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Lest We Forget...

Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 2002 in General Discussion
Don't Forget Our Fallen Christian Brothers And Sisters
Stand And Be Counted
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  • Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Well Doctor, what have we got-a Republic of a Monarchy?"

    "A Republic, if you can keep it."

    Response of Dr. Benjamin Franklin to a citizen at/near the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention.
    This Monarchy (Clinton) has been put to rest, for now. Our country is back from the brink, however, we must renew/maintain our vigilance lest we find ourselves in this position once again. The next time we may not be so fortunate. Our country, our form of government, our way of life, has been given a reprieve, do not waste the opportunity.
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  • Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another post made me think of it...

    241 soldiers and sailors killed on this date in 1983, when a suicide bomber drove a truckload of explosives into a Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon...



    "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it that the former does not submit to hereditary predjudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - Albert E.

    On my tombstone:"Keep you eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel..."the Lizard King
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Evil. Now we need to get this on every billboard in Florida.
    PC=BS
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  • Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Please spread it everywhere you can think of. Email it to friends and family, post it on all the boards you frequent: Get the word out. We must never forget. Not to merely prevent Reno from taking Florida, but to keep those brave people alive in our hearts. Any one of us might be next.
    Stand And Be Counted
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    ok...I was fairly young when this all went down, can someone (briefly) explain what triggered the whole "stand-off"
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  • Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ATF claimed that Koresh had unregistered Class III firearms. Koresh invited the mto come and inspect his collection so that the matter could be cleared up.They never replied, or perhaps they did. BATF arrived with National Guardsmen, Army Delta, FBI SWAT, BATF SWAT and some of the local Texas Rangers. The rest of the horrible story is listed on the 12 or so pages of the website.
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    Thanks Evil. I know the basics of what went down, and remember seeing it on the tv every night for a while, but never knew why it started.
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