[stormer]

I expect administrations to use events to whatever political advantage they can - that isn't unique to the Obama administration or even Democrats in general - it's simply one of the ways politics is played.

[Candor7]

We are a nation of laws.Obama wants us to be a nation of political correctness dictated by whim and fiat by the president.

The militia people are innocent until proven guilty.

This was apolitical hit IMHO. These folks do not have resources to wage war on the USA. They could not even hire their own defense attorneys.A bunch of dirt farmers running around the woods, far less organized that the Muslims are in training camps in Islamberg New york, for example.

Christian militia....targeting cops? Just doesn't ad up.I could see them targeting muslims, which was the initial spin on the story in the Detroit News, now abandoned.

Every militia group in the USA is now on stand by. This was a test by the Obama administration of how legitimate US militias work nationally. I doubt they got much intel.The militias are created and guaranteed by the state constitutions and by the 2nd amendment, those charged in this case had a right to assemble and train without federal government interference.

I yet have not seen any evidence that would show they crossed any line. No explosives were found on the searches conducted.We have mixed hearsay evidence that the group threatened Muslims and then the story changed to say the group was planning to kill policemen.We also know that those charged are poor folk. White trash as far as the left is concerned.I guess it doesn't pay to be poor , trained, armed, white trash.They stand in the way of creating dependence on the state?They certainly are not a strategic threat to the nation.

Meanwhile thousands of Muslims operate dozens of paramilitary training bases throughout the country.

Ignored by DHS, Holder and the rest.And they have A LOT of money and resources behind the from the Oil Sheiks.Yet they are not raided, have never been raided.Curious eh?

[zzeeman]

it's simply one of the ways politics is played.

This is no longer a game that is being played. It may have been more true in the past, even then, only partially true. There has been a long running and sustained attack from within our country for decades. This attack has never been about legitimate disagreements about government policy, which are not only necessary but helpful in a healthy process. This attack has always been focused on destroying our country and destroying capitalism. Some people refuse to accept the fact that we are under a devastating attack from within that is gaining momentum at a very rapid pace now, and that is very unfortunate.

[roses of sharon]

Really? I don’t recall a Republican administration who sought to criminalize political dissent?