Terry, while there are guys who are just trying to do their jobs, overall, the JBT mentality is growing and growing fast, especially in the Federal ranks. It's not just a case of 'one or two bad eggs'. How many Fed LEOs were there at the Waco siege? LOTS. How many tried to stop it? NONE.
If the rest of the Feds were so shocked why wasn't there more protest or action done to those responsible? How many guys turned in their badges in protest? For the sake of their cushy pensions they sold their soul.
Isn't it a long standing concept amongst LEOs, when they deal with non-LEO's, that if someone has knowledge of wrongdoing, doesn't do anything, and just goes with the flow, then they are an accomplice?
My goodness, yes they are, aren't they.
Case in point - Lon Horiuchi.
Was he tried or punished in any real manner or was the same done to the clown in charge who started Ruby Ridge? This pampered 'LEO', from a concealed position of safety, drew down with a scoped sniper rifle on an unarmed woman with a baby in her arms and blew her head off with forethought and malice.
This was a case with massive publicity and he still walked. Odds are good he's still pulling a Federal paycheck somewhere. Do you think Mr. Horiuchi or what he and his masters have done has been forgotten? Not hardly.
Futhermore, every Fed LEO who stayed on the job, lodged no formal protests, and just 'went with the flow' is an accessory to what he did. It's that simple. I hope the pensions were worth it.
That's just one incident. For every Waco or Ruby Ridge there are countless smaller, non-publicized incidents. This is the same type of stuff that builds up over time to a ground swell and a revolution.
The US Federal Government, with all of their super-expensive death toys, can't even keep a lid on a bunch of flea bitten Arabs in Iraq, do you think they can withstand an armed insurrection on their own home turf in a nation of 300 million firearms?
One of the side effects of the growing war in Iraq is that not only will it weaken the Federals of manpower and resources, but it will embolden those in the US who would also challenge the power in Washington with a gun - the ultimate tool of politics.
The actions of the JBT's in the ranks have indicted the entire System and all of those within it on capital crimes.
The inaction of the non-JBT's in the ranks have condemned the System and all of those within it for those capital crimes.
It's like in WWII where there were a lot of good men on both sides - BUT - you wore the uniform, you took the bullet.
The same will hold true during the next Civil War - and believe me, it's coming. Just wait till the economy crashes and the people finally have to get off of their fat asses and ask just what the hell happened and what's actually going on.
One of the reasons the lid has been on the pot till now is that too many people are too busy scrambling to make a living. Just wait till there's no more living to scramble for and everything they've worked for all of their lives is repossessed or evaporates before their eyes.
In such an environment, the voices of moderation seldom, if ever win out.
Now, I long ago ditched the activist fervor as I saw clearly what was going to happen in this country was too big for anyone to handle and it will be uglier than words can truly describe. Too many axes to grind by too many people.
Nowadays I just want to make as much money as I can and leave the country if at all possible before all hell breaks loose.