NJ Fear Mongers Promote Vigilantes

The drumbeats will get louder as the economy sinks and people look to outsiders as the source of their problems. Guns get more powerful and cops get fatter.

C'mon, people, now,
Turn on each other
Everybody get together
Try to lynch one another, right now!

You can bet this very scary move will NOT have a happy ending.
"Homeland Security in the Hometown"
by Lt. Joe Geleta/New Jersey Citizen Corps
Tuesday May 06, 2008, 3:09 PM
We live in a different world than we did before September 11, 2001. We are more aware of our vulnerabilities, more appreciative of our freedoms [my bold--Really? How so?] and more understanding that we are personally responsible for the safety of our families, our neighbors and our nation.
[...] In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the need for strengthening and securing our communities has become even more critical, and Neighborhood Watch groups have taken on greater significance. In addition to serving a crime prevention role, Neighborhood Watch can also be used as the basis for bringing neighborhood residents together to focus on disaster preparedness as well as terrorism awareness.
The NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH - NEW JERSEY PROGRAM provides the opportunity for citizens to partner with members of the law enforcement and emergency management communities for mutual benefit. Our Program provides training in five basic and inter-related areas:
- HOME & FAMILY SAFETY
- PERSONAL SAFETY
- TERRORISM AWARENESS
- CRIME TRENDS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
- HOW TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY - WHO/WHERE/WHAT/WHEN/HOW
A standardized curriculum, Instructor Guide and related materials to present the program have been created and placed on a CD disc available to all groups and municipalities upon request.
Working in partnership with the New Jersey Chiefs of Police Association and the County Sheriffs Association, over 300 Neighborhood Watch groups are active throughout the state.
Participants are provided with information emphasizing disaster preparedness, the terrorist planning cycle and identity theft, the fastest growing crime in America. Upon completion of the training, all participants receive a portfolio pad, Neighborhood Watch baseball cap, USA on Watch pen and lapel pin. [my bold--WOW, a lapel pin! Sign me up!]
It goes on & on to encourage citizens to be "more engaged," but not one word about educating citizens about guarding democracy from the corporate masters who own the government. It's propaganda designed to confuse real change with knee-jerk reactions.
Despite my misgivings, here's their web site: http://www.usaonwatch.org
Here's The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management website: http://www.ready.nj.gov
Perhaps someone out there could do creative poking around to find out who's providing the money for this new initiative for "citizenship." HA!

Operation Torch = Brave New Subways

Good old CBS News gives us grinning, cheerful Magee Hickey to happily tell us that EVERYONE seems to like the idea. Oh, really? Or is Magee using her media power to persuade us it's okay, (maybe even terrific!) for cops to roam the subways armed for mass slaughter. The result of this money drain will be more intimidation, harassment and bullying of innocent civilians by the most frightened, paranoid members of the NYPD who will have, just like those pathetic murderers of Sean Bell, itchy trigger fingers. As far as liking the idea, EVERYONE I KNOW knows the terrorists are in the White House, and M4 carbine rifles in our subways won't stop terrorists because the war is on hard working people. Which side are you on?
Machine Gun-Toting Officers To Patrol NYC Subway M4 Carbine Rifles, MP5 Submachine Guns & Bomb Sniffing Dogs Part Of New "Torch Team" Anti-Terror Efforts
NEW YORK (CBS) ― The NYPD is pulling out all the stops to beef up safety of the subways. On Thursday it launched a new anti-terror effort called "Operation Torch," but the cost of the program is raising some eyebrows.
The NYPD's new firepower consists of cops with Mp5 submachine guns, rifles, body armor and bomb-sniffing dogs.
Starting Thursday, five or six teams a day will patrol the major transit hubs in the city in the new program, all thanks to a 50 percent increase in a Homeland Security grant.
"Times Square, Grand Central, Penn Station … the locations you would expect, but not only those locations. The assignments will vary and will be following no discernible pattern," NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
[...] Similarly equipped NYPD units known as "Hercules" teams have been patrolling the ground on Wall Street, the Empire State Building and other city landmarks.
Everyone seems to like the idea of an added police presence, particularly to fight terrorism on subway platforms, but then when you mention the price tag -- $151 million – then people aren't so sure.
[...] Of the $151 million in the federal grant, $30 million will be used for this underground anti-terrorist program for the next two years.[...]
http://wcbstv.com/local/machine.guns.subway.2.707398.html