bullybones

Fourteen years ago, a tragedy happened. Eighty-six people lost their lives in an event that never should have happened on American soil.

Waco, Texas - 1993. Mt. Carmel Center. The Branch Davidians.

I don’t care how you feel about David Koresh. I don’t care whether he was right or wrong. There were eighty-five other people who lost their lives - including four federal agents and seventeen children under the age of twelve.This is America. We have trials for the accused. We do not surround their homes with military personnel and equipment and open fire. We do not fill churches and schools with volatile gasses in the name of “protecting” the children inside. We do not ram CEVs - Combat Engineering Vehicles - through the walls of a building full of women and children.

Except… we did.

Remember back in ‘93, when the siege was on the news all day, every day, for fifty-one days? Remember how they told you, David Koresh is a madman, and the people inside with him are hostages? Of course you do. That is why you still believe the Davidians deserved what happened to them.

Except… think about it. If they were hostages, why did the authorities treat them like criminals? Why is it their fault for not coming out of the building, if they were really hostages?

Did you ever consider, that you were lied to? Because you were. Regardless of who was right and wrong in the entire situation - you were lied to about what was really taking place outside of Waco during that time.

You were told - for fifty-one days - that these people were hostages. And then… when they all died in a tragic fire that erupted and their home was destroyed - you were told that they were crazy cult members who committed suicide. Does that really add up? Can both statements really be true? Or is it possible that your government and media blatantly lied to you?

Every story has two sides. You’ve seen the governments’ side for fourteen years. Now you can see the other side, as told by the people who lived this horror, as recorded by the home video they made inside their home during the seige at the request of negotiators.

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Page… Channel… Startle… Hollywood… would all be getting their learners’ permits this year. Bobbie Lane… the twins… Maynah… would all be celebrating their “sweet sixteen” this year. Serenity… Crystal… Isaiah…. Dayland… would all be graduating high school this year.

But they never had a chance to grow up. They never had a chance to get their learners’ permits, or turn sweet sixteen, or graduate high school.

Because the government said their parents were bad. The government said they needed to be protected. And the government fired shots at their home… drove CEVs through the walls… filled the building with volatile gas. The government cut off their electricity, destroyed their water supply, and surrounded the building with razor wire. The government drove millitary vehicles around the property… blasted loud music and bright lights at the building… cut off their phone service… and subjected these children to sights and sounds no child should see for fifty-one days.

And the government told you, that this was done in the name of protecting the children. Children that Childrens’ Protective Services had visited a few months prior, and found to be completely healthy, happy, and safe.

And now, they are all dead.

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Get off the internet. Stop what you’re doing and hug someone you love. If you’re a parent, hug your kids. And when you go to church this week, get down on your knees and give thanks to God that you at least still have the freedom to do so in safety

I posted this before the original bullybones went down, it’s worth posting again I think.

1. Ask a clerk, “So how do I get your job?”
2. When asked why you want to work at said place, reply with, “Well, I looked at your business and said to myself, ‘How hard can it be?”
3. Show them a concealed weapon permit and give no less than four reasons why the store would be safer with you and your vigilante style justice there.
4. Bring lemonade in a small cup and after the interview say you took the liberty of preparing this for a drug test and hand it to the interviewer.
5. While waiting to talk with another manager see how many personal questions you can ask the interviewer before they get weirded out.
6. Stare blankly at anything that isn’t sexual. (Note: drakonskyr, you might want to skip this one or close your eyes.)
7. Either start doing aerobics during the interview or do them to the point of heavy, smelly sweat beforehand. Nothing beats the musky odor of sweat in a small room that already makes you nervous.
8. Start smoking.
9. Invite them to church.
10. Pause half way through the interview and ask if can you take your medication and do it in front of them. Do not reveal what said medication is for. Potential employers love nothing more than a mysterious employee.
11. Ask if they close on snow days or when their summer break is. (Note this works best if you are either really young or very old).
12. Dress better than the interviewer and make every opportunity to point it out to him in a roundabout way.
13. “Accidentally” replace your resume with an essay on how corporate capitalism is destroying america.
14. Bring a list of five immediate changes to the company you would make were you in charge. (This is actually a good one I got from a book, but still kind of risky in my opinion especially at interviewing stage. It is extremely risky when the words, “fire the GM” are included.)
15. Make all of your experience references into stories about some guy you know. (Example: I’ve never actually used a forklift, but I know a guy in my neighborhood who told me everything I need to know, so it’s all good.)
16. Bring a bluetooth earpiece and wear it but carry no phone. Every time you are bored, apologize, saying, “I’m sorry I have to take this.” And then start a fake conversation on the bluetooth about tonights dinner or something else boring to the interviewer.
17. Say you are in witness protection and that any paperwork on you needs to stay on the DL.
18. Pretend you are actually a secret identity for a superhero like spiderman. Ask about their ventilation system, ceiling windows, and how often DANGER STRIKES.
19. Act like you are obsessed with a celebrity. Bring back the conversation back to him or her like the worst game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
20. Act like you have a cold and have a large hanky and place it on various spots on the table as close to the interviewer, without allowing them to catch on.