Posted on 08/18/2007 6:36:52 AM PDT by driftdiver
A government plan to use members of the clergy to quell dissent and objections to government orders during a time of national emergency has been revealed by a Shreveport, La., television station.
The story by reporter Jeff Ferrell on television station KSLA says such "Clergy Response Teams" already have been used – following the hit on New Orleans by hurricane Katrina.
The station's video is available on a link on its website, and also available on YouTube. It asks if martial law ever could become reality in the United States, following a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. "KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us," the report said.
The teams were used to help with the management of the masses following Katrina, according to Durell Tuberville.
He serves as chaplain of the Shreveport Fire Department and the Caddo sheriff's office, and said the clergy team's mission was to express the sentiment: "Let's cooperate and get this thing over with and then we'll settle the differences once the crisis is over."
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Whatever happened to “Separation of Church & State”?...........
“It asks if martial law ever could become reality in the United States, following a nuclear, biological or chemical attack”
No, lets have chaos!
/s
So okay, on one hand you have a populace with all manner of weaponry and on the other hand you have...clergy.
Good luck with that.
I mean, I suppose some of them could bore the mob to death with a sermon, but if that doesn’t work...they’re screwed.
It asks if martial law ever could become reality in the United States ... the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us" ....
Sorry 'Clergy' - Molon Labe applies to you too.
And IF Martial Law was ever declared you're dam tootin' there'd be a problem with "us" if any Katrina type bullshit was pulled.
“What’s the slant on the news organization reporting this? Is it for real, or does it need to be filed in the Ron Paul/Dale Gribble/tinfoil hat section?”
WND sometimes/oftentimes is on the fringe. The fact they had an independent source make me think it was legitimate.
“Is it for real, or does it need to be filed in the Ron Paul/Dale Gribble/tinfoil hat section?”
The latter. Freepers eat this crap up like candy. I call it doom-lust. Somebody please point me to a time in history where clergy didn’t work with government in a time of disaster.
“He serves as chaplain of the Shreveport Fire Department and the Caddo sheriff’s office, and said the clergy team’s mission was to express the sentiment: “Let’s cooperate and get this thing over with and then we’ll settle the differences once the crisis is over.”
This is what they got from their source. A very nice sentiment.
The rest is made up out of whole cloth.
Yes, I forgot who said it...sheesh, more coffee James. And this time put a shot of Jack in it.
5.56mm
How many divisions has the Southern Baptist Convention? :-)
This is impossible, because a single private letter by Thomas Jefferson two hundred years ago magiclly created a Wall of Separation which ensures that the Government will in no way promote any religion even vaguely Christian unless it can be used to control the masses. Whups, never mind.
Well the apostate churches are great at this! They practice it in their own churches already.
Of course this is only sarcasm.
Having the other source brings some truth to it, but as usual, WND takes things way out of context and to the extremes.
Yeah... just like when they report about microchipping humans for 'security reasons' the idea that they could be used for the wrong reasons would be... way out of context and to the extreme.
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