Happy Fourth of July Suckers: Government Hyped Terror Alerts Were Just Another Hoax

Fireworks displays and celebrations delighted millions from sea to shining sea yesterday as they celebrated the Fourth of July which for a welcome change didn't fall on a work night. There were family gatherings, ballgames, barbecues and beer, concerts and patriotic hoopla galore as is our long running national tradition. To get into how things have shifted since my youth when the day was observed for what it actually was intended to represent into what has today been morphed into - a celebration of militarism and the state itself  - would be to show my age. Best to just leave it at that and just say that times have changed one hell of a lot.

In New York City the damn Yankees edged out my hometown Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 and when night fell,  the annual Macy’s fireworks display was televised nationwide. In an interesting footnote, Nashville, TN actually beat the Big Apple in terms of sheer firepower this year but the establishment media would never dare to acknowledge such heresy. A dude nicknamed “Megatoad” won the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest by devouring 62 of the things in ten minutes and the violence in Chicago continued to rage with eight more dead, including a 7 year old. What did not occur was that massively hyped alleged terrorist attack that the media and federal government had been fear-mongering about over the past week.

The Obama regime’s latest sleazy attempt to subvert freedom and liberty couldn’t have been better timed because nothing is more subversive than pissing on a great American day of the celebration of breaking free of tyranny. In a nearly fourteen year running imposition of fear upon a once proud and brave people it was really scraping bottom - but for the Obama occupation government that is just par for the course.

In a masterpiece of propaganda that would do Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels himself proud, Reuters reported on the glory of Fourth of July - and minimized the scare tactics - in the story “America celebrates July 4 with hot dogs and barbecues amid tightened security”:

Americans marched in star-spangled parades, ran relay races, gathered for fireworks shows and crowned a new world hot dog eating champion as they celebrated Independence Day in traditional style on Saturday.

Possible security threats, wildfires in the West and rainy weather on the East Coast apparently did little to dampen the spirits of celebrants decked out in red, white and blue from their headbands to their shoelaces.

Crowds at Boston's Old State House erupted in applause and cannons shot out tri-color confetti after the annual July Fourth reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Later, thousands flocked to the Charles River Esplanade for the annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks. Krystle O'Brien, 27, wore an American flag cowboy hat and passed out glowsticks.

"It's a good day for Boston," she said. "There's so much history here, we can celebrate this freedom."

In Maplewood, New Jersey, Meskie Hyman, 11, exuded patriot pride in a star-spangled shirt and a hairband with two American flags that fluttered under cloudy skies.

"I love that it's a free country and we have the right to speak. It lets us see everyone's potential and find our heroes," she said.

The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert this week asking local authorities and the public to remain vigilant for possible threats following recent calls for violence by leaders of radical Islamist group Islamic State.

In New York City, the nation's biggest police force assigned about 7,000 officers and nearly all its counterterrorism personnel to handle security around Independence Day events.

No incidents were reported as of late Saturday, but tens of thousands of spectators crowded onto the banks of Manhattan's East River to watch fireworks shot from barges.

In a stunning upset on Coney Island, 23-year-old newcomer Matt Stonie grabbed the famed mustard-colored champion's belt after gobbling 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes in the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Stonie, of San Jose, California, ousted long-time champion Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who still holds a world record of 69 franks eaten in 2013. Miki Sudo hung onto the women's title, downing 38 hotdogs in 10 minutes.

On the U.S. West Coast, which is battling wildfires, communities in Washington state and Oregon restricted or banned fireworks for fear of more blazes. Cupertino, California, and Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, also canceled firework shows.

In downtown Los Angeles, thousands of revelers poured into Grand Park to enjoy music and food before a fireworks show.

“I’m Mexican, so I’m thankful to be born here, and being able to celebrate your heritage but mix with the diversity of other cultures too,” said Erica Moussa.

A celebration in Austin, Texas featured country music legend Willie Nelson at an all-day picnic replete with music and drinking.

To cut through the bullshit everything was fine and it was an obvious – and ham-handed – opportunity for the fascist Obama regime to get people worked up and terrified and then to pat themselves on the back that they are the ones responsible for ‘keeping us safe’. Pretty sad state of affairs in The Homeland these days and for some reason that I just can’t seem to put my finger on I don’t imagine the Founding Fathers would be pleased for the hijacking of Independence Day by Leviathan.

