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Leanan on August 30, 2008 - 12:16pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Speaking of disaster capitalism (literally)...someone posted in the Gustav thread that Blackwater is recruiting goons to provide post-Gustav security.

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joemichaels on August 30, 2008 - 1:53pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Let me guess they are going to protect the oil facilities from home-grown terrorists...

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musashi on August 30, 2008 - 6:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

How is that unusual?
They have standing emergency contracts with FEMA and HS.

Why would they keep staff full time when needed only occasionally?

They are professional security people and I would wager that most whiners would be extremely grateful to be able to call on them if their kids or parents were taken by or in the way of a mob.

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ccpo on August 31, 2008 - 5:28am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Your lies are not needed nor helpful. They are mercenaries, nothing more. Thugs, to boot. NO federal force used against the citizens of the US is constitutional.

Shut up.

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