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August 26, 2010

Guard helicopter buzzes White Lily farm leaving dead chickens, traumatized family

Anonymous CNHI The Commonwealth Journal Thu Aug 26, 2010, 08:22 AM EDT

Somerset — Dear Sir,

At 5:20 p.m., August 24, a very disturbing incident took place. I live on a small farm. It is in fact registered with the state. I am able to get subsidized fuel for farm equipment.

Currently, I admit that myself and significant other (who is U.S. Air Force veteran) have fallen on hard times. We are taking care of her daughter, son-in-law and, more importantly we have been raising Dianna’s 8-year-old granddaughter for the last year and a half—not and particularly easy task for two people who are almost 50. It is something we both do because it is the honorable thing.

I am disabled due to medical conditions. Neither my wife or I didn’t get any sleep last night. Maybe it is the beginning of post traumatic stress disorder .It is very common where we are located to here helicopter traffic. To the best of my knowledge it is Medivac flights.

Anyway on Wednesday 5.20 p.m., we hear a very heavy rotor wash of a chopper heading right for us. I hear this chopper going so low over my house it practically bounced it’s wheels on my roof. Shock! There is and unmarked , CIA-inspired, psy-ops operation unfolding right before my eyes. Yes, a big, black, very unmarked. Black Hawk helicopter.

This hot dog Black Hawk pilot was buzzing all over my front and back yard with total impunity (and safety). There are electrical power lines right over the top of my home and property. The wife opens the back door and this guy is sow low the rotor wash was causing my roof line to cavitate. I did spot a little crack in the ceiling.

Five years ago I took a deadly weapons course. I clearly remember certain Kentucky statutes that authorize the use of deadly force when protecting livestock and property. The wife immediately got on the bat phone to the sheriffs office. They said it wasn’t them and said to get a hold of the National Guard.

After this crazy unconstitutional act of domestic terrorism occurred the wife went out to check on the livestock. One quarter of my chickens were dead after the pilot hung over the chicken pens. My sheep freaked out and broke some of the fencing. At least she is alive.

Well, we call the Air National Guard out of the Somerset airport and ask them what is going on. They confirmed that it was they that indeed had just been out here. We asked what the heck is going on. They tell us that some one called in and they were looking for marijuana. Now I have to admit that this year for the first time in the 10 years that I have lived at this property that the yard work had been somewhat neglected. Now at the end of the summer, there our several spots on the property with natural plants (weeds) 10-12 foot high.

So I have some questions:

When does the system cross the line? Were my unalienable rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness violated?

I would say so.

Do I have any recourse as a law abiding citizen? Is the state of Kentucky, Pulaski County, City of Somerset guilty of domestic terrorism?

I would say yes.

At the very least they all have a certain amount of culpability in this crime Did the Sheriff’s Department forsake its charter and oath to the constitution by not protecting me from being violated at the federal and or state level?

The mayor as a civil servant-elected official has taken and oath to uphold the constitution. What the hell went wrong in this once great land? Where are the Bill of Rights!

It’s no wonder the State is going down the finical tubes by wasting the taxpayer’s money with these unmarked Black Hawks. I welcome anyone to come out here anytime to look my place over. But not like that.

I bet if I called and reported suspicious weeds at the mayor’s house or the chief of police’s house they wouldn’t get terrorized by a bunch of thugs in a helicopter. Posse commitatus must not hold true anymore. I do intend to forward this story to Alex Jones at infowars.com. I plan to get a hold of the ACLU to see if I have been discriminated against. I hope there will never be another silly stunt like this under the phony war on drugs excuse again.

Nixon’s policy for the last 40 years is a failure. Why not take that money and help people in this county instead of trying to intimidate them with Black Hawks at the people’s expense. I am the Government Militia, (we the people) not us the government. It is my duty as a patriotic American to protect this state from terrorism , be it DOMESTIC or FOREIGN!

Thanks.

Cory Jay Stoltenberg

White Lily, KY

p.s. Wow! Even as I rap this up, I hear the heavy rotor wash of a Black Hawk crossing our valley up the road to terrorize some other law-abiding citizen. Heaven help this country. The next headline in the paper might be way different. Lets just hope cooler heads like mine prevail and we avoid a civil war in this country.

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