And the hits just keep on rolling.....

[lunadelcorvo]

I have known Blackwater (Oh, sorry, "XE," and I have no doubt there is some sooper seekrit Dominionist meaning behind that) was trouble for a looooong time. Now that they are getting outed as theocratic lunatics by their own members, I feel vindicated, if saddened. There are times, after all, when one desperately wants to be proven wrong!

It's not the case here, however. XE/Blackwater is proving to be every bit as connected to the domininist/theocratic movement as I have always thought them to be. Given the size and power of the group, and their very nature as a mercenary military, I find this deeply worrying. After all, we have seen how the money and influence runs a la C-street and its denizens, and it is alarmingly on the side of militaristic theocracy and reconstructionism. So clearly the Right is well funded. Now it seems there exists an entire army, as well or better equipped and trained as our own, already in ideological harmony with this dominionist tide. The possibilities are mind boggling.

I know we (myself included) want to say 'It could never happen, the constitution, democracy,' and so on. And I will personally craft and wear tinfoil my whole life long if it proves there is nothing to any of this. But yowza, if there is? Scary shit, folks, scary shit indeed.

(Geek moment: And to discover that they are actually using crusade references, invoking the Knights of Malta, the Templars? Insult to injury! And really, no matter how much our understanding of the crusades has changed, still not exactly a sterling recc.)

::EDIT:: Come to think of it, a bunch of end-times, rapture-ready, 'gotta rebuild the Temple' lunatics running around the Middle East fancying themselves Templars may be more than a geek moment; it might be the scariest aspect of all of it......

Comments

[sorshawolf.livejournal.com]

As if Blackwater wasn't scary enough, C Street is even scarier.. and the worst part about it -- Hollywood couldn't come up with this level of scary.

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

Totally. And if they did, the critics would pan it as too far-fetched......

[sorshawolf.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was critiqued like that either. This whole mess that Dubya and his whole administration started should be enough to outrage any American.

If the masses knew that half the crap they are told in the media isn't true or is only a half truth...

Well, one could only hope.

[doctoreon.livejournal.com]

References?

Here is what I have so far...

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#32337440

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/blackwater-founder-accused-of-murder-gun-running-holy-war/

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/aug/04/blackwater-founder-accused-murder-arms-running

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090817/scahill

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/07/blackwater-provided-child-prostitutes/

Still looking for details on the specifics of Templar call signs, etc. But the rest is here.

Re: Here is what I have so far...

[doctoreon.livejournal.com]

I'm not even done with the video, and it's already frightening.

Re: Here is what I have so far...

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

Add to that, the fact that Blackwater USA makes its bread and butter by training local police forces.... the mind reels.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/40485

http://noworldsystem.com/2009/08/06/blackwater-training-u-s-local-police-a-new-trend/

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m8d3-Mercenaries-training-US-local-police-a-new-trend

Re: Here is what I have so far...

[samuraiartguy.livejournal.com]

You KNOW things are getting over the top when MSNBC is outing them...
And these are some scary people. One of the issues I have with the Christian Right, is that any misbehavior or the most odious lawbreaking is justified, and even moral in their eyes as they are doing the work of God.

There are moments when I am thankful for MY second amendment rights...

Re: Here is what I have so far...

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

Agreed. See the links I added to the comment just above yours. This bunch of loons has been providing training to local police forces for the last few years....

[lucretiasheart.livejournal.com]

*nods*

[sentimental13.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how I missed hearing about this group, but I did. Creepsy.

And is it just me or is just about every blasted new movie coming out is apocalyptic in nature? I don't think any of the previews I saw the other day (when, yes, I went to see GIJoe with my husband) were all about the end of the world.

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

I don't think it is just you. The whole end-times rhetoric seems to be growing on any number of fronts, including 'pop media.' When I look back over history at when the 'end-time' fervor seems to have hit its true high points, it's not a happy thought....