Federal Agent Demands Food Storage List from LDS

[problemchild]

So to recap the recap......<snip> bla bla bla..........

You really should read the Federalists Papers. I feel most Americans have no clue how the founding fathers felt about big government.

Let me quote Madison for you.

"A healthy skepticism of government institutions, particularly when they make policies injurious to civil liberties, procedural justice, and the public good. Not only competing institutions but also popular distrust restrains the authoritarian tendencies of government officials. To exercise this restraint, the public needs accurate information about government operations gained from the mass media, political parties, voluntary associations, and social networks".

So, to recap, Problem Child posts a message with links to "NaturalNews" then claims a vast government conspiracy to collect information on people, particularly those who prepare for disasters.

Being curious, I click on the link, where the source HE posted claims that the people asking these questions are local government officials known to be "the good guys".

All I hear are wild claims with little connection to reality. People who see conspiracies all around them will always find "evidence" to suit their beliefs.

If folks who believe this sort of thing are searching for someone to free them from their paranoia, I got nothing......

[JCavSD]

So what I think it comes down to here is that many of us have different standards for evaluating claims, people, and ideas. Some people apply skepticism fairly evenly, others tend to weigh their skepticism a little lighter in some areas and a little heavier in others. I know smart people who have released their critical thinking skills almost completely in a few specific areas...whether for the sake of feeding their confirmation bias or just because denial is more comfortable. And to summarize all that, people are weird (myself included).

[softscrubb]

I don't want to stoke the fire.. but this has been one of the more comically enjoyable threads I have read here. Guys.. settle down. The government isn't going to be going door to door for your guns.. door to door for your food....

[problemchild]

I don't want to stoke the fire.. but this has been one of the more comically enjoyable threads I have read here. Guys.. settle down. The government isn't going to be going door to door for your guns.. door to door for your food....

I must have missed that part? Here is what I read......

LDS cannery was asked about customer list by some sort of government employee.

The incident was reported to O.K. and the story was confirmed face-to-face by Tennessee Chapter President Sgt. Rand Cardwell, a USMC veteran (Desert Storm) with a solid reputation.

A few days later the manager of the LDS cannery recanted his story.

The revoked story was posted and people started claiming BS to the original story.

CDC (Federal agency) is funding and requiring TN state employees to go DOOR TO DOOR in 30 residential neighborhoods asking personal questions one of which is how much food do you have on hand.

So we know that during the same time frame and in the same state as the door to door CDC food checks we had or possibly had one or more employees of the federal government or state government stop by the LDS cannery.

Those are the facts and the cliffnotes of this thread.

So with that said I think we have beat the horse dead. Signing off..... Form your own opinion!

[3GunFunShooter]

Do you really trust the government? I don't. I use to. Thanks for posting this PC!

[Cali-Shooter]

Is there any other news source for this other than Oathkeepers? I'm seeing a pattern for sensationalist articles from them, and it's unreputable and dubious in being truthful.

[JCavSD]

I don't want to stoke the fire.. but this has been one of the more comically enjoyable threads I have read here. Guys.. settle down. The government isn't going to be going door to door for your guns.. door to door for your food....

Agreed, pretty amusing. Goes to show how different our brains are wired.

[POLICESTATE]

Is there any other news source for this other than Oathkeepers? I'm seeing a pattern for sensationalist articles from them, and it's unreputable and dubious in being truthful.

I must agree that I would want more sources for something like this. However I would be remiss if I didn't point out that the articles coming out of the MSM are hardly less sensationalist themselves so at this point does it really make much difference?