Soldiers allegedly plotted to kill Obama, oust government (credibility Zero)

The Hill ^ | 08/27/12 04:08 PM ET | Jeremy Herb

[Texas Fossil]

Army soldiers formed a militia group in Georgia that plotted to overthrow the U.S. government — and they killed a fellow soldier and his girlfriend to keep the plot secret, prosecutors alleged Monday, according to the Associated Press.

Prosecutors in the Long County, Ga., case say that the militia group planned to overtake the nearby Fort Stewart, to bomb a dam in Washington state and poison the state’s apple crop and ultimately overthrow the government and assassinate the president, according to reports.

[The Duke]

Wasn't this a "Far Side" cartoon???

"Ok Gladys, I'll take the guards and you jump he fence..."

[piasa]

Sounds like an idiotic leftist plot concocted by stoners.

Leftists attacked the apple industry once before- some group hired Fenton Communications to trash the Washington state apple industry with a scare over the use of a chemical- the Great Alar Scare.

On the other hand, apples are already "poisonous" since the seeds naturally contain a tiny amount of arsenic. You'd have to eat and chew up a lot of seeds for that to be a problem, though.

[piasa]

pardon me...tiny amounts of cyanide.

[markomalley]

Why create a martyr?

[DTogo]

Colonel von Stauffenberg is smacking his forehead saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?!”

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

This spells big trouble for this nation. If these men actually plotted this, then others are also planning to do the same. We now have a polarized nation where one large contingent of people can not get along with, stand or tolerate the other group (both ways). Combined with a vacuum of values and Godless living, the end result is going to be catastrophic.

The government is apparently aware of this. I asked a Federal government agency worker on the phone if he knew how upset people were and he answered, yes, they did know. This explains why the ammo is being purchased.

All hell is about to break loose in this country if the liberal, leftist element is not brought under control quickly. They are going to lead us to the destruction of this nation from sheer stupidity.

[Mad Dawgg]

Can you say “Reichstag Fire”...? I know you can...

[redgolum]

I have seen many on this site hoping for such a thing.

So it doesn’t surprise me that some soldiers thought it would be a good idea.

Be very, very, careful in what you say behind the keyboard. You never know who is watching.

[Justa]

Said informant is working a plea for double manslaughter. Without solid corroboration his words are meaningless -in a proper judicial system.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, I know. I have been dynamically filtered on the web several times that I know of.

Whether the source is Obots or some unknown alphabet soup agency, I have no way of knowing.

But this goes way back. My father-in-law, because of the work he did, assured me that the FBI knew all about my family. I have no reason to doubt that.

[Texas Fossil]

Very probable

[Lazamataz]

What does poisoning a Washington State apple crop, and overthrowing the Government have in common? I have no frekin idear.

Simple.

The poison they would use would force your face to smile in a weird grimace. This would expose your teeth to the air, depriving them of the protective effects of salive. Gingivitus would result, causing people's teeth to be in jeopardy.

In the meantime, these gentlemen would have bought up all the toothbrushes in all the stores, and kidnap every dentist in America.

So, when people needed to brush their teeth or get dental work, THESE MEN WOULD HAVE THE MARKET CORNERED.

They would demand you renounce allegience to America, and join their new state of Mepps.

Insidious.

[Lazamataz]

Seriously. I can tell you are an awesome and beautiful heart.

[kiryandil]

The prosecutors sound like Tommy Flanagan and his cousins...

[kiryandil]

One guy has already accepted a plea to cooperate in return for having his sentence reduced to a double count of manslaughter.

Federal prosecutors have a way of making every victim take the plea bargain, except for Roger Clemens.

It's called "a blank checkbook for prosecution". Roger Clemens was able to outspend the govthugs.

[null and void]

Sorry.

[generally]

Even a bunch of high school kids could come up with a more credible pan than this. I agree with you, there is either much more or much less. This is laughable.

On top of all the other flaws in this “plan,” how about the idea of timing? Why would any group suffer through nearly 4 years of Zippy in the WH and suddenly decide to off him right before he gets voted out? (making him a martyr and a hero) Does this make even the slightest bit of sense to anyone?

If there is the remotest truth to any of this story, they’d have to be acquitted on the insanity defense, based on timing alone.

[procrustes]

http://www.businessinsider.com/anarchist-leader-in-assassination-plot-was-republican-page-in-2008-convention-2012-8#ixzz24qWUAaiO

[a fool in paradise]

The gnomes lack of a business plan is used as a foil to the other main theme of the episode, a focus on large corporations. While the character Tweek’s parents are busy trying to figure out how their small coffee shop will compete with the giant Harbuck’s corporation (Starbucks Parody) the Gnomes illustrate a satire on crazy, unfounded money-making schemes.

Almost as soon as the episodes had aired, journalists were already using the South Park reference to describe the shortcomings of companies that failed in the big dot com collapse. In short, those who failed to develop a coherent strategy for collecting profit were behaving like Underpants Gnomes.

[a fool in paradise]

What does poisoning a Washington State apple crop, and overthrowing the Government have in common? I have no frekin idear.

You HAD to be there at the time it was dreamed up...

WASHINGTON, man!!!