Old Man’s War
Four Georgia men who belonged to a “fringe militia group” were arrested by FBI agents on Tuesday and charged with plotting an attack against U.S. citizens and federal employees using the biological toxin ricin.
Authorities say 73-year-old Frederick Thomas of Cleveland; 67-year-old Dan Roberts; 65-year-old Ray H. Adams; and 68-year-old Samuel J. Crump, all of Toccoa, Ga. began meeting in March 2011 as part of a covert group that called itself, well, the “covert group.”
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the last gasp of the old, white male. Honestly, the only thing saving their potential victims is their own stupidity.
Thomas allegedly thought Vanderboegh’s fictional plot would work pretty well in real life.
“Now of course, that’s just fictional, but that’s a damn good idea,” Thomas allegedly said of Vanderboegh’s novel. An FBI affidavit said he described a scenario in which there would be a “line in the sand” that could result in the activation of militias. He allegedly claimed he compiled a “bucket list” of government employees, politicians, corporate leaders and members of the media who would needed to be “taken out” to “make the country right again.”
Thomas allegedly said that there “is no way for us, as militiamen, to save this country, to save Georgia, without doing something that’s highly highly illegal. Murder. That’s fucking illegal, but it’s gotta be done,” Thomas allegedly said.
“When it comes time to saving the Constitution, that means some people gotta die,” Thomas allegedly said. [emphasis mine]
Notice their “bucket list” of targets and then tell me how their plan to disperse “the ricin in Atlanta in which the toxin would be blown from a car traveling on the interstates” achieves that goal. Seems they didn’t much care who they hurt. I’m really tired of these tough guy fantasies. But what frightens me is that it’s only a matter of time before one of these nutcases succeeds.
Tags: Extremists
conservatives … or tea party. Willing to hurt, imprison and kill their fellow americans to get what they want
Progressives… or OWS, willing to get roughed up, imprisoned, and in some cases, killed to get what they want.
I hope these old bastards get a fair trial, then die alone in a cell while watching Elizabeth Warren’s 2017 inaugural address.
I’m gratified to see that the writer enclosed “fringe militia group” in quotes. These guys will not lose status among today’s Republicans for holding these “fringe” views.
I’m a little incensed over the post title, which was an excellent book. Comparing these lunatics to Scalzi’s work somehow makes me feel dirty.
Yes, thankfully the hypocrit, old fucks are dying out. But they, like plenty of conservatives, love the government dole….
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/11/03/murder-tonight-at-the-trailer-park/
Like the rationalization they use to justify their political beliefs, it just makes no sense!
I didn’t want to incense you, Reis. I actually did think of the book when writing this post. Mi dispiace.
Don’t buy “Chloe’s Story”. Absolute garbage quickly thrown out to make money off the head of steam from the prior novels.
Somewhere in my reading today, these oldsters were called the Waffle House Terror Cell.