THE SAVAGE NATION!!!!!! 8-21-12

It was pretty much historically correct, of course.

He mentioned Douglas MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Patton who were the officers. MacArthur was a general if I recall correctly. The others were field grade officers.

Savage's main point however was that it could happen again.. this time it will be us the general public.

Certainly the various agencies buying millions of rounds of ammo will likely target us, the critics of Washington.

Something that is never mentioned when the bonus army is re-hashed: Before the federal gummint had a house of its own, it had to depend on the good graces of neighboring states to hold its meetings and conduct business. The meeting place changed from one state to another whenever the host state started applying too much pressure on the legislators for favoritism, sometimes to the point of violence. The answer, of course was to bequeath to it a portion of land to call its own, in addition to all the federal office buildings, forts and armories in all the states which it claimed jursidiction over.

So the wisdom was whatever the federal gummint owned, it claimed juridiction over and was within its rights to set its own laws and create penalties for lawbreakiers.

Sadly, the bonus army, who knew full well that their bonuses were not payable until a certain number of years had passed. The assumed that they could mobilize and march on DC to force the gummint to pay the bonuses early. They were mistaken in their methods. Anyone who sets foot on federal property is subject to federal law. It's like yielding your rights to a ship's captain the moment that you step across the gunnels.

So the gummint had every right to utilize the military to protect gummint property, wherever it was located, especially in the ten square miles of Washington, D. C. which was ceded to the gummint by a couple of states to keep the bullies from intimidating or injuring the legislators and other gummint employees.

So one could say that congress and the president were in fear of losing their lives when the bonus army began to march. I forget how far the bonus army had breached federal property before the generals received orders to start shooting, but you can bet they were pretty fearful of losing their lives.

So who at this late date can blame the generals for following direct orders to preserve the lives and property of the federal gummint. . . the only mechanism available to the people to prevent anarchy and to keep the rule of law in tact?

So if you want to influence gummint at the survival level, best do it off of federal property using less than violent means. Unless, of course, the gummint and its troops leave its reservation to harass the people and/or break the bonds of the Constitution which was created to keep it in check.

Interesting and thanks for the facts about the history of the District.

It reminded me of the Great Sedition Trial of 1944..

"The trial was staged in Washington DC thanks to Dillard Stokes an investigative reporter working for the Washington Post. Before the indictments Stokes solicited allegedly seditious publications from the defendants and had them mailed to his residence in the District of Columbia. This tactic allowed the government to put the defendants on trial in one location and to break them financially, removing them from their employment, family and homes." Here, yes it's wiki graffiti buy lately it appears they stopped the truth vandalism by the Lefty sharpies.

Of course they were not lured to D.C. because the feds had authority only there, they were victims of fiendish members of DoJ. The prosecutor, O. John Rogge was a friend of Stalin and no doubt a Soviet lackey.

Yes it was W.W.II but those charged were long-time, pre-war FDR critics and anti-communists. To try to insure conviction and stir up public opinion against the accused, the FDR DOJ included known Nazi sympathizers, totally unrelated to the FDR critics, in the group charged.

Judges finally stopped the nonsense and abuse but not before at least one death among the accused and months of suffering including some being incarcerated in squalid conditions. Most had to do the best they could with only their meager resources so far from home.

I sometimes wonder what would have happened to the patriots demanding answers from Washington about Ruby Ridge and Waco had there been no modern talk radio to support them in the 1990s.

"I sometimes wonder what would have happened to the patriots demanding answers from Washington about Ruby Ridge and Waco had there been no modern talk radio to support them in the 1990s."

Not only supported them, but woke them up to begin with. The Maynard Campbell telephone tape was one of the most heart-wrenching pleas for help from a patriot surrounded by the feds ready to do him in that I ever heard. Compared to Waco and Ruby Ridge in intensity, though not in numbers. He was eventually murdered in a Colorado prison the day before he was scheduled to present his case.

Kudos to Savage for screaming his outrage in our stead.

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