Armed militia protects its New Orleans neighborhood

The Austin American-Statesman ^ | September 10, 2005 | Bob Dart

[Pyro7480]

St. Gabriel Possenti's story is extremely relevant to this situation.

In 1860, a band of soldiers from the army of Garibaldi entered the mountain village of Isola, Italy. They began to burn and pillage the town, terrorizing its inhabitants.

Possenti, with his seminary rector's permission, walked into the center of town, unarmed, to face the terrorists. One of the soldiers was dragging off a young woman he intended to rape when he saw Possenti and made a snickering remark about such a young monk being all alone.

Possenti quickly grabbed the soldier's revolver from his belt and ordered the marauder to release the woman. The startled soldier complied, as Possenti grabbed the revolver of another soldier who came by. Hearing the commotion, the rest of the soldiers came running in Possenti's direction, determined to overcome the rebellious monk.

At that moment a small lizard ran across the road between Possenti and the soldiers. When the lizard briefly paused, Possenti took careful aim and struck the lizard with one shot. Turning his two handguns on the approaching soldiers, Possenti commanded them to drop their weapons. Having seen his handiwork with a pistol, the soldiers complied. Possenti ordered them to put out the fires they had set, and upon finishing, marched the whole lot out of town, ordering them never to return. The grateful townspeople escorted Possenti in triumphant procession back to the seminary, thereafter referring to him as "the Savior of Isola".

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Thought you might enjoy. A .38 in one hand and rosary beads in the other. LOL. Wonder how long before their guns are confiscated?

[sgtbono2002]

I suggested to the Sherriff in my communtiy that he should have citizens he could deputise in an emergency, he just smiled like I was a fool.

[ravinson]

Every locked house will be opened by force to check the attic. They may flush the toilet but it comes up somewhere. Then there is that water in the tap. Where did that come from.

These people live across the river from the flooded portion of New Orleans. There is no reason for house to house searches and presumably the water and sewer systems are totally separate from flooded New Orleans. They will probably have electricity restored much earlier than in the flooded areas, so Algiers is semi-liveable provided the looters and arsonists can be kept away.

These vigilantes seem determined to stay until after the bad guys are rounded up and their homes are secured.

It really bothers me to see the cops going door to door prying open doors, marking walls, and then leaving the homes open and unguarded for the looters.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[The several dozen people who did not evacuate from Algiers Point said that for days after the storm, they did not see any police officers or soldiers but did see gangs of intruders.

Many nights, Miss P. had a .38-caliber pistol in one hand and rosary beads in the other.

On the day after Katrina blew through, Pervel was carjacked a couple of blocks from his house. A past president of the Algiers Point Association homeowners group, Pervel was going to houses that had been evacuated and turning off the gas to prevent fires.

Another afternoon, a gunfight broke out on the streets as armed neighbors and armed intruders exchanged fire. "About 25 rounds were fired," Harris said.

Blood was later found on the street from a wounded intruder.]

Second Amendment bump.

[2nd amendment mama]

It really bothers me to see the cops going door to door prying open doors, marking walls, and then leaving the homes open and unguarded for the looters.

I was thinking the very same thing as I watched TV today. At one house they left the window wide open! Unfreakin' believable.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Possenti ordered them to put out the fires they had set, and upon finishing, marched the whole lot out of town, ordering them never to return.

My kinda Saint!

[Clock King]

Far far too many in law enforcement nowdays are control freaks who think they are above and beyond the rest of us. Maybe this was true in the past, but I don't think it was ever this bad overall in the recent history of the US (wild west times maybe). They don't see that this degrades society's respect for them, and they can not do their job without the help of the public.

[BTCM]

Sure wish these good folks had some good quality night vision scopes. We would be passing out fewer $2000.00 debit cards to buy $800.00 Louis Vitton handbags.

[Riverman94610]

Arm yourself or harm yourself!

[frannie]

They are not disarming now, they are looking for DEAD people. While I watched they had only found one house that had any deceased, they marked it as a dead dog inside.

The MUST remove the DEAD.

[djreece]

2nd Amendment Bump

[Gritty]

They say they're going to drag us kicking and screaming from our houses. For what?

Because the city fathers and other politicians are looking at a bonanza!

Imagine what they can now do with eminent domain when they condemn your house and then reimburse you for what they say it is worth. Then, they sell it (or rather go in partnership) with their casino buddies who develop these prime properties for pennies on the dollar and build the largest casino and adult entertainment park in the world!

Just think: a "new" Big Easy!! It will be worth billions - all paid for or subsidized by Uncle Sam under the guise of "rebuilding" New Orleans from Katrina.

I smell the worlds' biggest scam coming...

[RummyChick]

Have you guys seen this?
Explosive Residue Found On Failed Levee Debris
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/news/item.php?keyid=8932&category=1&scategory=0&PHPSESSID=ca7124f312df71aa2f7cc2b7cd960d50
Hal Turner Show
September 9, 2005

New Orleans, LA -- Divers inspecting the ruptured levee walls surrounding New Orleans found something that piqued their interest: Burn marks on underwater debris chunks from the broken levee wall! One diver, a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saw the burn marks and knew immediately what caused them. He secreted a small chunk of the cement inside his diving suit and later arranged for it to be sent to trusted military friends at a The U.S. Army Forensic Laboratory at Fort Gillem, Georgia for testing. According to well placed sources, a military forensic specialist determined the burn marks on the cement chunks did, in fact, come from high explosives. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity said "We found traces of boron-enhanced fluoronitramino explosives as well as PBXN-111. This would indicate at least two separate types of explosive devices." The levee ruptures in New Orleans did not take place during Hurricane Katrina, but rather a day after the hurricane struck. Several residents of New Orleans and many Emergency Workers reported hearing what sounded like large, muffled explosions from the area of the levee, but those were initially discounted as gas explosions from homes with leaking gas lines.

[dufekin]

Leaving the homes open and marked for looters and other criminals is the entire point of the exercise. Any damage that occurs to the house as a result is the sole responsibility of the owner, not the insurer, who does not protect against either flooding (including rain) or acts of war. New Orleans probably will increase its property tax rates dramatically and assess property based upon a "potential non-storm value" system; in other words, you pay taxes based upon what your home might have been worth if it were not storm damaged--until it's worth more.

[RummyChick]

What happens if they discover that the flood was the result of a levee break due to a bomb? Does the insurance company still consider it a flood since it is damage due to water?

[Happy2BMe]

BTTT

[Peace will be here soon]

Well, I would say this is impossible.

For one, the levees that broke have had major sections washed away as it eroded from the rushing water. By the time divers could get to inspect the broken sections, the blast areas would have been long washed away.

Not buying this story for a minute.