Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 03/04/2010 : 06:51:22
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Anyone catch this one at TPM?
A Louisiana sheriff plans to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," as part of "Operation Exodus," a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest. "It's a calling," he says.
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Guess the terrorists (not to mention, Obama's secret private army) will just have to scratch Bossier Parish off their "to do" list. After all, it's in the bible:
The press release added that Operation Exodus got its name in part "because of its Biblical relevance," explaining that "[i]n the book of Exodus, the Israelites were totally on their own, learning to be self-sufficient and handle everything alone, just as the plan provides." In a video of the first training session, posted on the sheriff's office's website, the recruits -- almost all white and male, and many appearing to be past middle-age -- gamely practice their hand-to-hand combat techniques:
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr.
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