re batf fbi do right thing in waco in article apr gnv ifas ufl edu jrm gnv ifas ufl edu writes everyone is complaining about the debacle in waco it is hard to understand all this angst what happend there is nothing less than what we wanted to happen why all the sour grapes cute word angst conveys volumes i d be interested in this particular definition of we it s such a fluid pronoun batf was looking for a propaganda event to counteract their impending budget cuts the attendance of the press at the initial big commando raid is proof it would have been ever so easier to grab koresh and his central followers as they shopped in waco alas no propaganda value there the fbi screwed up big time all the time they should have never allowed the situation to drag out like that a quick second assault before the bds could decide on a strategy would have been the better plan the bds themselves were the biggest screw ups though they imagined that us law and us law enforcement had no jurisdiction within their little country wrong the bd were a paranoid little cult out in the middle of nowhere which all of a sudden had their worst paranoid fears reinforced joy they had no right whatsoever to fire on the batf and if they mistook their identity initially they should have surrendered at once when they did realize who they were yes they probably should have although how many paranoid nuts can say they held off the feds for days if the bds had a problem with the warrants they take it to court just like the rest of us if they wanted full auto weapons they could have obtained the proper permits just like the rest of us would need to do what they may not do is decide for themselves what us law applies to themselves and which does not they get their chance like the rest of us at the voting booth the voting booth is highly over rated people need to get up off their lazy butts more than every year or every two years hell most don t even do that if the batf and fbi have become latter day gestapo then they have become that way because we have desired them to be so no because we have decided that it doesn t make enough difference to us to get up and do something that s something for instance a lot of people who go speak against gun control bills at their local government dozens of pro gun speakers show up and few if any antis do but they often win anyway why because it doesn t matter who shows up it matters who s willing to scream afterwards and it isn t that most people give a damn one way of the other but that they don t nobody gives a damn about anybody beyond their own little worlds we get to vote on laws and on the lawmakers by our choices over the years we have approved the creation and form of the batf and fbi when the fbi was out chasing pinkos the general public didn t seem to mind a bit of extra constitutional activity the general public s usually not even read the constitution and what they have learned is a distorted picture of the whole thing david veal university of tennessee division of continuing education pa utkvm utk edu i still remember the way you laughed when you pushed me down the elevator shaft sometimes i get to thinking you don t love me anymore weird al yankovic
