Clowns Sabotage Nuke Missile
On Tuesday morning, a retired Catholic priest and two veterans put on clown suits, busted into a nuclear missile launch facility, and began beating the silo cover with hammers, in an attempt to take the Minuteman III missile off-line. Seriously.
The trio -- members of the Luck, Wisconsin group Nukewatch -- said the break-in was part of "a call for national repentance" for the Hiroshima and Nagaski A-bombings in 1945.
The activists used bolt-cutters to get into the E-9 Minuteman III facility, located just northwest of the White Shield, North Dakota. "Using a sledgehammer and household hammers, they disabled the lock on the personnel entry hatch that provides access to the warhead and they hammered on the silo lid that covers the 300 kiloton nuclear warhead," the group said in a statement. "The activists painted 'It's a sin to build a nuclear weapon' on the face of the 110-ton hardened silo cover and the peace activists poured their blood on the missile lid."
This was all done while wearing face paint, dunce caps, misfitting overalls, and bright yellow wigs.
We dress as clowns to show that humor and laughter are key elements in the struggle to transform the structures of destruction and death. Saint Paul said that we are “fools for God's sake,” and we say that we are “fools for God and humanity.” Clowns as court jesters were sometimes the only ones able to survive after speaking truth to authorities in power.
Guards responded within minutes. And when they arrived, the protesters "ate a lot of gravel," I'm told.
"The individuals were taken from the area and brought to the McLean County Jail," the AP notes. "The three are being charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief, both Class A misdemeanors, and bond was set at $500 each.... The FBI is involved in the case and federal charges are pending."
"And to all out there with some sort of knowledge of history and an adequate IQ would know that the nukeing of japan saved lifes on both sides. The Firebombings of Japan killed more!! That would have continued if we didnt nuke them, then add an invasion, plus the fact that everyone on the Island of Japan was going to fight results in alot more deaths to all."
World War Two was a horrible nightmare, I can remember it firsthand. Many of the comments here are as ignorant and as full of Jingoisim as those they used to make back then. Even our president says things like "bring it on".
Folks, you need to smarten up, or you will suffer another actual war. This low level stuff right now is not war. A real war, like WW2 ended up with the allies doing things toward the end of the war that were just as immoral and plain evil as what the axis were doing at the start. When its all over and done, nobody wins. Trotting out glib statements like "war is hell" doesnt even begin to encompass an understanding of just how awful it is.
Oh and the first guys to start bombing cities were the Brits, not the Krauts. So lets not think the allies were pure as driven snow. The Japs attacked us because we blockaded them, which was an act of war.
Some Idiot here says "one marine is worth 500K japanese civilians". Reminds me of the way our enemies use to talk. Its the language of ethnic cleansing. Disgusting and immoral.
Posted by: Frank Graham at July 21, 2008 05:16 AM