Police State Tactics in Tennessee?

As we all know from Hollywood, the only things in Tennessee are country music and bare foot hillbillies running moonshine.
Evidently there things which have brought the attention of federal authorities. A few years ago the feds invested $400,000 to raid a Cock fighting arena in East Tennessee, they utilized FBI SWAT teams, including posting snipers in the woods, a large number of state troopers, and two UH-1Y model helicopters. No, I did not mistake the nomenclature. UH-1Y. Reference www.army-technology.com for the info on this new version of the venerable UH-1H. The raid can be found in an article titled Cocke County Confidential at www.knoxnews.com, the photo of the two UH-1Y's are at the bottom of the article.
Last month the Dept of Homeland Security conducted a three state operation called Operation Sudden Impact. This can be found at www.colfaxrecord.com or www.commercialappeal.com The operation involved the coast guard boarding and searching boats on the river, homeland security raiding businesses for computers to track "acts of terror that had not happened yet", numerous traffic stops and road blocks.
So, why all the attention in Tennessee?
Numerous reasons: 1. I40, I24, I75, I81, I65 all pass through TN, a tactical strike in Memphis, Nashville, or Knoxville could shut down transportation for a huge section of the eastern U.S.
2. There a large number of railroad services and many miles of track in Tennessee, also crucial to American transportation.
3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. You know, the places and complexes used to build nuclear weapons.
4. The TVA systems of hydroelectric dams control flooding and provide power to the east.
And I could go on.
Also, the volunteer state is known for being the home of incredibly patriotic and stubborn Americans. These raids serve dual purposes, they allow the government to practice tactics and they intimidate and condition the population to respond obediently to authority, even when authority is wrong. As pointed out Tennessee is critical to the 'normal' life of the entire eastern U.S., so the government cannot allow any one to jeopardize its 'normalcy'.