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Gates Gets Government Guards for Gala
Nick Irelan writes "The home of the world's richest man was a 'temporary security zone' when he held a party for members of the National Governors Association. Bill's guests included Newt Gingrich, Tommy Thompson, and Leon Panetta. Gates also put in $150,000 for the governors' meeting held the next day. News.com covered this story very well." If your invitation to Gates' place got "lost in the mail", you can read about a Microsoft intern who got to have dinner with the big cheese.
What sort of "land of the free" is this when a private citizen can use a department whose purpose is theoretically to protect us to lock down roads?
The potential implications of this are astounding. What happens to a community when one of the very rich, dealing with a dispute over a tree growing from his neighbor's yard, realizes he can lock down his neighborhood if he has "justification" for such an action?
Live free or die
In the same room???
Where's a cruise missile when you need one..
Disclaimer: Author neither want to imply nor inspire persons of dubious honor to stalk either of above characters with a "shoulder mounted" cruise.
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The government stormtroopers got along well with the Microsoft's private army of hired mercenaries. Good thing Gingrinch didn't accidentally wander into the restricted zones, or Bill might have had to eliminate him. Don't want the world finding out prematurely about his dozens of ICBM's with thermonuke warheads.
umm .. well if you knew the rest of the story you'd shut up. I will say that that one did get the medias attention, but behind the scenes was a totally different world. I don't know whats allowed to be said so I won't say more than "you never say behind the curtain".
I'm told you are what you eat, does that mean I can be you by tomorrow with some A1?
The modern corporate state isn't new, but its triumph in America is recent. Compare the Bush Republican state with the original model, Italian Fascism, and much strange behavior seems familiar.
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