BLACKWATER's Prince-Shows Off "Replicas Of Guns Used To Assassinate Presidents"

[kpete]

At the center's original lodge, he proudly pointed out a stuffed bobcat, a wild turkey and a beaver that he recalled killing. The lobby of the Blackwater headquarters resembles a ski lodge with a twist: The front doors feature barrels from .50-caliber machine guns. Inside, a glass showcase displays replicas of guns used to assassinate presidents.

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Prince had become more voluble about his business, but he grew frustrated when pressed about exactly who can hold his growing Blackwater empire accountable. When it comes to his contractors, he said, there's only so much he can do. It's up to the Justice Department and the Pentagon to enforce criminal infractions.

In the end, he said, Blackwater is always ultimately answerable as a business to its government customers.

"We're open honest Americans trying to do a good job," he said. "If they don't like what we're doing then" -- he snapped his fingers -- "cut off that revenue steam right now."

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202487_5.html?sid=ST2007101202550

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Great - just the kind of guy you want in charge of a PRIVATE ARMY...

...Prince is pretty clearly a psycho with some dangerous obsessions.:scared:

[rfranklin]

2. Yes, cut off the revenue stream...

But then they wouldn't have their own private army, would they?

[Canuckistanian]

9. He knows damn well it won't be cut off

And I'm starting to have my doubts if it will stop after Jan. 2009.

[baldguy]

3. Blackwater = Sturmabteilung

[kurth]

4. Earth to House Dems: "Cut off that revenue stream right now"

[soothsayer]

5. Which one did Prince threaten Georgie with?

[tom_paine]

10. Did Eichmann need to threaten Hitler?

I seriously doubt it.

[DemBones DemBones]

6. "Inside, a glass showcase displays replicas of guns used to assassinate presidents."

That's pretty creepy, verging on sadistic. The machine gun barrels on the doors (as door handles, I suppose) are also creepy. Perhaps Prince wants to point out that mercenaries are, after all, hunters of humans. Not a good marketing plan, IMO. Sure to cause revulsion among many Americans.

About that "stuffed bobcat, a wild turkey and a beaver," though, taxidermists
use the term "mounted" not "stuffed." Stuffed animals are teddy bears and similar toys. Just a note for those who don't know much about taxidermy.

[Kansas Wyatt]

18. Definitely a morbid fixation of killing presidents.

And they think of themselves as good Americans.

[dkofos]

7. Great idea. Do you think Nancy and Harry are up to cutting off their revenue stream??

[tom_paine]

11. LOL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[zabet]

17. Pfffffffft...

they have not yet found the balls to cut off chimp boy's
'revenue stream'. Unca Dick's one gun scares them bad enough -
how do you think they will react to the many many guns of
Blackwater?
:silly:

[slackmaster]

8. That's a rather macabre component for a gun collection

As for me, my themes include more mundane subjects like "Firearms designed by John Moses Browning", and "Firearms of World War II".

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

12. EEK!!!!

:hide:

[KoKo]

13. Incredible article...all the details...worth the read...and he's donated to Ron Paul...

Pat Buchanan...but all the connections to the Shadow Government that really runs things are there.

[KoKo]

14. kick........

[backscatter712]

15. No, of course that gun display's not a veiled threat...

[kurth]

16. "You mess with my $15B contract, I'll send my goons to your house"