Bearcat Opposition Spreads on Twitter

by | Feb 23, 2012 | 16 comments

“We must be the change we want to see in the world”

The quote is often attributed to Mohandas Gandhi, though like another researcher, I have yet to track-down when that phrase was first written or spoken. Still, no matter who first stated it, the phrase makes sense, right? Rather than sitting by idly and complaining the surest way to bring-about the world you want to live in is to be proactive and create.

Yesterday Luke Rudkowski, one of the founders of a grassroots organization that took its name from the quote (WeAreChange.org) told his 7,000+ Twitter followers “thanks but no tank!”

The link took Twitter followers to this video: Thanks But No Tanks – Keene Residents Speak Up

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Union Leader: “BearCat brouhaha revs up Keene”

by | Feb 23, 2012 | 2 comments

Meghan Pierce of The Union Leader covers the growing resistance to the militarization of Keene’s streets with the article in today’s paper:

KEENE — Thanks, but no tanks. That’s what some residents are saying in opposition to a city plan to purchase an armored vehicle for emergency response.

An outcry resulted after the City Council accepted a $285,933 Homeland Security grant in December — without a public hearing — to buy a LENCO BearCat Special Missions armored vehicle. Now the BearCat’s fate awaits the City Council’s final decision, expected at its March 1,7 p.m., meeting at Keene City Hall.

The city’s reconsideration of the grant got national media attention, including an article in the Huffington Post, sparking thousands of comments online about the role of the federal government.

Mike Clark, a 27-year-old handyman currently facing a criminal mischief charge in Keene — and the son of the sole Keene council member to vote against accepting the Homeland Security money — told the Huffington Post he has had encounters with Keene police and was “roughed up” both times.

“The police are already pretty brutal,” Clark said. “The last thing they need is this big piece of military equipment to make them think they’re soldiers.” (more…)

If You Point Out Government Corruption and You’re Right – People Will Want You To Disappear

by | Feb 22, 2012 | 37 comments

Or at least people are now calling me a terrorist and calling for my indefinite detention as a result of my taking on the corruption happening in Cheshire County.

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“Brad Jardis in my observation is a terrorist plain and simple. All he has done along with his so called activists friends has started violence against Judge Burke because they got caught breaking the law. It is a good thing the NDAA passed because Brad Jardis needs to be taken off the streets because of his violence.”

All my violence’eh? You apparently forgot to read this.

Why would they need the NDAA to come after me right now for what I am reporting if I was actually breaking the law? Everyone knows the NDAA is meant to only silence people who would be victorious in court.

Could it be because I am right?

From the comment section of my interview on the Ridley Report.