The Vanishing “Thin Blue Line”
By Ron Marsh
My late father answered the call of his country and served as a dogface GI in and on the muddy, bloody, mosquito-infested jungles and beaches of the Pacific Theater in World War II. (And, yes, recurrent bouts of malaria reminded him of those years of service for decades to come.) After the war, most of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines came home. Most, but not all. Some remained as “enforcers” of the terms of surrender imposed upon the occupied vanquished by the occupying victors.
Back home, “men in blue” (yes, and a few women, but not so many back then) were known as “peace officers” because their basic job description was to keep one person or group of persons from assaulting, battering, defrauding, robbing, murdering or committing other such “common-law” crimes against their fellow citizens – and, in the event of the commission of “common-law” crimes, to bring said “common-law” criminals to justice. Basically, and admittedly over-simplified, common-law crimes are crimes with real people as victims: “No victim; no crime.” “Crimes against the state” (seat-belt violations, for example) are not common-law “crimes.” And crimes against the state were not myriad back then.
Got the picture? Uniformed, military “law-enforcement” personnel stationed overseas to ensure that the folks in “occupied” lands toed the lines drawn by their conquerors; “peace officers,” in these still relatively free United States, dealing with real crimes committed against real people.
Oh, yeah, and one more thing: The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was still in effect, prohibiting the use of U.S. military forces against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil (check it out), and the Second Amendment was still alive and well and not on life-support. (Ok, so that’s two more things.)
Fast-forward some seventy years…
Today, U.S. military forces are deployed all around the globe on “peace-keeping” missions, acting as the “policemen of the world,” trying to keep one group or tribe of barbarians from oppressing, killing or otherwise victimizing another group or tribe of barbarians, which groups or tribes of barbarians have been at war with each other for centuries. Meanwhile, back at home, “men and women in blue” have been reclassified as “law-enforcement” personnel and have been reassigned the onerous task of “enforcing” myriad “laws” intended only to micro-manage our lives and incrementally reduce “citizens” to “subject” status.
Mere semantics? Really? I don’t think so. Words have meanings. When were “We the People” conquered? How? Why? When was our homeland “occupied”? By whom? You don’t believe we have been? Please reconsider the above. And then consider, “He who defines the terms wins the debate!”
Then please take the time to consider the following video clips.
Many of you are familiar with James O’Keefe and his “Project Veritas.” If you’re not, I heartily recommend his previous works to you. His latest effort, “You’re On Your Own,” is a sobering reminder of the importance of the Second Amendment and, especially in this day of tight budgets and cutbacks in both personnel and resources, the fact that our own personal protection is increasingly becoming our own personal responsibility.
Just yesterday, I received an e-mail from a self-professed “61 year old lifelong devout Christian pacifist who only recently after much soul/will searching has decided to conceal carry to protect family and others against evil even if it means deadly force.” WOW! A pistol-packin’ pacifist! What would cause a sexagenarian leopard to so radically change his spots? Watch the videos:
“You’re On Your Own!” (according to the police themselves):
A concerned sheriff’s plea for “partners” (skip ad):
A concerned sheriff is pilloried by CNN’s Piers Morgan (who should take his opinions of “lawr” enforcement on a one-way leaky boat back to England!):
Finally, for those who don’t know what Posse Comitatus is (was), or why it was so important, or that it has been repealed, or that there is now being created a “law-enforcement military” to be used against “We the People,” consider carefully the video:
“MRAP” = “Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected”
“High-risk warrant services”
“Operators” = ?? (Soldiers? Police officers?)
“Shelter in Place”
“Team Commander…over-watch…making entry into the house.”
“15 tons is hard to stop”
“700-lb….run-flat tires”
And last, but far from least: “Stationed in El Paso…national team…
called to go anywhere in the United States!”
“He who defines the terms wins the debate!” Anyone care to define the difference between a “military force” (formerly prohibited by the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 from actions against ”We the People”) and a “Police” force with military weapons, military vehicles, military tactics and nationwide jurisdiction?
And would anyone care to define WHOM (or what) they’re serving…and WHAT (or whom) they’re protecting?
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