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Worry over ‘right-wing extremists’
Topic Started: Apr 23 2009, 05:51 AM (362 Views)
brenda
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In Minnesooooota's media yesterday:

St. Paul Pioneer Press 04/22/2009, Page B008
Worry over ‘right-wing extremists’
Silly, probably — but potentially sinister

While the rest of us may be worried about violent Mexican drug gangs on our border or about terrorists who are going to be released from Guantanamo, the director of Homeland Security is worried about “rightwing extremists.”

Just who are these right-wing extremists?

According to an official document of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, right-wing extremists include “groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” It also includes those “rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority.”

If you fit into any of these categories, you may not have realized that you are considered a threat to national security. But apparently the Obama administration has its eye on you.

According to the same official document, the Homeland Security Department “has no specific information that domestic right-wi ng terrorists are currently planning acts of violence.” But somehow they just know that you rightwingers are itching to unleash terror somewhere, somehow.

So-called “honor killings” by Muslims in the United States, including a recent beheading of his wife by a leader of one of the American Muslim organizations, does not seem to arouse any concern by the Homeland Security Department.

When it comes to the thuggery of ACORN — its members harassing the homes of bankers and even the home of Sen. Phil Gramm when he opposed things that ACORN favored — Homeland Security apparently sees no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil. Maybe they are too busy worrying about right-wing “extremists” who don’t like abortions or illegal immigration, or who favor the division of power between the state and federal governments established by the Constitution.

In one sense, the Homeland Security Department paper is silly. In another sense, it can be sinister as a revealing and disturbing sign of the preoccupations and priorities of this administration — and their willingness to witch hunt and demonize those who dare to disagree with them.

Reportedly, the FBI and the Defense Department are cooperating with Homeland Security in investigations of returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. That people who have put their lives on the line for this country are made the target of what is called the Vigilant Eagle program suggests that this administration might be more of a threat than the people they are investigating.

All this activity takes on a more sinister aspect against the background of one of the statements of Barack Obama during last year’s election campaign that got remarkably little attention in the media. He suggested the creation of a federal police force, comparable in size to the military.

Why such an organization? For what purpose?

Since there are state and local police forces all across the country, an FBI to investigate federal crimes and a Justice Department to prosecute those who commit them, as well as a Defense Department with military forces, just what role would a federal police force play?

Maybe it was just one of those bright ideas that gets floated during an election campaign. Yet there was no grassroots demand for any such federal police nor any media clamor for it, so there was not even any political reason to suggest such a thing.

What would be different about a new federal police force, as compared to existing law enforcement and military forces? It would be a creation of the Obama administration, run by people appointed from top to bottom by that administration — and without the conflicting loyalties of those steeped in existing military and law enforcement traditions.

In short, a federal police force could become Obama’s personal domestic political army, his own storm troopers.

Perhaps there will never be such a federal police force. But the targeting of individuals and groups who believe in some of the fundamental values on which this country was founded and people who have demonstrated their patriotism by volunteering for military service suggests this potential for political abuse is worth watching, as Obama tries to remake America to fit his vision.
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Thomas Sowell, a former economics professor and the author of a dozen books, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.


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Mark
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Scary stuff.
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To be watched carefully - the Obama administration, not us extremists.
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This story has been making the rounds even on here.
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brenda
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What caught my interest was the subtitle.

Silly, probably - but potentially sinister

That's my take on it. I'd like to just laugh at the DHS report and the campaign comments from Obama about a federal force. However, if one starts to consider the potential, it's not a pretty picture.
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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Mikhailoh
Apr 23 2009, 06:16 AM
To be watched carefully - the Obama administration, not us extremists.
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Mikhailoh
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Um.. when did the Phelps crew do anything that was beyond stupid and obnoxious? There aren't enough tax dollars in the world to watch everyone of that description.

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just a response to an obviously political article Mik that really does not reflect my opinion (not that i have one over such a nonissue).

how 'bout this here article?

"Terrorist groups Operating in Churches"

Latest news reports are that five terrorist cell groups have been operating in many of our churches. They have been identified as: Bin Sleepin', Bin Arguin', Bin Fightin', Bin Complainin', and Bin Missin'. Their leader, Bin Lucifer, trained these groups to destroy the Body of Christ. The plan is to come into the church disguised as Christians and to work within the church to discourage, disrupt, and destroy.

However, there have also been reports of a sixth group. A tiny cell known by the name Bin Prayin' is actually the only effective counter terrorism force in the church. Unlike other terrorist cells, the Bin Prayin' team does not blend in with whoever and whatever comes along.

Bin Prayin' does whatever is needed to uplift and encourage the Body of Christ. We have noticed that the Bin Prayin' cell group has different characteristics than the others. They have Bin Watchin', Bin Waitin', Bin Fastin', and Bin Longin' for their Master, Jesus Christ to return.

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I think I'm part of the bin Sleepin brigade. Constituents in the bin Workin brigade are nowhere to be found. Perhaps they've left for an early lunch. :angry:
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We'll see more follow-up articles from the DHS report. I'm curious whether the apology to the veterans will be considered sufficient, or whether some sort of retraction will be requested. "We're sorry we said in our report that we think you're potential terrorists, but we're not changing the report." If the report remains unchanged, then what does the apology represent?
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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They haven't even seen "dangerous" yet.
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Mark
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For Obama to save face he has to fire those responsible for this report and denounce what it contains.

But he won't and the left won't care. As long as their boy is in office anything he does is just fine and dandy.

Same as it ever was.
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apple, :lol:
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I know the report was very offensive to the vets. And as I thought about their perspective and read the apology offered to them, I was expecting it to be followed by a DHS commitment to amend the report or to retract certain sections, but I did not see it.
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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Luke's Dad
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So, guys that donate time to The Minutemen are terror suspects, but Bill Ayers and "moderate" members of the Taliban are just peachy keen.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Until the part about veterans is retracted, I will continue to be filled with a cold rage, as will the rest of my brothers.
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I didn't even catch the part about Vets.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Frank_W
Apr 23 2009, 07:22 AM
Until the part about veterans is retracted, I will continue to be filled with a cold rage, as will the rest of my brothers.
That's exactly why I expected more than just the apology to the vets. At least you got an apology. Have any other groups cited in the report gotten even that?

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The only reason veterans got an apology, was because the Whore House White House was worried about bad PR.
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I read last week that Napolitano has lost 25 pounds from furiously backpedaling over the vets, and will rewrite the part about pro lifers as well.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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As well she should, the miserable old hag. :angry:
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Apr 23 2009, 07:16 AM
So, guys that donate time to The Minutemen are terror suspects, but Bill Ayers and "moderate" members of the Taliban are just peachy keen.
Not to mention Chavez and those zany Iranians.
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ivorythumper
Apr 23 2009, 11:46 AM
I read last week that Napolitano has lost 25 pounds from furiously backpedaling over the vets, and will rewrite the part about pro lifers as well.
Seriously?
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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ivorythumper
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Well, the part about losing 25 pounds was not serious, but she did say something about rewriting the part about pro lifers.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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