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Recognizing Terrorists
October 8, 2009 | Tagged anti-Second Amendment, War on Terror | Leave a Comment
To me, the most troubling aspect of the home-grown Colorado video, Recognizing the 8 signs of Terrorism, narrated by John Elway and Kim Christiansen, is what the video doesn’t say. It’s useful to alert citizens to suspicious behaviors regard high-value terrorist targets. People photographing or taking detailed notes regarding dams or power stations could raise legitimate questions about their motives.
People asking detailed questions about security measures at government buildings or deliberately going into restricted areas would cause me concern. Timing the arrival of emergency responders would set off numerous alarms in the intelligence officer part of my brain case. Rehearsing a terrorist attack is a definite “no-no.”
A large donation to a “charity that you have never heard of” is more troubling, when regarded as an indicator of terrorism. Using guns in a garage as a symptom of terrorist intentions strikes me as downright scary in an Orwellian, Stalinist, Nazi kind of way. (I would be suspicious of C-4 explosive charges, grenades, rocket propelled grenade launchers, Molotov cocktails etc.)
We need to keep in mind and this video should have mentioned that American Citizens have a right to own binoculars, cameras, and watches. American Citizens, unlike disarmed British and Japanese subjects, have a constitutional right to the possession of and use of firearms.
This video was funded by the Obama Administration’s Department of Homeland Security and unveiled at a convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which tells you a lot about what I perceive to be bias in the piece. Homeland Security put out the infamous document warning about Second Amendment supporters, veterans, and abortion opponents as potential terrorists. The International Association of Chiefs of Police is featured on the anti-gun Joyce Foundation Website in conjunction with their efforts to implement draconian gun control measures in the United States.
BTW, Barack Hussein Obama sat on the board of the Joyce Foundation for years. He also appointed Janet Napolitano to the Homeland Security post. Draw your own conclusions about his stand on guns.
You will note in the video that citizens are asked to report “any suspicious activity” and “gut feelings” that something may be amiss. ”Suspicious looking vehicles” should be reported. “Suspicious persons” should be phoned in to the Colorado Information Analysis Center. God help you, if you happen to be a white male wearing a boonie hat driving a pickup truck with a gun rack in the back window and an NRA sticker on the bumper.
BTW, unless I missed something, most of the “terrorists” in the video were white men with short haircuts. There were a few anglo women and one black man portrayed as dangerous enemies of America. Other people of color would never be involved in terrorist activities, so don’t narc on them. It could be that government agencies that helped with the video just don’t have any other people of color on staff to play terrorists. Hmmm! Maybe we should investigate those agencies for affirmative action problems.
Thanks to Peter Boyles of KHOW Radio for bringing this story to my attention. (I have received no quid pro quo for this mention of the radio host or his station.) If you write a blog, you want to get used to saying things like this, because “Big Brother loves you” and is getting into the business of regulating speech on the Internet.
Stay alert! Stay alive! Be suspicious of your neighbors! (They might turn you in.) (Is this kind of video a good way to build American Unity in a post-partisan, post racially conscious nation, or what?)
Def Mech