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madamesilverspurs

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1. Resident of Weld County, here.
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 04:18 PM
Aug 2014

First saw one of those vehicles a couple of years ago, driving down the street next to Safeway. I honestly had no idea that we had "need" of such a thing; but then, we also played host to a very nasty raid at our meatpacking plant, carried out, in part, by the sheriff and DA who are not known for their warm and fuzzy feelings toward anyone with a Hispanic surname. That sheriff and DA, by the way, are presently standing for higher office (John Cooke for state senate, Ken Buck for Congress). You are correct that, in Weld County, IOKIYAR holds sway. And Dudley Brown would have located his RMGO in Colorado Springs had he not found warm welcome for his NRAism in Weld County.

For as much as I despise the snide racism that very much pervades in Weld, it was a bit surprising to note that, according to that NYT map, San Juan County in NW New Mexico got six MRVs plus two other armored vehicles; not a huge population center by any calculation, kind of curious as to the reasons for that particular allocation.

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