disagree with you. organized crime tried to do him in. he is not being pursued by anyone for having violated anyone’s civil rights. his organization is asked to come into neighborhoods in order to supplement law enforcement and be a presence that helps prevent crime.
to suggest that obama’s “internal security force” had its beginnings in a “right wing” movement such as the guardian angels is ridiculous.
obama is being promoted by the left wing of the democrat party. if a left winger promtes an “internal security force” it would be gratuitous in that there already exist local police forces, the f.b.i, atf, not to mention state police forces.
in light of that, what would the use of an “internal security force” be in a representative republic with the tools already in place for security to exist?
I'm aware of Sliwa's facing down the Gotti machine, and agree he's a ballsy guy...I'm not going to deny that. I also think you're not understanding what I'm saying...and maybe I'm not communicating it clearly. I'm not saying Obama's security force "had its beginnings" in the guardian angels in that, if they should come into being, they were an "outgrowth" or extension of the angels. What I'm saying is that the formation and existence (and indeed the success) of the angels would make it far easier for Obama to implement such a uniformed monstrosity as he has suggested (although like you, I'm really not sure what its purpose or composition would look like in the end state.) Because of the Angels, it would be all to easy to package it as a community service or volunteer organization. It may be as different from the Angels as one can get, and run counter to all that Sliwa believes, but I would not be the least bit surprised if Obama's staff prepared some draft documents that used words such as "modeled or patterned after the Guardian Angels," or, "building upon the success of such volunteer organizations as the Guardian Angels," etc."
I will however, stand by my contention that a lot of the same folks who have volunteered for the Angels would be the same folks who would enlist in Obama's force.