December 16, 2005
The First Earth Battalion Operations Manual
The earth battalion declares its primary allegiance to people and planet. You can become a part of that allegiance right where you are simply by allowing the exquisite human being inside to come out. When it's out... help others to come out and then work together cooperatively to stay our -- building the paradise that is possible when we cooperate with each other and our mother the earth. Riiiiiiight.
Came upon this while reading The Men Who Stare at Goats (review here). It'd be really funny, if it hadn't been taken so seriously by the US government. Related, shudder-inducing video here (35MB WMV).
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why does it have to be zany? /nerd
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I also read "The Men Who Stare at Goats" after watching the series by Jon Ronson. The rather shady Hawaian Ex special forces dude was quite convinced this was the way forward: to what? Yes, the use of Non Lethals is to be nodded to, but the message as always has been perverted by the military. The series documented a yello plastic thing that is designed to expoit "chakra points" and bring any grown man to his knees in pain. The operator presses it against neck and boom, insurgent goes down. What next - Zyklon B aromatherapy ?!!?
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BTW yellow plastic thing is standard issue in Iraq appently.
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A fascinating story, all around. I'd suggest, however, that I would have been more immediately intrigued if the FPP had provided a bit more information. As it was, I had no idea what I was looking at until I'd made it 15 minutes into the video. And I'm not normally inclined to click on 35 MB movies if I don't know why I'm doing it. I'm glad I did, however, as this is one of the coolest, craziest and, yes, zaniest things I've ever heard of.
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I hereby declare allegiance to whatever alien race wants to come down here and wipe everyone out (as long as they do a really good job of it). It's time to get down on those knees and really lick boot.