Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Showing Original Post only (View all)

Eddie Haskell

(1,628 posts)
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 10:15 AM Jul 2013

Mercenaries in Wisconsin? [View all]

The mercenaries stand with automatic rifles, a few short miles from the Harvest Camp. They stand behind black masks, soldiers on patrol with automatic rifles, guarding the mud roads to the drill holes. They stand at attention with automatic rifles, facing the approach of people, of citizens, of ordinary folks who live there and care about the woods and water and animals and birds and fish and tadpoles and water striders and kingfishers and summer warblers. They stand with hands on their automatic rifles, waiting for something, maybe for the kids who went all civil disobedience on the drill site a month ago, adorned with their own black masks, stopping a bulldozer for a few hours, seizing a cell phone and throwing it into the bush. The medium is the message, and the message was lost. They were predictably excoriated as eco-terrorists in the press, foreshadowing, perhaps, a new level of State in the eternity of our State of Emergency.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/07/1221885/-Mercenaries-in-Northwoods-Wisconsin-Protecting-Destruction

Any Northwoods DUers know if this is true?

10 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Mercenaries in Wisconsin? [View all] Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 OP
Are they actual mercenaries The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Brickbat Jul 2013 #2
There is a mining Jenoch Jul 2013 #3
Pic of one of the guards mokawanis Jul 2013 #4
Pretty scary, looks like a scene from Africa or some third world movie set.. Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #5
This is what the entire US will look like in the years ahead gopiscrap Jul 2013 #6
Mutiny is our only salvation! Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #7
Thank you!!! gopiscrap Jul 2013 #10
Private security guards. nt hack89 Jul 2013 #8
Monsanto just bought Blackwater. reusrename Jul 2013 #9
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Mercenaries in Wisconsin?