Posted on 04/23/2009 1:09:57 PM PDT by GeronL
Paducah TX.The 32 delegates sat in a smal room around regular tables on metal folding chairs drinking from paper cups from jugs of sweet iced tea and bottles of soda. The speaker stood at the center where a small stage, hastily built from bricks and plywood sat in a clearing.
"... as we face the final days of our lives I would like to say I am proud of what I have done. I am proud to be giving my life for the ideals of freedom and liberty. I know we all are, even if we are frightened. Thank You" he finished before taking his seat at the table with a small cardboard sign reading Cottle County.
Another man stood up from the table marked King County and walked onto the platform. He looked at down at the sheet of paper in his hand and began his statement.
"Let me begin by addressing those watching on the webcam all over the world. Especially to those within the government of the United States.
"I realize that our ideas and our beliefs are not shared by you or maybe even a majority of Americans, but we used to believe that minorities had rights too. We used to believe that freedom of thought, opinion, speech and assembly and expression were important.
"Now I stand here for the last time, giving possibly my last breathe to beseech the American people to search their souls and ask themselves if this is really what they want to do. Is this really the right thing?
"For it is murder. Not just the murder of thousands of innocent people condemn for a desire to be free of oppression, but the murder of liberty itself. As your tanks ram through the day care centers, schools and churches of these counties, know that you are on the side of evil. You might just be pawns and bit players but it will condemn your souls.
"Let my people go Mr President. Let us remain free peoples America. Let us all stand together united in freedom under the Constitution once again!
He muttered a "thank you" as he stepped off the stage and returned to his seat.
"I call this meeting to order now that our opening speeches are completed. Of course there is only one real question we must vote on. The same as the last several meetings. Should we surrender?" said a man who stood behind a table marked Borden County.
The 32 men and women took turns and the result was a vote of 32-0 against a surrender.
"Well I suppose thats that then" said the man who was standing and acting as Moderator. "It has been a pleasure meeting you, knowing you, fighting beside you and now dying with you. This meeting is hereby closed".
US Army and National Guard tanks and other vehicles began moving again toward the small town of Paducah. The attack helicopters flew in advance and began strafing homes and barns they encountered.The US military encountered sporadic resistance here and there from the Citizens Defense Leagues. These were usually very easily dispatched by aerial attack or bombardment from tanks and artillery from a distance.
Soon the 8-county area was a large battlefield. The outcome was pretty much a certainty.
These were the final holdouts after the government of the US had turned to tyranny. These counties had tried to become their own country as a last resort.
So this is how freedom dies. Under the treads of tanks.
The envelope was pushed back ever so slightly in New Orleans...
Fool me once, shame on you...
Fool me twice, shame on me...
OTOH, a lot of ex military will join SWAT teams of various types, and some of those guys I really worry about.
I just don’t see it going down like that.
We can only hope that the Military members who do happen to join up with various alphabet agencies, they will school them (SWAT) on what it is to be an American and their oath to defend the Constitution (Prayers to the good Lord to be right) and who the real domestic enemies are.
Stirring the pot here, folks! :)
Texas Ping! Ping! Ping!
Hmmm... 12 times 12 times 10... Sounds like a prophesy.
Lots of good and bad folks have learned alot from Col Ulius Louis Amoss . Worth a study IMO .
Are you from Paducah? I just e-mailed this to a bunch of my high school classmates - from Matador.
bflr
The Albuquerque Police Department has recruiting billboards showing guys dressed in black kevlar/nomex rapelling down ropes.
The militarization of civil police departments makes Posse Commitatus irrelevant.
Gotta link? Probaby a good picture to save.
No - just something I saw driving down the road - west side of I-25, a little north of I-40, about a year ago.
I recall Patton had a quote countering this.
I don't intend to give my life for ideals. I intend to LIVE those ideals.
Ooh! Look!
The guy in the bottom-left photo, right behind the shield, even has the sideways-hold down, just like they taught him back in the ‘hood!
No, I’m not from there, I decided those counties out there would be perfect for a sort of ‘texas free state’ project. Not intending to take over the state but some counties where they can keep away from liberals.
There’s a little mountain with a great big steel door. My stepdad use to work in there. Might make a good central Texas headquarters for the *Republic*.
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