EPA - Gestapo Powers

[TrevorS]

Originally Posted By: Mr_Incredible

It's the Us vs Them mentality. Problem is, Them is Us.


Bingo!

Them is us = health insurance claims people who screw dying kids

Them is us = politicians who perpetuate the military industrial complex to get jobs to get elected

Them is us = realtors and mortgage brokers who lie to get their commission and screw you

Them is us = those who go into jobs with authority because they like to be in a position of power and control over others

So long as we worship the dollar and our own feelings of superiority over the effects on others, Them will just be a reflection of Us

 

[TrevorS]

Originally Posted By: Win

"anti govt nut jobs" do not just spring up out of thin air, they are made. And the making of "anti govt nut jobs" out of ordinary people is a long process.

How many did they make the day they used a heavily armed swat team to sample mine water? How many have they made when citizens read about it?

It's called reaping what you sow.



Be sure to explain that exactly the same way in the next thread about blacks having a cultural problem or dislike in most countries in the world including our closest European allies not to mention amongst Muslims for American foreign intervention in South America, the Middle East, Africa etc

 

[Jarlaxle]

Originally Posted By: Mr_Incredible
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
The fact that they have to send a swat team of 8 to check mine water...



I don't think there's ANYTHING the EPA would have in their area of operations that would require a gun be worn by one of their employees.

It's the Us vs Them mentality. Problem is, Them is Us.


Aside from possibly running into hostile wildlife (bears, maybe snakes) in more remote areas, there is NO reason for them to be armed!

 

[javacontour]

Before that.

Ruby Ridge?

Waco?

Right or wrong, these and other events have helped keep alive the conspiracy theorists and anti-government folks.

This nation was founded on not trusting the government in power to look out for our interests. Why would anyone think it would be much different 237 (give or take) years later?

Originally Posted By: Win
Originally Posted By: dishdude


This is scary - the police are practically bringing out the SWAT team to serve warrants on parking tickets. We really are turning into a police state and it's proof the terrorists won on 9/11 - they changed our way of life.



I would say it's been going on since McVeigh blew up the fed bldg in OKC.

I'm in and out of govt bldgs a lot and it was shortly after that tragedy that the feds really hunkered down, started putting fences and cameras around their buildings, came up with the crazy, paranoid, rules about no cameras or cameraphones in courthouses, no radios, etc., and just really began to treat joe public as an enemy.