Comments on: I Slip Into The Water http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: theavenger http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 theavenger Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:49:57 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1782 <p>Anyone who thinks that Blackwater is recruiting cops and security guards<br /> to be bandolier wearing, blood thirsty mercenaries is severely misinformed.<br /> Read their sought after requirements and do something unusual: Think.</p> Anyone who thinks that Blackwater is recruiting cops and security guards
to be bandolier wearing, blood thirsty mercenaries is severely misinformed.
Read their sought after requirements and do something unusual: Think.

]]> By: Kilo http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Kilo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:40:07 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1781 <blockquote><p>When are the little people going to get asked whether they’d prefer the response to come via agents employed directly by their government, or via Blackwater contractors?</p></blockquote> <p>Is that supposed to be funny ?<br /> A day or two out from a major storm hitting N.O, Blackwater is looking for qualified security personnel to fill their contract to provide the same service they did during Katrina. 3 years ago.</p> <p>Well WTF did you say during the past 3 years ?<br /> Who have you complained to that this same guaranteed-to-occur event had the same outcome you didn’t like the first time, which wouldn’t exist if those security personnel were hired to be in N.O by someone other than Blackwater ?</p> <p>There’s a lot of nutbags who like dreaming up conspiracy theories about Blackwater, but even these somehow manage to acknowledge that they’re a corporation who’s in it for the money. They don’t just travel somewhere for the hell of it, they go where they are paid to go. They are paid to go to places which have a need for security personnel where that need is not met by local forces. Something which hasn’t changed in the past 3 years.</p> <p>That suggests an obvious target for your complaint if you had one. Or instead you could complain about Blackwater this time, just like you did last time and just like you’ll need to every time after this when they again need to be contracted to fill the exact same gap.</p>

When are the little people going to get asked whether they’d prefer the response to come via agents employed directly by their government, or via Blackwater contractors?

Is that supposed to be funny ?
A day or two out from a major storm hitting N.O, Blackwater is looking for qualified security personnel to fill their contract to provide the same service they did during Katrina. 3 years ago.

Well WTF did you say during the past 3 years ?
Who have you complained to that this same guaranteed-to-occur event had the same outcome you didn’t like the first time, which wouldn’t exist if those security personnel were hired to be in N.O by someone other than Blackwater ?

There’s a lot of nutbags who like dreaming up conspiracy theories about Blackwater, but even these somehow manage to acknowledge that they’re a corporation who’s in it for the money. They don’t just travel somewhere for the hell of it, they go where they are paid to go. They are paid to go to places which have a need for security personnel where that need is not met by local forces. Something which hasn’t changed in the past 3 years.

That suggests an obvious target for your complaint if you had one. Or instead you could complain about Blackwater this time, just like you did last time and just like you’ll need to every time after this when they again need to be contracted to fill the exact same gap.

]]> By: LoriPriceCLG http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 LoriPriceCLG Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:26:24 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1779 <p>Here is the URL for the item:<br /><a href="http://www.legitgov.org/blackwater_mercenary_call_for_gustav.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.legitgov.org/blackw…..ustav.html</a></p> <p><b><a href="http://www.legitgov.org/blackwater_mercenary_call_for_gustav.html" rel="nofollow">Blackwater Issues Mercenary Call For Hurricane Gustav</a></b> –<b>Blackwater Worldwide: Security for Hurricane Gustav </b>29 Aug 2008</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Lori R. Price<br /> Mgr., Citizens For Legitimate Government<br /><a href="http://www.legitgov.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.legitgov.org/</a></p> Here is the URL for the item:
http://www.legitgov.org/blackw…..ustav.html

Blackwater Issues Mercenary Call For Hurricane Gustav –Blackwater Worldwide: Security for Hurricane Gustav 29 Aug 2008

Cheers,
Lori R. Price
Mgr., Citizens For Legitimate Government
http://www.legitgov.org/

]]> By: libbyliberal http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 libbyliberal Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:56:17 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1778 <p>Once again sharing Lee Camp cartoon from Crooks & Liars re Leiberman:</p> <p><a href="http://static.crooksandliars.c…..iginal.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://static.crooksandliars.c…..iginal.jpg</a></p> Once again sharing Lee Camp cartoon from Crooks & Liars re Leiberman:

http://static.crooksandliars.c…..iginal.jpg

]]> By: libbyliberal http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1777 libbyliberal Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:54:45 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1777 <p>Blackwater commissioned for War on Drugs, Immigration Situation, etc. AND they are going INTERNATIONAL. Can we wrap our minds around this? Sounds like an arch movie plot.</p> Blackwater commissioned for War on Drugs, Immigration Situation, etc. AND they are going INTERNATIONAL. Can we wrap our minds around this? Sounds like an arch movie plot.

]]> By: annaneu http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 annaneu Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:49:43 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1776 <p>And this is the answer to why FEMA is still broken after 3 years, thanks to Liebermann (see Julie’s “With Gustav Comming, FEMA Still Broken”). </p> <p>No need to fix it when they have plan A: privatized emergency response. When are the little people going to get asked whether they’d prefer the response to come via agents employed directly by their government, or via Blackwater contractors?</p> <p>Maybe I’m naive, but I still think the former could more easily be held accountable. Do we even know what this contract looks like, the one under which Mr. Prince gets to police his fellow citizens with semi-automatic weapons?</p> And this is the answer to why FEMA is still broken after 3 years, thanks to Liebermann (see Julie’s “With Gustav Comming, FEMA Still Broken”).

No need to fix it when they have plan A: privatized emergency response. When are the little people going to get asked whether they’d prefer the response to come via agents employed directly by their government, or via Blackwater contractors?

Maybe I’m naive, but I still think the former could more easily be held accountable. Do we even know what this contract looks like, the one under which Mr. Prince gets to police his fellow citizens with semi-automatic weapons?

]]> By: Dale http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Dale Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:01:15 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1774 <p><i>3. Current state issued face card indicting armed status [expiration must be greater than 60 days out]</i></p> <p>“indicting” instead of “indicating”. Freudian Slip?</p> 3. Current state issued face card indicting armed status [expiration must be greater than 60 days out]

“indicting” instead of “indicating”. Freudian Slip?

]]> By: Dakinikat http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 Dakinikat Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:58:01 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1773 <p>1969 — was that camille?</p> 1969 — was that camille?

]]> By: Dakinikat http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1772 Dakinikat Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:57:16 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1772 <p>Last time it was rich uptown folks that brought the blackwater folks in … the marines and the washington state national guard were in my neigbhorhood</p> Last time it was rich uptown folks that brought the blackwater folks in … the marines and the washington state national guard were in my neigbhorhood

]]> By: TwinpeaksnikkiSF http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 TwinpeaksnikkiSF Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:30:25 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/i-slip-into-the-water/#comment-1771 <p>Many people didn’t have a choice three years ago. This time around, I might tend to agree with you. Although, even stupid people don’t deserve to die because of it.</p> Many people didn’t have a choice three years ago. This time around, I might tend to agree with you. Although, even stupid people don’t deserve to die because of it.

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