Posted on 03/06/2009 8:45:19 AM PST by pabianice
The U.S. Army is to invest $6 million in riot equipment, a fact that has furthered fears that troops will be used inside the U.S. in order to quell any civil unrest resulting from the ongoing economic crisis.
The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, based at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has a post on the Federal Business Opportunities website, requesting the equipment and has received several notices of interest from potential vendors.
The request titled “84–RIOT EQUIPMENT” outlines the need for hard polyethylene Shin and Chest Guards, shock absorbing Forearm Protectors, Interior leg brace supports as well as knee and ankle protectors.
The ACA asks that the equipment be able to “safely withstand a substantial blow… from non-ballistic weapons or flying debris”.
The Solicitation also states:
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 453998 with a small business size standard of $6M. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids.
Interested vendors include Irish Brigade inc., manufacturers of hunting and safety gear with facilities located in the heart of Kansas City , Missouri. Federal and Military resource company MCLEARVISION, LLC is another interested party, as is Kentucky based U. S. CAVALRY STORE, INC.
In our article yesterday we highlighted the fact that Urban warfare training drills are taking place across the country as top analysts as well as officials predict a potential “summer of rage” across Europe and America as civil unrest from the economic fallout builds.
Are such drills really for the purpose of preparing troops for foreign combat zones? Undoubtedly - but other factors indicate that the drills may very well also be aimed at preparing troops for dealing with mass civil unrest as the economic crisis worsens.
There’s no question that U.S. authorities have been closely observing riots that have toppled governments in Iceland and Latvia and also threatened to do so in several other European countries. The fact that they have contingency plans in place to deal with such scenarios should they unfold in America cannot be disputed.
Indeed, before a media exposé forced them into a denial, Northcom revealed that one of the duties of at least 20,000 active duty troops that are being placed inside the United States would be dealing with “civil unrest and crowd control”.
The U.S. Army War College in November released a white paper called Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development. The report warned that the military must be prepared for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States,” which could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse,” “purposeful domestic resistance,” “pervasive public health emergencies” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.” The “widespread civil violence,” the document said, “would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security.”
I think that there a lot of armchair revolutionaries on this site and the multitude of other sites that have not got more than a comic book clue of what it will take to win a revolt.Whether you want an armed conflict or not, it appears that you believe that the options to avoid one are limited, so an armed conflict might be a self fulfilling prophesy. I think that until we see a million people marching on the capitol demanding the resignations of the liberal senators and congressmen along with that marxist in the White House, we will not see a revolution, and it is pointless to argue about it until that time comes.
Watched it...the title is misleading...
The video intermixes statements by police...then footage of national guard partols..
You fail to note at 0:53 the troop leader giving troopers instructions to KNOCK on the door and if the occupants refuse to leave to MAKE NOTE of it...PERIOD.
1:03 National gaurd searching empty house upon orders of local authorities under manditory evac....
1:10 POLICE took their weapons...clearly stated..
1:57 statment by national gaurd member that he doesnt even want to think about having to shoot an american...he’s rather be in Iraq....
and ofcorse...they had so much to hide...they let a reporter tag along to document everything...
Does the video SHOW one single person being disarmed by the national gaurd?
no.
Does it show people disarmed by POLICE?
yes.
Does it illustrate the clear abuse of police powers?
Yes.
Trouble is, there’s massively effective crowd neutralizing and control technologies available to the oligarchy these days.
Thankfully, God will have more up HIS BIGGER SLEEVES than they do.
Stilllll . . . gonna be a massively messy time.
Good points.
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
I pray for wisdom every morning, sometimes God indulges me.
INDEED! INDEED!
I appreciate your posts.
You still here?
I’ve often siad that some poeple subconsiously choose their nicknames..
Quix is the root for quixote....as in Don Quixote..
Maybe you are familiar with the story:
Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food and because of so much reading.
So once again..your nickname proves to be entirely appropriate...
As you sir...are tilting at windmills...on a quest for something that cannot be found...
Actually, it comes from my Chinese students . . .
and one of the dictionary meanings . . .
“overly chivalrous”
Which they persistently insisted was a chronically displayed trait of mine.
They were so sweet about it, I couldn’t have picked a better, more touching screen name.
Am humbled and honored by it and their meaning . . . and will be the rest of my life.
Do I ever tilt at windmills beyond need or fittingness.
Sure. I’m a passionate person . . . particularly about Freedom, our Republic and Jesus, Father, Spirit And God’s Kingdom.
And . . . I’m passionate Somewhat about END TIMES PROPHECY etc.
BTW, I think I studied Don Quixote around 1961 or 1962. When was your first exposure?
I’m a little curious . . .
are you
AS CHRONICALLY INSULTING AND PERSONALLY ASSAULTIVE
to your wife and kids?
How’s that been working out for you?
I gather you have decided in your lofty wisdom and omniscience that
SAMUEL ZANE BATTEN
Zbigniew Brzezinski
PRESIDENT BUSH SENIOR
RHODES SCHOLAR ELMER DAVIS
Mikhail Gorbachev
SIR JULIAN HUXLEY
HENRY KISSINGER
RICHARD NIXON
Pope Paul VI
COLIN POWELL
Nelson Rockefeller
Walt Rostow
BERTRAND RUSSELL
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. [Quoting Machiavelli]
RHODES SCHOLAR Strobe Talbott
HISTORIAN ARNOLD TOYNBEE
H.G. WELLS
et al
ARE ALL TOTALLY 100% = to 100% untrue tinfoil sources????
I’m sure they’d be as impressed with your assessment as God must be.
BTW, do you charge God a consulting fee for your insights?
I served in the US Army for 20+ years. I never met a federal officer who would oppress American citizens.
What is not said is how often the military has made similar purchases. $6 million actually sounds like a really small amount.
When did you get out?
Am back from dinner and some Chinese chess with a housemate.
It was such a gargantuan struggle . . . what with my purportedly compromised reality testing and the complications coming from tilting with netherworld windmills . . . but somehow, I managed to win 3 games against a genius. Obviously it was a miracle of a major degree.
/sar
The Battle of Athens clearly shows:
* how Americans can and should lawfully use armed force;
* why the Rule of Law requires unrestricted access to firearms;
* how civilians with military-type firearms can beat the forces of “law and order”.
Dictators believe that public order is more important than the Rule of Law. However, Americans reject this idea. Criminals can exploit for selfish ends, the use armed force to restore the Rule of Law. But brutal political repression - as practiced by Cantrell and Mansfield - is lethal to many. An individual criminal can harm a handful of people. Governments alone can brutalize thousands, or millions.
Since 1915, officials of seven governments “gone bad” have committed genocide, murdering at least 56 million persons, including millions of children. “Gun control” clears the way for genocide by giving governments “gone bad” far greater freedom to commit mass murder.
Law-abiding McMinn Countians won the Battle of Athens because they were not hamstrung by “gun control”. McMinn Countians showed us when citizens can and should use armed force to support the Rule of Law. We are all in their debt.
I’m a little curious . . .
are you
AS CHRONICALLY INSULTING AND PERSONALLY ASSAULTIVE
to your wife and kids?
How’s that been working out for you?
LMAO...how long since I stopped beating my wife?
That’s it?
You are some uber smarty pants....and you ask if I abuse my wife?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
“I’m sure they’d be as impressed with your assessment as God must be.”
Now you claim to know the thoughts of God?
Blasphemer.
Wonderfully skillful dodging!
Congrats!
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