Obama Regime Goes to Bush Playbook in Pushing Fear to Crush Civil Liberties

The ability to easily succumb to fear has become a huge flaw in the American character since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The government and it’s media propaganda arms have successfully and consistently sold the public on the fear of terrorism in order to expand state power, rake in mammoth profits off of the war on terror and gut the U.S. Constitution. It has worked perfectly as Americans have meekly surrendered their civil liberties and through their tax dollars paid for their own enslavement. NSA surveillance and data-mining, the rise of the militarized police state and the never-ending foreign adventures that are bankrupting the country have all been a result of the constant fear-mongering. Now, as 2015 dawns our glorious “leaders” are once again playing the fear card and are dealing it from the bottom of the deck.

It is no coincidence that foiled “terrorist” plots have been spiking, especially with the new Republican Congress having made noises of withholding funding from the gargantuan Department of Homeland  Security. The idea to partially defund DHS was always a non-starter when John Boehner and Mitch McConnell punted on seriously challenging Obama’s amnesty decree and put their seal of approval on the pork-stuffed “Cromnibus”. To anyone who has been paying attention for the last decade it was obvious that the specter of terrorism would be invoked to spare DHS cuts. Now that they have been accused of leaving the country exposed to danger Boehner has backed down only two weeks into the new year.  The Hill reported that the Weasel Queen, Nancy Pelosi in defense of Obama’s amnesty launched the first fusillade in a statement:

"It is clear Republicans’ partisan recklessness knows no limits," Pelosi said in a statement. "House Republicans are threatening a partial government shutdown, choosing a time of rising terrorism to imperil the security of our entire country to satisfy the most radical anti-immigrant fringes of their party."

Shortly thereafter it was reported that an Ohio man had been arrested for allegedly plotting to poison Boehner while he was drinking at one of his favorite watering holes. Then another Ohio related “terror” plot was busted up by the feds arresting a man who was had purchased semi-automatic guns and ammo for an alleged attack on the Capitol. As reported by The Guardian in a story entitled “FBI arrests Ohio man who allegedly plotted attack on US Capitol”:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a 20-year-old Ohio man on charges that he plotted to mount a bomb and gun attack on the US Capitol, and claimed to sympathize with the Islamic State (Isis).

Agents apprehended Christopher Cornell of Green Township, Ohio, on Wednesday after he purchased two ArmaLite M-15 semi-automatic rifles and about 600 rounds of ammunition, according to a criminal complaint released by the bureau.

Cornell, also known as Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, had confided his alleged plan to “kill employees and officers working in and around the US Capitol” to a confidential FBI informant, who told agents about Cornell in exchange for leniency for his “exposure” on an unspecified but unrelated offense.

Unlike several recent terror-related cases that have attracted the scrutiny of civil libertarians, undercover FBI agents neither suggested the plot to Cornell nor facilitated his acquisition of weapons, according to the complaint. In conversations throughout the fall of 2014 in Cincinnati, Cornell told the anonymous informant he “considered the members of Congress as enemies” and proposed the two perform reconnaissance around the Capitol in preparation for the subsequent attack.

How convenient that this happens right as Obama and his allies in government and private industry that stand to benefit are on the verge of introducing a new cybersecurity bill that will further put law-abiding Americans under the big red, white and blue jackboot of Uncle Scam. It is also notable that Cornell - the accused terrorist “considered the members of Congress as enemies” - a sentiment that is likely shared by many Americans, especially after they voted for change in November and were immediately shanked in the back by treacherous swine like Boehner. Hell, as far as I am concerned - and this is my personal opinion - the majority of  lawmakers have long viewed the American public as their enemies. This is evident given the ongoing failure to exercise any legitimate oversight upon NSA domestic surveillance programs, the preferential treatment given to big moneyed donors, the failure to reign in the six years running backstopping of too big to fail Wall Street banks and a sneering contempt towards the little people.

The Boehner poisoning plot and now the foiled attack on the Capitol will be exploited to target government critics as potential "terrorists" or "extremists" in the coming evolution of the phony war on terror to bring it home and turn it against Americans. Obama will spend a good chunk of his State of the Union Address next week selling the new laws - which the people don't have a say in - and then move on to his "war on extremists" of which the definition is so vague that it could potentially include anyone critical of the government. It is ridiculous to believe that one man would be able to circumvent the security at the U.S. Capitol with a cache of weaponry and explosives and pull off such an attack but it will be hyped as such to a terrified and gullible public by the professional liars on television. Cornell might as well be Marinus van der Lubbe in this latest cynical effort to crush civil liberties. 

Herman Goering perhaps put it best when he famously remarked:

”...the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

It certainly is working like a charm in Obamastan.