The Wild and Free Pigs of the Okefenokee Swamp

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[Calpernia]

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance

[hoosiermama]

Excellent

[Iowa Granny]

Thanks for posting this. I've had a hard copy in my file for a number of years, but have never seen it on the net.

My copy came from an Agriculuture 'trade' magazine. I'm delighted to have it online.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Iowa Granny]

Could you please call this to the attention of the Ag/Enviornment Ping list keeper. I can never remember exactly 'who' I am suppose to notify for stuff like this.

[theFIRMbss]

>"In the Okefenokee Swamp are thousands of wild hogs." one old man explained. "A man who goes into the swamp by himself asks to die!" He lifted up his leg. "I lost half my leg here, to the pigs of the swamp"

Well, if you never
get off the boat, you never
get eaten by pigs.

[Calpernia]

Farmfriend use to have that ping list. I saw someone else with that ping list now. Prairie, do you know which freeper has it?

[alwaysconservative]

Good story about a smart man! And that is a great post with the quote about eternal vigilance, too!

[Calpernia]

Thanks :)

[Soaring Feather]

Excellent post Cal. Thank You.

[Calpernia]

bump

[Iowa Granny]

Take a look at this.

[beebuster2000]

I think you missed the real lesson.


If the Feds are penning hogs, be the corn contractor.

[B4Ranch]

ping

[Iowa Granny]

Great read, isn't it?

[B4Ranch]

The Feds convert free thinking, self sufficient hogs into obedient sheep who would starve unless told where their next meal is located.

Sheep are very easy to control. They rapidly become the ideal voters, willing to turn all independence and their individual rights over to the Feds just for a free meal and the promise of protection.

An email I recently received says it better than I could.
THE US GOVERNMENT DID NOT FAIL ITS MISSION IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA

Analysis by G. Edward Griffin

September 16, 2005

There has been widespread criticism of the response of US officials
to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. The tone of these
complaints is that the authorities failed to do their job quickly
enough. Some commentators have said this is a racial issue, claiming
that the government would have acted more promptly if the majority of
victims had been white instead of black. Others have said it was an
issue of the rich against the poor, the oil companies against the
consumers, the land developers and contractors seeking to force
people out of the city so they can rebuild without interference at
taxpayers' expense. Democrats have said the problem is that
Republicans were in control, and Republicans are indifferent to the
plight of the common man.

In news coverage of this tragedy, the most significant events often
were buried beneath a blanket of heart-wrenching stories of personal
survival, scenes of awesome destruction, reports of looting, and
interviews with experts. However, the key to understanding can be
found in the following list of news headlines, most of which did not
make it into mainstream coverage. These reports make it clear that
the government did not fail to respond in a timely fashion. The
problem was that it did respond - but in such a way as to actually
hinder rescue operations. There were too many instances for this to
be merely a mistake or a bureaucratic snafu. There is a clear pattern
here that cannot be denied. Why this should be so will be discussed
in a moment, but first, here is the amazing record.

FEMA tells first responders not to respond until told to do so.
FEMA News 2005 Aug 29

FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations.
FEMA News 2005 Aug 29

Offer of helicopters for rescue work is rejected.
Narcosphere 2005 Sept 1

FEMA blocks 500 Florida airboat pilots from rescue work.
Sun Sentinel 2005 Sept 2

FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck.
Chicago Tribune 2005 Sept 2

FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans.
Tri Valley Central 2005 Sept 2

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid.
Daily Kos 2005 Sept 3

Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food.
Post Gazette 2005 Sept 3

FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital onboard.
Chicago Tribune 2005 Sept 4

Meet the Press 2005 Sept 4

FEMA cuts local emergency communications phone lines. Meet the Press 2005 Sept 4

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters.
Daily Kos 2005 Sept 5

FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks.
NY Times 2005 Sept 5

FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel.
NY Times 2005 Sept 5

Navy pilots who rescued victims are reprimanded.
NY Times 2005 Sept 7

US government turns back German plane with 15 tons of aid.
Star Tribune 2005 Sept 10

FEMA declines volunteer firemen for rescue operations. Uses them to
distribute public relations pamphlets.
Salt Lake Tribune 2005 Sept 12

Click below to read the articles (Use Internet Explorer)
http://tinyurl.com/97nvg

So what is going on here? Were agents of the federal government
trying to kill American citizens? Were they trying to obtain the
maximum death toll and the highest level of human suffering? It would
seem that way at first, but I would like to suggest that this
incredible behavior stems from something else - something equally unsettling.

The primary job of the military, FEMA, and Homeland Security is not
to protect the American people in times of emergency but to protect
the government in times of emergency and keep it functioning. Their
primary assignment is, not to rescue people, but to control them.
Their directive is to relocate families and businesses, confiscate
property, commandeer goods, direct labor and services, and establish martial law.
The reason FEMA and Homeland security failed to carry
out an effective rescue operation is that this was not their primary
mission, and the reason they blocked others from doing so is that any
operations not controlled by the central authority are contrary to
their directives. Their objective was to bring the entire area under
the control of the federal government - and this they succeeded in
doing very well. They did not fail in New Orleans. They were a huge
success. Once this simple fact is understood, everything that
happened in the wake of Katrina becomes understandable and logical.

If there are new terrorist attacks against the United States or Great
Britain (or any other country), what we witnessed in New Orleans may
have been a glimpse into the future of what was once a civilized world.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Excellent...

[Brad’s Gramma]

And THAT is an eye-opener. Thank you.

[B4Ranch]

I've read it many times before. It is article like that, that keep me strongly independent and resistant of government.

[B4Ranch]

This list is actually much longer. The one that slammed me was hearing that they refused the Red Cross access to the SuperDome on the 1st day.

FEMA tells first responders not to respond until told to do so.
FEMA News 2005 Aug 29

FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations.
FEMA News 2005 Aug 29

Offer of helicopters for rescue work is rejected.
Narcosphere 2005 Sept 1

FEMA blocks 500 Florida airboat pilots from rescue work.
Sun Sentinel 2005 Sept 2

FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck.
Chicago Tribune 2005 Sept 2

FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans.
Tri Valley Central 2005 Sept 2

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid.
Daily Kos 2005 Sept 3

Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food.
Post Gazette 2005 Sept 3

FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital onboard.
Chicago Tribune 2005 Sept 4

FEMA cuts local emergency communications phone lines.
Meet the Press 2005 Sept 4

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters.
Daily Kos 2005 Sept 5

FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks.
NY Times 2005 Sept 5

FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel.
NY Times 2005 Sept 5

Navy pilots who rescued victims are reprimanded.
NY Times 2005 Sept 7

US government turns back German plane with 15 tons of aid.
Star Tribune 2005 Sept 10

FEMA declines volunteer firemen for rescue operations. Uses them to
distribute public relations pamphlets.
Salt Lake Tribune 2005 Sept 12