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Edited on Mon Oct-18-10 01:58 PM by CurtEastPoint
Google Drop Zone Alaska and see the reviews:
Decent surplus store, but could be better The sign on the door said enough for me, and nearly wanted to make me leave right then and there. Flat out said if you were there to look around, you just needed to go the F... somewhere else because they weren't a museum. Anti-government signs abound in and out. Inside, it's dark and very tight and nothing seems to have prices on it. It's just thrown on a shelf somewhere. I was there looking for some equipment (im in the military) and had my two boys with me. I couldn't even get the young guy working that day to acknowledge me. I will say they had more stuff then some of the other surplus stores in town, but there is no need to be so anti consumer and government like that. It just makes me not want to shop there regardless of my views on the current government. I came to shop and spend money, not dig around in the dark being ignored and feel like I was at some anti-government rally.
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Response from the owner
Sorry you didnt like the sinage were all old infantry men in here so we tend to be a little blunt. As for the kid behind the counter we do hire military cadets every summer and should one of them screw up its nice to know. Were working on expanding our store so it doesnt feel as cramped and dark but weve only been in business for three years so were still trying to figure it all out. Thanks for the pointers well work on it
Then I found this and he gets all snarky and Anti Obama and anti government and of course, anti health care.
"I am the owner of the Dropzone your assumption that we are racist is way off the mark. We are a very political and racially diverse group of veterans that are doing our best to run a small business that does not sell guns. We support local artists and have donated thousands of dollars worth of equipment to some of the high schools in town for youth programs that’s how awful we are oh we do charity work to. We have a staff of 45 over 90% of those guys are newly medically discharged and we are the only ones giving them jobs and a safe place to work through the horrors of war. I am available at any time to debate the merits or lack there of, on any political or social issue you choose but a blanket statement of “Racist” is a cheep cop out. Pico Fascism is the marriage of private business interests with the government by definition so the federal government owning banks and car companies is very fascistic in nature and socialism is bad it breeds a welfare state where people believe that the state is responsible to provide for them instead of providing for themselves. I am disappointed that instead of asking questions you have chosen to make assumptions about weapons, and racism that are false."
October 18, 2010 6:46 AM
Anonymous said...
"*******Note from Ang*********
This is the second comment from Mr. Fulton. I admit that I was going to delete this. Brother Bruce convinced me to do other wise. So here it is, in full, unedited."
"You may choose to see it as racist, I think of it as an urban depiction of protest against a man whom seems to wear a mask of a constitutional scholar and then subverts the constitution. What Obama says and the actions he has taken lead me to believe that he is truly not as he appears. That is the statement that poster makes to me, although as with any art, interpretation is in the eye of the beholder. We put it up to stimulate debate and to have people question what is truly behind this man who is our president. As for socialism and the issue of single payer health care, when did it become my responsibility to not only provide for my family and my employees but to also provide for those whose life choices have lead them to a position where they can’t pay for themselves. I believe in charity don’t get me wrong but I also have a choice to give how much and to whom. We work hard for our money, at what point is it ok to take that money from me against my will and provide it to
someone else who chooses not to earn there own money. Health care is not a right it is a privilege we live in a country that is able to provide some of the best care in the world because of the system we have not in spite of it. The motivation for profit is the driving force in all of this, because without it those drugs and procedures would never have been created. The argument isn’t weather these things would be great or even the morals of them it is about weather the Federal Government has the authority under the constitution to enact them, are we a country that is going to fallow the rule of law, or one that will discard it anytime we think we can do something better. Look at what Bush did he discarded the constitution and did more to destroy our republic and the rights of its citizens in eight years he was in office than had been done in the 200 years prior. Now it seems that Obama’s “change” is just that a change to a socialistic/fascistic nanny state. I have no problem
bringing this to a public debate and if the country wills it amending the constitution to allow such actions by the federal government, the problem I have is doing this in-spite of the constitutional and not recognizing it for what it is an illegal power grab by the politicians in Washington. If you think the federal government is so good at running healthcare take a look at the Indian health system, the veteran’s health care or better yet the unfunded liabilities in Medicare they have failed miserably any time they have ventured into healthcare. Just my two cents come on by the shop sometime coffee and conversations are always free."
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