Posted on 10/24/2001 8:16:39 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:31:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Propane tank plot detailed: Pair hoped to incite an uprising, a militia ex-leader testifies.
A former militia leader told a Sacramento jury Tuesday that abusive U.S. government tactics convinced him and others of the ultimate necessity to launch a guerrilla war against the federal establishment, starting with the destruction of two huge propane tanks in Elk Grove.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Notice how these "freedom fighters" were aiming for marshal law and the suspension of the Constitution.
There is way he could be trying to get a get out of jail card....nah of course not!
They did it, they confessed, now shoot them.
They are wasting oxygen.
I think the main reason Islamic Extremist terrorism has been so much more effective than homegrown militia nutball terrorism is that 99.99% of the militia nutballs are so amazingly stupid, incompetent, and lazy compared to the Islamic extremists.
I bet there are hundreds of these plots that fizzle out because they procrastinate, get too busy putting their junked pickup truck on blocks or whatever, and never get around to whatever nefarious anti-government terrorism plot they were going to do.
That's MARTIAL law.
Yes, I know the writer got it wrong too.
As Mr. Limbaugh says, "Words mean things."
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martial:
1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war.
2. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior.
marshal:
1.
a. A military officer of the highest rank in some countries.
b. A field marshal.
2.
a. A U.S. federal officer of a judicial district who carries out court orders and discharges duties similar to those of a sheriff.
b. A city law enforcement officer in the United States who carries out court orders.
c. The head of a police or fire department in the United States.
3. A person in charge of a parade or ceremony.
4. A high official in a royal court, especially one aiding the sovereign in military affairs.
The Islamic terrorists don't understand it either. They went over the top on 911, and now they will pay.
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