Posted on 06/27/2006 2:11:32 AM PDT by Dallas59
On Tuesday morning, a retired Catholic priest and two veterans put on clown suits, busted into a nuclear missile launch facility, and began beating the silo cover with hammers, in an attempt to take the Minuteman III missile off-line. Seriously.
The trio -- members of the Luck, Wisconsin group Nukewatch -- said the break-in was part of "a call for national repentance" for the Hiroshima and Nagaski A-bombings in 1945.
The activists used bolt-cutters to get into the E-9 Minuteman II facility, located just northwest of the White Shield, North Dakota. "Using a sledgehammer and household hammers, they disabled the lock on the personnel entry hatch that provides access to the warhead and they hammered on the silo lid that covers the 300 kiloton nuclear warhead," the group said in a statement. "The activists painted 'It's a sin to build a nuclear weapon' on the face of the 110-ton hardened silo cover and the peace activists poured their blood on the missile lid."
This was all done while wearing face paint, dunce caps, misfitting overalls, and bright yellow wigs.
"We dress as clowns to show that humor and laughter are key elements in the struggle to transform the structures of destruction and death," the statement said. "Saint Paul said that we are 'fools for God's sake,' and we say that we are 'fools for God and humanity.' Clowns as court jesters were sometimes the only ones able to survive after speaking truth to authorities in power."
Guards responded within minutes. And when they arrived, the protesters "ate a lot of gravel," DefenseTech was told.
"The individuals were taken from the area and brought to the McLean County Jail," the AP notes. "The three are being charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief, both Class A misdemeanors, and bond was set at $500 each.... The FBI is involved in the case and federal charges are pending."
I'm not sure what the fuss is about nuclear weapons(?) At the end of the day I'm just about as excited about getting killed by a lead bullet as a stray neutron.
If they're so worried about evil nukes, they should have put on their clown suits and tried their little stunt in N. Korea. They would have eaten more than gravel.
That's a very good question.
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Why aren't they beating on the people who STARTED WW-II, rather than the ones who finished it?
> The trio -- members of the Luck, Wisconsin group Nukewatch -- said the break-in was part of "a call for national repentance" for the Hiroshima and Nagaski A-bombings in 1945.
America has nothing to be sorry for, by blowing to smithereens Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
I dread to thing the carnage that would have ensued -- and the untold suffering for many generations -- had Japan required physical invasion and hand-to-hand combat to effect defeat.
People seem to forget: back then, Imperial Japan was one of the Bad Guys. Ask the Koreans. Ask the Chinese. Ask anyone who had the great misfortune to be invaded by the armies of Imperial Japan.
Where there's one, there are usually many.
Here are two more:
47°50'1.71"N
101°52'45.56"W
47°47'13.69"N
101°48'26.59"W
Once you know what you're looking for, it's easy to see them even from 40,000 feet.
I just located another half-dozen in 5 minutes.
Have you ever checked out the nuke test site just west of Area 51? That's pretty amazing, esp if you get the overlay files which describe each and every one of a couple hundred craters.
Thanks. I'll check it out.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space?
That's why cannibals don't eat clowns... they taste funny.
I'd like to repeat your question.
Why weren't they shot on sight?
Part of the guard training should be to show Steven King's "IT".
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