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Homeland Security and the banality of evil
The Examiner ^ | 4/14/09 | Heather Hogue

Posted on 04/14/2009 12:48:36 PM PDT by Heather Hogue

The Department of Homeland Security issued a nine-page document to police and sheriff’s departments across the United States, warning law enforcement officials of an inflation of “rightwing extremist activity.”

If that doesn’t make you gasp, say good-bye to state’s rights and special interest groups...

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: democrats; dhs; donttreadonme; homelandsecurity; obama

1 posted on 04/14/2009 12:48:36 PM PDT by Heather Hogue
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To: Heather Hogue
There's a 10th page to the memo: Homeland Security Memo Revealed: How to Spot a ‘Right Wing Radical’
2 posted on 04/14/2009 12:54:43 PM PDT by WrightOnTarget
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To: Heather Hogue

At first I thought it was a joke.


3 posted on 04/14/2009 12:56:34 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: WrightOnTarget

is that a joke????


4 posted on 04/14/2009 12:57:38 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: WrightOnTarget

woah whoah that has got to be a fraking joke. Some of that is fighting words


5 posted on 04/14/2009 1:14:28 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: WrightOnTarget

Checked my early copy before it really started hitting the news. That page doesn’t exist.


6 posted on 04/14/2009 1:16:22 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: Heather Hogue
People on the right and far right, including people on this web site, have for months been talking about getting guns and preparing to rise against a government they see as illegitimate. Some have even been calling for violent overthrow of the administration. There have been several wackos who have opened fire on police and churchgoers because they were afraid of the rise of liberalism and a police state.

This memo is unnerving to me, too, but given recent developments, I'm not surprised that the government is paying attention to the super-far-to-the-right fringe (white supremacists, mostly, as the memo says).

Does that mean I'm not bothered by this? Of course not -- but I can't say I didn't see it coming that the government would be aware of the potential risk here. Hell, Glenn Beck has been talking publicly about it for months. This boils down to an acknowledgment of something we already knew from a group we don't particularly like (to put it mildly for many).

7 posted on 04/14/2009 1:17:29 PM PDT by Devils Avocado
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To: apocalypto

It is not a joke. And Texas DPS (state troopers) has told DHS to go to Hell.


8 posted on 04/14/2009 1:19:13 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Leftism is a mental disorder.)
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To: Heather Hogue; Kartographer

If we complain does this mean we’ll get on “their list”?


9 posted on 04/14/2009 1:21:42 PM PDT by diamond6 (Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
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To: diamond6

I DAMN WELL HOPE I MAKE THE LIST! If I do I would feel so DAMN proud I amost feel like I won the CMH!


10 posted on 04/14/2009 1:24:41 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Devils Avocado

There have been a lot more killings by illegal aliens. There should be great warnings against illegal aliens.


11 posted on 04/15/2009 3:25:34 AM PDT by apocalypto
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