The report’s most controversial passage states that militia “most commonly associate with third-party political groups” and support presidential candidates such as Ron Paul, former Constitutional Party candidate Chuck Baldwin and Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate last year.
Not everybody agrees. At a “Tea Party” to protest wasteful government spending Thursday in Flat Branch Park, several people displaying the Revolutionary War-replica “Don’t Tread On Me” flag were upset to learn the MIAC report lists the banner as a “militia symbol.”
I wonder if this report mentions actual domestic terrorism that has been carried out by leftist groups like Earth First and the ALF.
One caller to the local Columbia radio station remarked that most murderers and pedophiles who voted probably voted for either a Republican or Democrat. So, statistically speaking, a McCain or Obama bumper sticker is more meaningful than one this report identifies as radical.
(Speaking of statistics, anyone seen Driving While Black has an 80% probability of being an Obama voter, is that pertinent to the topic?)
I am going to write a nasty-gram to the head of the MO Hwy Patrol and suggest if they really wanted to break new ground, they could start collecting real data in the form of photos of the rear bumpers of all the perps from now on, and they could correlate that to whatever real crimes these real perps had done.
This would be a productive change from perpetuating culture stereotypes that sadly pervades some gung-ho people in “security”. Happily, it is a lot easier at the state level to persuade cooler heads to prevail. At the federal level, we get the thinking that lead to Ruby Ridge and Waco instead.
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Does government consider you a terrorist?
Report: Officials red flag people concerned about Fed, N. American Union
--Columbia Tribune, Missouri
Since I read WorldNetDaily and am a Freeper, I guess that puts me on the list too.
I'm sure this is not just a Missouri thing. Sounds more like and Obama thing, and am confident this is national.
BTTT!!!!
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Similar to a thread I pinged yesterday, but still worth looking at IMO.
***“I was going down the list and thinking, ‘Check, that’s me,’ ” he said. “I’m a Ron Paul supporter, check. I talk about the North American union, check. I’ve got the ‘America: Freedom to Fascism’ video loaned out to somebody right now. So that means I’m a domestic terrorist? Because I’ve got a video about the Federal Reserve?”***
B-b-but Obama got elected... everything’s changed, right? Everyone’s supposed to be happy now...
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They even say that overzealous displays of patriotism, love of Ronald Reagan, and EBR ownership makes one prone to membership of a militia. Also, membership in SOF or being proud of military service could also make you a member of an evil militia.
Is this where the people who warned you about letting the government have new “anti-terrorism” powers start saying “I TOLD YOU SO”?
Seems like suspicion of Alex Jones and others is being used by many who are in a state of denial that this is actually happening in America.
The joint letter by Ron Paul, Bob Barr, and Chuck Baldwin to Missouri Governor Nixon is public and available. And enough is out and on myriad reliable web sites to confirm the dangers of the “Fusion Centers” in the various states, and what they are labeling as “terrorist militia.”