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The Hutaree militia and the rising risk of far-right violence
Washington Post ^ | March 30, 2010 | Eugene Robinson

Posted on 03/30/2010 4:28:14 AM PDT by ejdrapes

The Hutaree militia and the rising risk of far-right violence

By Eugene Robinson
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

....By contrast, there has been explosive growth among far-right, militia-type groups that identify themselves as white supremacists, "constitutionalists," tax protesters and religious soldiers determined to kill people to uphold "Christian" values. Most of the groups that posed a real danger, as the Hutaree allegedly did, have been infiltrated and dismantled by authorities before they could do any damage. But we should never forget that the worst act of domestic terrorism ever committed in this country was authored by a member of the government-hating right wing: Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.

It is dishonest for right-wing commentators to insist on an equivalence that does not exist. The danger of political violence in this country comes overwhelmingly from one direction -- the right, not the left. The vitriolic, anti-government hate speech that is spewed on talk radio every day -- and, quite regularly, at Tea Party rallies -- is calibrated not to inform but to incite....

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To: ejdrapes

Eugene Robinson picking up the talking point like the good little Droid he is.


21 posted on 03/30/2010 4:42:19 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: ejdrapes
Think Obama, Inc. if laying the groundwork to justify need for 'his' civilian army and probably is hoping to ban 'Tea Partiers' from gathering at some point. (Too much risk of violence etc. et al. . .)

As to vote; it has been offered that Obama does not care if GOP wins in Nov as this may favor Dem Party as being more appealing as a 'balance'. If true, they must figure they can take these Repubs out; or control them; per their Chicago Way. . .

Of course, cannot doubt they have 'worst case scenario' at the ready as well. "Election Cancelled Until Further Notice"

22 posted on 03/30/2010 4:42:28 AM PDT by cricket (We cannot allow t he 'man who would be king' to be one!)
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To: tgusa
He and Frank Rich must be best friends.
23 posted on 03/30/2010 4:43:32 AM PDT by ejdrapes (I like leaders that don't need teleprompters or notes written on their hand....)
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To: ejdrapes
Headline?

Christian militia busted, FBI raids across four states
What About Islamist Camp Near Hancock, New York?
"Well.. uh.. I mean," says DOJ spokesman. "There's no proof they intend to use those automatic weapons."

24 posted on 03/30/2010 4:44:06 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: All

OFF THREAD TOPIC - The Left Wing:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ecoterrorism/index?tab=articles

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ecoterrorists/index?tab=articles


25 posted on 03/30/2010 4:44:34 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: ejdrapes
INCITE!
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Obama has given more of America insight into the Left.


26 posted on 03/30/2010 4:45:03 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (IN A SMALL TENT WE JUST STAND CLOSER! * IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: ejdrapes
I know this is going to sound maybe a bit far fetched to some. And maybe worse to others. But, this is what the nazis started to do with the Jewish people, years before they started to round them up and murder them. This is what anyone does who is afraid of someone, wants them to shut up or wants to use them as scapegoats. Demonize first, blow things way out of proportion, to such an extreme it's not the truth but a lie. I saw Al Sharpton do this yesterday on O'Reilly. There is an element of racism in the tea party he said. You don't see any black faces in the crowds. Which is a lie, true there aren't many though, but, that doesn't make it racist. Any more than it makes it racist to go to a Barry Manilow concert and not see many black faces. O'Reilly was very reasonable about it, saying there is always some in all these kinds of movements that are loons, this shouldn't define the whole movement.

But, who would know that if they aren't paying attention? All these voices screeching, racist and look what they do to Sarah Palin? It's getting disgusting, it's so dishonest.

27 posted on 03/30/2010 4:47:31 AM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: caver

No kidding!!! Maybe those people they arrested in the Michigan Militia were doing something illegal. But, I’ve also seen this type of thing happen before, we all have. Where the FBI and other law enforcement over react. I’m not saying that’s what happen in Michigan the other day. I’m just saying we haven’t heard the other side yet.


28 posted on 03/30/2010 4:49:53 AM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: All
stepping back in time...


