only saw/heard 2 hecklers, one screaming "Obama is God" which was puzzling as I would have assumed God in his omnipotence could manage a fiscal budget... ??? go figure. The other was someone wearing a scarf over their face pantomiming a drive by with his "finger gun". Considering the high probability of CHP holders in the crowd I find the lack of intelligence from the opposition to be ...heartening. :kiss:
First time I ever went to such an event and I enjoyed it, felt safe enough to have my 12yr old daughter there, and am feeling pretty good for myself after being a part of it. ;D
ILoveCats:
I think we're on the same page with what you've written there, RedDot. I agree too that the issue is whether they "could" or "could not". I'm not pretending that nobody ever would try. Again to use the Nixon example, he tried some shenanigans -- and got caught.
That's why I say that the media and the first amendment play an important role, not forming a fourth branch in the Nazi sense that they are controlled by the administration, but rather that they are independent and free to also pitch in as part of the system of checks-and-balances. I've lived much of my life posted overseas, including some pretty nasty places where the media truly were nothing more than a front for the dictator who had been running the country for a couple decades. I've had very good friends dragged out of their houses at night by the "president's" goon squad and detained for a few weeks, just for writing the wrong story. One friend finally got gunned down one night. Another finally gave up the good fight and sought (and received) asylum in the US after his newspaper's building was torched for the second time. By comparison, we've got a heck of a great media despite their (generally) liberal tendencies and I'm as passionate about the first amendment as I am about the second.
I suppose conspiracy theories have their place. As Nebraskans especially, we should all have the phrase “The salvation of the state is watchfulness in the citizen.” memorized from elementary school. But... when the penchant for theories isn't balanced with discernment, let alone credible firsthand experience or knowledge, it quickly starts to become counterproductive, and detracts us from real threats.
There are real threats that are being combated every day along our thousands of miles of land borders and coasts. The prior, Bush administration set up a big, expensive way to deal with those threats. Whether it is worth it is a valid conversation. Should we stop inspecting EVERY single shipping container that enters the US for nukes or radiological devices? That would be good discussion. Does Customs and Border Protection have UAVs and AWACS planes? You bet, and they're on display every year at the Joint Forces Open House at Andrews AFB for you to see. Shall we defund them and stop using them to watch the borders? That would be a good discussion too. Do they have Lenco Bearcat armored vehicles. Yep... been there, done that. Awesome ride. Shall we take them away and make our guys drive unarmored pickups into cartel hostilities? We can discuss that too. My point is... at least those would all be discussions about real things that are really happening.
Dan W:
My question is this...
If all this activity can so easily be explained away, why does the administration not respond to inquiries from Congressman?
Especially when I believe the majority of Americans are wanting increased border security, and the answers would bolster that perception
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