tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post5494377520132074287..comments2023-12-21T04:41:43.537-05:00Comments on Jesus' General: A Census Worker Reports From the FieldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-89008857494041544252009-09-27T08:20:21.444-04:002009-09-27T08:20:21.444-04:00bodicaiah t rentlord III:
As someone pointed out ...bodicaiah t rentlord III:<br /><br />As someone pointed out on another post; one of the surest ways to generate a shitstorm of federalishness is to kill one of their employees.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-71803662379209958602009-09-25T15:55:40.722-04:002009-09-25T15:55:40.722-04:00If a DEA agent found somebody's illegal crop o...If a DEA agent found somebody's illegal crop or lab, wouldn't it be much safer for the grower if that agent just disappeared? If an agent just doesn't come back, it would be much more difficult to establish what, if any, crime even happened and IMHO the message to the agency would still be loud and clear.<br />I think that leaving a body hanging for all the world to see is an act of terrorism, the cultural equivalent of distributing videos of heads being cut off in the Mid-East. Hanging in our culture and beheading in the Mid-East are traditional forms of execution that seem to imply moral authority for the murderers.bodiciah t rentlord IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076697194473745061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-74404157037211316092009-09-25T09:56:35.706-04:002009-09-25T09:56:35.706-04:00I used to work as a FedEx driver in extreme northe...I used to work as a FedEx driver in extreme northeast Tennessee/southwest Virginia - same cultural heritage as these Kentucky and North Carolina areas. I was warned on my first day of work that in the more rural areas, people will shoot at you because they don't understand that Federal Express is not the Federal government. <br /><br />Of course, this was in 1994. So what I'm saying is, these people have always been homicidal xenophobes.Jeff Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386092048101815743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-5601209426549906302009-09-25T07:34:23.417-04:002009-09-25T07:34:23.417-04:00To my colleague (I was an enumerator back in '...To my colleague (I was an enumerator back in '80):<br /><br />I hope you can get local radio and TV stations, as well as the local newspapers to run stories why you're out there -- to do nothing but count the people, and that the info they gather is kept secret for *72 years*!<br /><br />If they want their police and fire department to get the federal funds they need, or to have safe local, state, and federal roads, their paranoia is to blame.Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796191877135640907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-18874267978231100362009-09-25T02:08:53.340-04:002009-09-25T02:08:53.340-04:00Amen, jcricket and Buttermilk. Well said.Amen, jcricket and Buttermilk. Well said.SeattleDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985103979828794599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-36818563931922464272009-09-25T02:04:29.463-04:002009-09-25T02:04:29.463-04:00If the red-state rednecks in the backwoods are ser...If the red-state rednecks in the backwoods are seriously undercounted in the 2010 census, and consequently lose Congressional representation and federal funding, they'll have Bachmann, Beck, and their own stupidity to blame. I'll try not to lose sleep over it.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-83093134477445424142009-09-25T01:42:21.777-04:002009-09-25T01:42:21.777-04:00In all seriousness (rare on this blog), I admire y...In all seriousness (rare on this blog), I admire your courage, your sense of professionalism and your patriotism. <br /><br />Thank you for what you do. Stay safe, blessings to you and your co-workers.jcrickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04557218312416195064noreply@blogger.com