WorldNetDaily.com: "PENTAGON PULLS DESCRIPTION OF PROTESTERS AS 'TERRORISTS' but term apparently used by law enforcement 'regularly'" by Bob Unruh (June 19, 2009)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.S. MILITARY TEACHES 'PROTESTERS' ARE 'LOW-LEVEL TERRORISTS' Become 'dangerous citizen' by 'repeating the very phrases Founding Father used'" by Bob Unruh (June 17, 2009)


WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "GOP PROBES 'EXTREMISM' REPORT'S ORIGINS" by Audrey Hudson (May 7, 2009)

HOT AIR.com: "NEW DHS FOLLY: THE DOMESTIC TERRORISM LEXICON" by Ed Morrissey (May 1, 2009)

Link (pdf)

Link (pdf)

Link

Transcripts.CNN.com: "STATE OF THE UNION WITH JOHN KING Interview with Janet Napolitano; Interview with Senators Klobuchar, Ensign" (Aired April 19, 2009, 09:00 ET)

THOMAS MORE.org: "Napolitano is Lying to Americans About Her Department's Rightwing Extremism Report; TMLC Files Suit" (April 17, 2009)

Link (pdf)

DHS.gov - News Release: "STATEMENT BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY JANET NAPOLITANO ON THE THREAT OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM" (Release Date: April 15, 2009)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "LEGION OBJECTS TO VETS AS TERROR RISK" by Audrey Hudson and Eli Lake (SNIPPET: "The American Legion on Tuesday criticized a new Homeland Security report as unfairly stereotyping veterans by suggesting that some soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be recruited by right-wing extremists to participate in violent actions. "I think it is important for all of us to remember that Americans are not the enemy. The terrorists are," David K. Rehbein, national commander of the veterans organization, said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about a security assessment titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence and Recruitment."") (April 15, 2009)
CWFA.org - CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: "CHARGE! Let the Fight Against 'Right Wing Extremists' Begin" by Mario Diaz, Esq. (SNIPPET: "But give him credit; President Obama has been clear since the beginning: The problem is that you people keep "clinging to your guns and religion." Why won't you embrace change?") (April 14, 2009)
Video - Link

AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "DHS, 'RIGHTWING EXTREMISM' AND INFORMATION WARFARE" by Lance Fairchok (April 15, 2009)

POWERLINE BLOG: "WATCH OUT FOR THOSE CRAZY RIGHT WINGERS!" Posted by John (April 14, 2009, 12:38 pm)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "CONFIRMED: The Obama DHS Hit Job On Conservatives Is Real" by Michelle Malkin (April 14, 2009)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "FEDERAL AGENCY WARNS OF RADICALS ON RIGHT 9-page report sent to police" by Audrey Hudson and Eli Lake (SNIPPET: ""It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration," the warning says." SNIPPET: "Congressional debates about immigration and gun control also make extremist groups suspicious and give them a rallying cry, the report says.") (April 14, 2009)
WorldNetDaily.com: Washington - "HOMELAND SECURITY ON GUARD FOR 'RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS'" (April 12, 2009)

Document - Link (pdf) (April 7, 2009)

Link (pdf)

USFA.DHS.gov - Infogram 10-09 - Snippet: "Hate Groups: A Growing Threat?" (March 12, 2009) (pdf)

Link (March 12, 2009)

Link

Link

29 posted on 03/30/2010 4:52:34 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: MsLady

The only difference between Al Sharpton and a sack of crap is the sack.


30 posted on 03/30/2010 4:55:19 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("And when the Antichrist comes, millions will love him." Remind you of anyone?)
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To: MsLady
A good lawyer will likely have the accused out and the charges dropped or reduced in short order. One of the news shows had the US Attorney in charge of the case on. She had nothing solid just “We think..” “We believe..” etc. Lame case.
31 posted on 03/30/2010 4:55:29 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: ejdrapes
The truth of the charges don't matter in the least bit to professional agitators like Gene. The goal is to repeat the meme many, many times, all over the place so that it starts to implant into the average drone's mind. This is why they have no interest in debate or rebuttal. The goal is not truth, the goal is brainwashing.

