Tag: Extremists
Here We Go Again
Expect more of this:
Someone vandalized an Obama campaign building in Des Moines by spray painting the words “Muslim Lier” on a large banner, police said. The word “liar” was misspelled on the sign, officers said.
Sigh. And we know it’s only going to get worse from the functional illiterate group. Everybody… buckle up.
Teenage Girl + Twitter = Disaster
In the blink of a keystroke a 16 year old girl has altered her life, probably forever.
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.
Nothing To See Here, Folks. Just (Another) Isolated Incident
Via TPM: Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old Army veteran from California who was reportedly angry at the U.S. government, was arrested by police in Michigan and charged with allegedly threatening to blow up a Mosque in Dearborn. Dearborn police allegedly found Stockham inside his vehicle outside the Islamic Center of America with a load of M-80s […]
Sigh…
Via TPM: “We can confirm that there was a threat against Senator Bennet’s office and that the FBI working with the Capitol Police have arrested the individual responsible for the threat. Per their advice, we are referring inquiries related to this matter to the Capitol Police. Michael has full confidence in the law enforcement agencies […]
Pumping Up The Volume
As our faithful readers are aware I have been warning that Somebody Is Going To Be Hurt for quite a while. What happened yesterday didn’t surprise me. I’d been expecting it. The fact that it happened in Arizona… again, not a surprise. What is surprising is how quickly everyone moved to define the shooter’s politics […]
“What Could Go Wrong?”
Talk about looking for trouble. An armed Christian organization, Right Wing Extreme, will protect a church that is planning to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on September 11, the church’s pastor said Tuesday. …Dove World Outreach Center Pastor Terry Jones has accepted the support of Right Wing Extreme, which he said offered to […]
Erick Erickson, A Shotgun, And Census Workers
Via Think Progress: ERICKSON: This is crazy. What gives the Commerce Department the right to ask me how often I flush my toilet? Or about going to work? I’m not filling out this form. I dare them to try and come throw me in jail. I dare them to. Pull out my wife’s shotgun and […]
Why Yes, I Do Intend To Document Every Incident
Here’s the latest: (Via Think Progress) After picking up his 10-year old daughter from school yesterday afternoon, Nashville resident Mark Duren was driving home when he was suddenly and intentionally rammed from behind by Harry Weisiger. Enraged at the sight of Duren’s Obama bumper sticker, Weisiger gave Duren “the bird” and then hit him from […]
Palin Says “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!”
Commonsense Conservatives & lovers of America: “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!” Pls see my Facebook page. Sarah Palin Hop on over to her Facebook page and find her targets – Complete with cross-hairs. Conservatives are playing a very dangerous game. Some are even issuing instructions… On Friday, former militia leader Mike Vanderboegh called for anti-Democratic […]
Intimidation At Its Finest
What would you do if comments like this started arriving in your in-box? As I talked to Johnson in his office, an alert flashed on one of his two giant computer monitors. An angry screed targeting him on another website concluded: “I think a visit to Mr. Johnson’s home might be warranted. Anybody got his […]
Secret Service Is Very, Very Busy
I find articles like this extremely disturbing – probably because it’s so easy to see where it’s heading. The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new […]
Can Hate Talk Lead To Murder?
Well, let’s face it… it doesn’t help. Joan Walsh at Salon ponders the point. Read the whole thing. It’s a thoughtful, careful piece and well worth your time. The range of crazy ideas about Obama is broad and wide: He’s a secret Muslim, he’s going to take our guns, he’s even the anti-Christ! James von […]
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