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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 03:58 PM
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So, since Blackwater is allowed to exist
Is there any reason we couldn't start "The Independent Army of the Constitution" as a security company/private army? We could offer security services to Democratic candidates and Congress critters. Also we could train and assemble our own arsenal of weaponry just like good ole BW has. Not for any revolutionary purposes of course, unless we're pushed to that of course. Fuck you Agent Mike.
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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:02 PM
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1.  Well funding it could present a problem
You have to have enough people who believe we need one and so far it appears to me most people are ingoring the reality of this issue .
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:04 PM
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3. Progressives that have real wealth is the only way
we're ever going to beat these thieves and killers.
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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:22 PM
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10.  From what I have heard , liberals with money won't
even invest in liberal radio shows so they are not likely to invest in this . I suppose we are left to throw bumper stickers at them since that's about all I have here . Or smelly socks .
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:29 PM
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11. Liberals with money not spending it to back their ideals is sad
If I won the megamillions tomorrow I'd spend every cent I could spare to save this country.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:03 PM
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2. I likey that idea!
:thumbsup: (Agent Mike: PM me for my address - like I'm gonna give it to you :rofl:)
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:04 PM
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4. The only thing stopping you is your own inertia
Knock yourself out.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:05 PM
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6. Well that and I have no money to fund the damn thing
I'm an idea man I leave the investing to others B-)

Love to join it in the intelligence and strategy departments though.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:04 PM
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5. already there

All you have to do is get the supplies and train.

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:06 PM
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7. Ah, but a nice corporate structure like Blackwater
would hopefully insure that we don't get Wacoed.

Yes I know Koresh was a wacko, just an example.
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:10 PM
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8. I like it! How 'bout a non-profit?
You see, volunteering for corporations just doesn't feel right, and this sounds like the kind of quality organization I could see myself donating volunteer time to.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:14 PM
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9. I don't know how many non-profits
they allow to have automatic weapons and armored vehicles though. Might be a legal problem. A good militia.....er security company needs heavy weapons too.
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 04:57 PM
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12. I don't see the basis for denying weapons to a company based on its financial structure.
I mean, a company can have weapons, or it can't, as I see it. I'd like to know any arguments to the contrary. Or even what the legal basis of Blackwater is.
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