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What’s going on in Washington, D.C.?
American Thinker | 18 Jan, 2021 | Terry Paulding

Posted on 01/18/2021 5:06:26 AM PST by MtnClimber

Have you seen any reasonable excuse offered for the massive military build-up in the capital?

The last time I checked, this was the USA. A free country. A country where, when mobs of thugs were destroying Minneapolis, Portland, Kenosha, and other cities, the media reacted in horror at the suggestion that a few National Guard troops might help return calm for the residents trying to live peacefully in their homes, do business as much as possible in the circumstances, and stay afloat during a pandemic. As Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler said when offered federal troops to quell the violence, “This is not the America we want.” The very idea is repugnant!

Now, I am seeing pictures of Washington DC preparing to inaugurate Biden to the Presidency, while 25,000 armed troops are parading around, dividing the city into zones, barricading it, and walling it. Guns bristling from Coast Guard ships in the Potomac. It’s chilling!

I also saw pictures of a mass of armed SWAT guarding Governor Newsom’s home in Sacramento. Against what, exactly?

What don’t I know here? I feel just a tad queasy, worried because this response is so far out of character for our country, and so over-the-top compared to anything that has happened — the incursion into the Capitol was small beer compared to the riots in many other cities all last summer. There’s also been virtually no coverage of who was involved in the January 6th events, other than seeing some BLM/Antifa types that were indeed involved freed without bail.

Oh, and Ashli Babbitt died, and we saw a cufflink-clad arm that held out a gun and shot her in the throat. Because, you know, giving us information that’s accurate about what and who, all of whom have no doubt been identified because of CCTV,


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To: ClearCase_guy

“The Capitol building has cameras everywhere”

That’s occurred to me also.


41 posted on 01/18/2021 6:00:28 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: stars & stripes forever
The battle should have been fought decades ago in the pulpits. The church elected not to address our national sins.

I hope you got your big boy pants on because this is going to hurt.

The church started the whole thing. As I understand it, and I could be wrong about this so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but, as I understand it, this first "act of Congress" was to fund missionaries to Haiti.

That is to say, the first people to rely on other people's money instead of trusting God to provide for them was our fellow Christians.

And it continues to this day. The church I used to attend had a Grant Writer on staff. His or her sole job was applying for other people's money to pay for this or that church "ministry". Whether it be marriage counseling and seminars or drug counseling and halfway houses or any other number of good works.

Commence flaming.

42 posted on 01/18/2021 6:01:26 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: Texas Eagle
The battle should have been fought decades ago in the pulpits. The church elected not to address our national sins.

AMEN!!! Pastors and many republicans have destroyed America...judgement is falling.

43 posted on 01/18/2021 6:03:05 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: MtnClimber

It’s a show of force meant to intimidate us.


44 posted on 01/18/2021 6:04:14 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: who knows what evil?

Don’t forget the people who sat in the pews.


45 posted on 01/18/2021 6:04:41 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: MtnClimber

80,000,000 votes and Scared to Death of his supporters? Makes no sense cause if you were so popular YOUR PEOPLE would be out in the Millions to Protect you and fend off a few dozen ICP boogaloos. Which btw Google has scrubbed every reference to the ICP Boogaloos.


46 posted on 01/18/2021 6:11:12 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: MtnClimber

Those paying attention, will remember.

https://time.com/4971738/donald-trump-calm-before-the-storm-military-white-house/


47 posted on 01/18/2021 6:11:29 AM PST by iontheball
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To: MtnClimber

Definition of banana republic: see Mexico. My. Husband was in Mexico during an election years ago and saw their army in the streets with guns, not unlike what you see in DC. The army was there to remind people (how) to vote. I fear that will be the next step here.


48 posted on 01/18/2021 6:15:32 AM PST by itsateaparty (It's still a (tea) party!)
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To: Texas Eagle

The believers who sit in the pews are the church.


49 posted on 01/18/2021 6:15:51 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever

Yyyyup.


50 posted on 01/18/2021 6:17:12 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Agree, but not all those that sit in the pews are ‘believers’.


51 posted on 01/18/2021 6:18:21 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: MtnClimber

“Oh, and Ashli Babbitt died,”

My tagline.


52 posted on 01/18/2021 6:18:34 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: who knows what evil?

2 Chronicles 7:14 refers to believers. GOD knows who they are.


53 posted on 01/18/2021 6:20:06 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: ClearCase_guy

“The identity of the shooter is hardly a mystery. But it has been withheld from the public. Why?”

A member of the Black Caucus would be my guess.


54 posted on 01/18/2021 6:20:26 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: Peter ODonnell

“Then Trump would appear and announce he has invoked the Insurrection Act and plans to continue governing under some emergency decree.”

That’ll never happen. He’s been threatened by someone(s) to go quietly and docilely like a little lamb.


55 posted on 01/18/2021 6:22:53 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: MtnClimber
Fundamental transformation.

2008-the gift that keeps giving.

56 posted on 01/18/2021 6:25:24 AM PST by riri (Hope is not a strategy at this point- Sam Andrews)
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To: iontheball

The Storm = The Coup.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
The Revolution will be live....
Gil Scott Heron.

This is not a test....
Military always participates in The Coup...


57 posted on 01/18/2021 6:28:26 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Just the facts, ma'am......)
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To: stars & stripes forever

“The battle should have been fought decades ago in the pulpits.”

We feel the same, and won’t attend a church where the pastor isn’t overtly political and conservative. (Our pastor in CA handed out yard signs for GOP candidates.) My mom visited us last month and said all of this is the result of the churches not taking firm political stands — after all, that’s why America was born in 1620. She and dad were in the ministry for 50 years, and he never backed off.


58 posted on 01/18/2021 6:29:08 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: camle

“they want to make conservatives look like brain dead, highly dangerous knuckle-draggers”

It’s psy-ops, for sure.


59 posted on 01/18/2021 6:29:59 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: Texas Eagle

“His or her sole job was applying for other people’s money to pay for this or that church ‘ministry’.”

I guess that depends on the church and/or denomination. If Dad noticed visitors in the congregation, before offering was taken he announced that offering was only for members and regular attendees. It wasn’t the responsibility of other to contribute.

We also didn’t do bazaars, bake sales, or any other revenue-generating events unless it was just among members. It was the “money changers in the temple” thing.


60 posted on 01/18/2021 6:34:39 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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