I have a hard time believing that Thomas Sowell doesn’t know how to spell “Guantanamo,” but there it is.
We are being watched. But i don’t give a rats a$$!
Does the Obama government consider me an extremist? I hope so.
End of Sowell’s essay-—CW2 Ping
Reportedly, the FBI and the Defense Department are cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security in investigations of returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. That people who have put their lives on the line for this country are made the target of what is called the Vigilant Eagle program suggests that this administration might be more of a threat than the people they are investigating.
All this activity takes on a more sinister aspect against the background of one of the statements of Barack Obama during last year’s election campaign that got remarkably little attention in the media. He suggested the creation of a federal police force, comparable in size to the military.
Why such an organization? For what purpose?
Since there are state and local police forces all across the country, an FBI to investigate federal crimes and a Department of Justice to prosecute those who commit them, as well as a Defense Department with military forces, just what role would a federal police force play?
Maybe it was just one of those bright ideas that gets floated during an election campaign. Yet there was no grassroots demand for any such federal police nor any media clamor for it, so there was not even any political reason to suggest such a thing.
What would be different about a new federal police force, as compared to existing law enforcement and military forces? It would be a creation of the Obama administration, run by people appointed from top to bottom by that administration — and without the conflicting loyalties of those steeped in existing military traditions and law enforcement traditions.
In short, a federal police force could become President Obama’s personal domestic political army, his own storm troopers.
Perhaps there will never be such a federal police force. But the targeting of individuals and groups who believe in some of the fundamental values on which this country was founded, and people who have demonstrated their patriotism by volunteering for military service, suggests that this potential for political abuse is worth watching, as Obama tries to remake America to fit his vision.
All this activity takes on a more sinister aspect against the background of one of the statements of Barack Obama during last year's election campaign that got remarkably little attention in the media. He suggested the creation of a federal police force, comparable in size to the military.
Why such an organization? For what purpose?
Sowell ping.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.” “There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice when they experience the blackness of corroding despair.” “I have been greatly disappointed with the moderates.”
Goldwater
Two words. Woodrow Wilson.
If you disagreed with him loudly enough, you went to prison.
We have been here before.
I’m not hiding...I’ve got my Tea Party stickers, my Don’t Tread on Me stickers, and my FR stickers all on my jeep.
Come & get me!
“While the rest of us may be worried about violent Mexican drug gangs on our border, or about terrorists who are going to be released from Guantanimo, the Director of Homeland Security is worried about ‘right-wing extremists.’”
Yeah, this report would annoy me less if the foreign terrorists and the War on Terror itself had not been benignly redifined so recently. It reminds me of shortly after 9/11 when I heard naive libs say things like, “Muslims aren’t the only terrorists. What about the KKK, the IRA, and Tim McVeigh?”
It couldn’t have been more possible to be out of touch back then. As the years pass, it will get easier and easier to fall back into making no distinction between common criminals and the guys who bombed the World Trade Center in ‘93.
I have far more respect for people who disregard militia groups and foreing terrorists altogether. But to fear the former and soften on the later is lunacy.
I'd say it would be fun to see a little live teleprompter vandalism/ civil disobedience.
A jar of moths released nearby, or maybe a few wet tea bags on the lens would be hilarious!
I love what Rush said today about the DHS report including college professors who blow up government buildings like the Pentagon. Include them, too! All BO’s friends!
The Bad News: With help from organized crime group ACORN, America has elected a moslem usurper bent on dismantling the USA and replacing it with a Communist regime.
The Good News: They wear their communism on their sleeve, so it’s easy to spot. And they can’t come after everybody. As the moslems get emboldened, as the communists overreach, we must stand against them, get louder and grow our numbers.
The commies are pussies — they depend on the laziness of the electorate. The moslems are animals, easily spooked by loud noises and shiny objects.
Hussein’s gonna find himself staring at 50,000,000 “extremists.”
As he gets booted out of office, and returned to his old job (scooping ice cream at Baskin Robbins). Yes, look it up.
Barry Soetoro of Kenya used to scoop the frozen delicacy at that popular chain. Not that there’s anything wrong with scooping sweets, but that little commie thinks it qualifies him to dismantle this country? I think not, Barry.
God bless Thomas Sowell.
I have never doubted Thomas.
Well now I feel better. I'm opposed to pretty much everything the democrats do, so it's not like I'm one of those "single issue" right wing terrorists. :)
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I believe in God and Christ as His Son; I believe that the only way to God is through the Son; I believe in the Constitution and all of the Amendments, especially the 2nd Amendment; I support the right of the unborn and am against the use of abortion as a means of birth control; I believe that Capitalism has been proven to be the best form of economic function, and that socialism is nothing more than a means to control and enslave the “people”; I believe that morals and values mean something and that character counts - yeah, I guess I’m an extremist.
Tom, keep up the good work!
(signed) Many Proud Members of the Vast, RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY!