Posted on 04/23/2010 10:41:22 AM PDT by kristinn
It looks like Bill Clinton may finally have proof for his charge that the Tea Party movement has attracted domestic terrorists. Unfortunately the terrorist is a pal of President Barack Obama and is solidly on the liberal side of the political spectrum.
William Ayers, former Weather Underground terrorist and reputed ghost author for his Hyde Park, Chicago neighbor Barack Obama, spoke to a reporter from ABC affiliate KSFN last night in Fresno, California about how he "didn't quite know why the Tea Party folks are mad at him":
"I actually think that there are many things we would agree upon. Including skepticism of the government--which I'm very skeptical of. I think I'm more skeptical of corporate America than they are but never the less, yeah, I think that we probably share more than they imagine."
Speaking last week before the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, Clinton tied the Tea Party movement to domestic terrorism:
" This tea party movement can be a healthy thing if they are making us justify every dollar of taxes we raise and every dollar of money we’ve spent,” he said. “But when you get mad, sometimes you end up producing the exact opposite result of what you say you are for.”
“What we learned from Oklahoma City is not that we should gag each other or that we should hold less passion for the positions we hold, but that our words really do matter. There is this vast echo chamber, and the words fall on the serious and delirious alike. Have at it. Go fight. Do whatever you want. You don’t have to be nice. But be careful with what you say and do not advocate violence.”
CBS affiliate KGPE reported that Ayers said last night the Weather Underground never killed anyone:
"We were not terrorist organization and that is because we never threatened to kill people, we never killed people -- we did destroy property and answered for those things."
That is a lie.
Read the remarks by Weather Underground FBI informer Larry Grathwohl for the murderous history of the Weather Underground:
"...The question we want answered is why terrorists close to him politically have escaped justice for the 1970 bombing of the Park Police Station in San Francisco. We believe the Department of Justice should make available all the evidence in this case to local authorities and law enforcement officials.
"I was in the Weather Underground as an informant/infiltrator for the FBI. I have testified, spoken, and written about the involvement of Weather Underground terrorist leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn in that bombing. That bombing on February 16, 1970, took the life of Sergeant Brian V. McDonnell. There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"...One other historical fact that demands mention is the explosion of the Weatherman bomb factory in Greenwich Village in February of 1970. The bombs being built for use at an Army dance at the Ft. Dix Army Base on a Saturday night contained roofing nails for the shrapnel effect, and if the bombs hadn’t prematurely detonated, killing three Weathermen, the effect would have been devastating.
In January 2001 as part of his going out of business pardon spree at the end of his term, the disgraced President Clinton commuted the sentences of two Weather Underground terrorists, Linda Sue Evans and Susan Rosenberg.
From ABC News:
One former member of the Weather Underground, Linda Sue Evans, was in 1985 sentenced to five years in prison carrying a gun and for harboring a fugitive -- Marilyn Buck, who drove the getaway car during the Black Liberation Army's notorious Brink's armored car robbery in Nanuet, NY, where a Brink's guard and two police officers were killed. Evans was then tried for previous crimes. She got five years for conspiring to bomb the U.S. Capitol in 1983, since she had helped forge IDs for others involving in the bombing. She also was sentenced to 30 years on gun charges -- for using false identification to buy three rifles, a pistol, and ammo.
Evans served 16 years, but in January 2001 her sentence was commuted by then-President Bill Clinton.
Another former member, Susan Rosenberg was in 1984 caught in possession of 740 pounds of dynamite intended for use in terrorist attacks. She was sentenced to 58 years in prison. Rosenberg was also allegedly involved in the Brink's robbery.
In 2001, then-President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence, freeing her, in an action widely covered at the time as a pardon.
Better put some ice on that, Mr. President.
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You are the best potlatch!
Thank you devolve.
I’m good at something, lol.
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You developed a unique style
I just do what I do and don’t see it from the perspective of others.
Thank you.
I can’t answer your questions Princess, but I can suggest a book for you (and anyone else who wants to learn more). The copy I got I snagged at our local library sale. I really do think it’s an excellent book, and the research is unparalleled.
The book is called, “No More Wacos” by David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman
Here is a link to Dave Kopel’s website page for the book, which includes a wide variety of links to other sources (I would trust all are “safe” if linked on his site). He also mentions Carol’s book, “The Davidian Massacre”.
http://www.davekopel.com/Waco.htm
The difference between Dave and Paul’s book vs. nearly every other book out there is that they do discuss what Koresh and the men in the compound were accused of doing instead of looking at it from a purely anti-government angle (like many/most other books do). It also goes on to show (in David and Paul’s opinion) how our out of control Federal Law Enforcement Agencies can be *fixed* in order to prevent things like Waco and Ruby Ridge from ever happening again...
DISCLAIMER: I have no stake in the book itself, or anything like that. I just thought it was very well-written and researched. I have met both Dave Kopel and Carol Moore personally, but I doubt they would remember /me/! LOL
Clinton’s pardons have done a lot of damage all the way around. Don’t tell me all of these criminals found honest employment once pardoned...except, of course, those that went directly into (or back into) politics, LOL!
http://www.justice.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm
Thanks Liberty. I would do some investigating but have a nasty ‘Google redirector’ virus right now. Can’t go near Google!
Interesting that you met Carol Moore.
I am a ‘Carol’ too, lol.
Priceless!!
No kidding-nice to know the history of the shot! It really is terrific. And worth more than a 1000 words on behalf of the Tea Parties everywhere.
Ha ha that is funny.
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