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I just read this news article about how Army reserve soldiers in Hayden, Idaho, decided to do a training exercise by walking down the streets in full gear instead of their usual exercise due to the snow. Somebody snapped a photo, and now the Internet is abuzz with paranoid crackpots claiming the new administration is trying to acclimate us to soldiers in the streets and preparing for the “communist takeover.” Get these people some meds/Photo Editor Jake Barber, UI Argonaut. More Off The Cuff.
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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toadman on March 10 at 2:17 p.m.
He’s right. People are way too edgy lately. They’re seeing boogie men in everything.
CALM DOWN PEOPLE!! It’s all gonna be ok…
(note to self: maybe they should INCREASE the levels of anti-depressants and sedatives in the water supply..)
Charlie on March 10 at 2:23 p.m.
Cue the black helicopters!
Liz on March 10 at 2:53 p.m.
Oh geez. Moving here from Boston, this whole conspiracy theory thing was new to me. I remember getting wind of people who wouldn’t get their kids vaccinated (a whole ‘nother topic altogether..won’t even go there…) but their reasoning was not medical: they truly believed that the government was busy microchipping us via those shots. Wow…I think they have some good meds for people who are THAT paranoid…
Stickman on March 10 at 7:39 p.m.
Thanks Toad, I loved the comment.