Also, notice how the same folks who never want to jump to any conclusions when a Muslim commits an act of terroristic mass murder all of the sudden have tried and convicted us in the court of public opinion?

32 posted on 03/30/2010 4:58:48 AM PDT by thecabal (Destroy Progressivism)
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To: ejdrapes

Eugene Robinson expectorated on a group of white Boy Scouts.

He urinated on a bus full of Oriental tourists.

He shouted “Gooks” at a Vietnamese Christian Seminary class.


33 posted on 03/30/2010 4:59:44 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: eCSMaster

Eugene Robinson mooned the Pope.


34 posted on 03/30/2010 5:00:44 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: cricket
Think Obama, Inc. if laying the groundwork to justify need for 'his' civilian army and probably is hoping to ban 'Tea Partiers' from gathering at some point. (Too much risk of violence etc. et al. . .)

I believe you are correct. These are the first steps. The 'rats are going to take a pounding in the upcoming elections, worst defeats they've ever seen.

This will scare obama who already knows he cannot legally run again. If he tries to run again, too many States are going to ask for absolute irrefutable proof of his eligibility, which he either can't produce, or at the very least doesn't want to produce. (since he has been spending millions hiding it)

Once there is a GOP controlled Congress and a GOP President, obama and his cohorts in crime know they are very likely to be investigated for their illegal and un-Constitutional actions. I believe obama is at least considering, if not planning to try, to halt the 2012 election process very early on with bogus claims of right-wing violence making them too dangerous. It would of course become a self-fulfilling prophecy, as such an action would no-doubt cause the Constitution defending right to rise up.

35 posted on 03/30/2010 5:00:55 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

This type of thing ruins reputations. It could have been there goal. To ruin the name and put a smear on the Militia. Michigan Militia has been around for decades. Never hear anything from them. That’s why I was very suspicious when I heard this was going on. Especially when we all know who Holder is and what he’s done in the past. At the very least he has seriously poor judgement and at the most.....fill in the blank.


36 posted on 03/30/2010 5:01:03 AM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: All

stepping back in time...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334860/posts

“DOMESTIC TERRORISM In the Post 9/11 Era”
FBI.gov ^ | 09/07/09 | na
Posted on September 8, 2009 2:03:33 PM PDT by Cindy


37 posted on 03/30/2010 5:01:24 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: G Larry

The arrests dealt “a severe blow to a dangerous organization that today stands accused of conspiring to levy war against the United States,” Attorney General Eric Holder said.

If there is any organization conspiring against our form of government it is this administration.


38 posted on 03/30/2010 5:03:28 AM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: ejdrapes

The US Constitution is a CONTRACT between the people and the federal government. These leftists, our own government (!) is un-American. They are a blight, a cancer, an evil big government ideology that literally killed tens of millions in the 20th Century. Have we forgotten why we fought the Cold War, the destruction wrought by Mao, Stalin, and Hitler—statists all?

This nation was founded on individualism. Monarchies, dictatorships, and oligarchies are common to this world. America was built to be something different, and we have benefited greatly from it.

The leftists have NO right to vote our freedoms away, not like this. In this country, even a majority does not have the right to oppress a political minority. I see no constitutional amendments giving them the authority to redistribute wealth. Do you?

If the left truly believed in democracy, they’d try to amend the constitution to make health care a right. Ah, they won’t do that, because they’d lose. That makes them law breakers—no better than criminals, and criminals deserve no respect.

This November, we either defeat these evil statists, this failed ideology that has ruined so many countries before ours, or we will lose what many generations of Americans built. Leftists want to talk about doing things for the children? I say we must save this country FOR the children.


39 posted on 03/30/2010 5:05:03 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Governor Palin backs RINO extraordinaire Juan McPain (and that just sucks!))
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To: ThunderSleeps

That is one way to keep him off the ballot — demand that representatives in each state introduce and work to enact legislation that would require all candidates for President to produce an official birth certificate.


40 posted on 03/30/2010 5:05:39 AM PDT by Mr. Wright
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