Practically a meme in the gunblogging community, I Has Arrived? or variations thereof are what you do when you see a visitor from the FedGov on your sitemeter. I actually got the same visitor as Zoomie discusses in this post. The routine for a gunblogger is usually the same; you post a picture capture of the sitemeter from when you got the visitor and then talk some shit Walter's is a fine example but you can find more with a 5 minute googling.
Pretty fucked up, though, when any government snooping has become a meme in your freedom loving, "don't bother me and I won't shoot your dick off" community, isn't it?
It would be nice if these were all subversives working within the system and merely wasting their employer's time by browsing Liberty Sphere blogs on the employer's dime-but somehow, I don't think so.
Combined with them detaining Rand Paul at the airport, all the dickery with TJIC, MVB's blog being hacked, and probably a shitload of things we don't know about, we are starting to see a pattern of harassment on those who would stare the Leviathan in the face and call it what it is. The problem is, when ridicule doesn't work, which way is the Leviathan going to jump?
Interesting times, eh comrades?
It's not a meme in the "gunblogging community", it's a meme in the "I don't understand the internets" community.
ReplyDeleteIf it's from a .gov or .mil add'y that shows up on your sitemeter, it's somebody reading you for fun. If it was part of some kind of investigation, it would show a blind or even spoofed IP add'y.
OldNFO? All his hits are going to come from .mil addresses. I have lots and lots of regular readers and commenters at DOJ, the Pentagon... I once had a hit from the Treasury Department's Asset Forfeiture division. It was a friend from TFL/THR, one of the old Purdue Mafia, doing contract programming work in Maryland.
Sigh. The Threepers like to beat their chests and say "WE ARE EVERYWHERE". Don't they believe their own hype?
You aren't wrong, Tam-perhaps it is a deep and abiding cynicism that runs through the community. Or maybe its reflective persecution complex, can't rule that out I guess.
DeleteNobody ever writes "Hello to the my freedom minded readers in the Department of Homeland Security" because to the cynic's mind that statement just sounds like madness.
My blog is anything but routine. I am offended. You take that back or I shall taunt you some more.
ReplyDelete"...and probably a shitload of things we don't know about, we are starting to see a pattern of harassment on those who would stare the Leviathan in the face and call it what it is."
ReplyDeleteProbably? Starting? C'mon. Loved your post Zoomie, but I didn't get the part about a warrant. Is that the "Rule of Law" thing? Those hundreds of millions slaughtered last century were all in accordance with Rule of Law. Those guys with the black hoods ARE the Rule of Law. Me, I'd save the scones for a civilized day.
"The problem is, when ridicule doesn't work, which way is the Leviathan going to jump?"
That's a joke, right? Logic ALWAYS holds.
Meh, I love it when the three letter alphabet agencies "visit" my blog. That way I know that they know what awaits them when they come to "visit" my home...
ReplyDeleteI saw your comment at Zoomies place RE: a PATCON in Indiana. I 2nd the motion.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its a bad notion. The place is the first obvious hurdle.
DeleteI'm not saying the Irish Lion is just the place for such skullduggery, but I could use a lamb burger. And it used to be a whorehouse, I mean that makes it pretty historic, right?
Anyway, ghost hookers. Peace I'm Out like a mothafuckin' brook trout.
You deserve this more than any blogger I can think of.
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