Has everyone seen this story? Maybe we can take a moment to stop talking about Kim Kardashian’s failed 72 day marriage! I am being sarcastic of course, but the news does seems to be overwhelmed by stupidity yesterday and today.
We can never forget the Oklahoma bombing and remember to be vigilant against home grown terrorism. Let’s not fight about left or right, but remain committed to the idea that democracy has room for many different forms of ideology, but never, ever, can we allow ourselves to become to so angry that we would reap violence and devastation upon our fellow countrymen/women.
WASHINGTON — Four Georgia men in their 60s and 70s were arrested Tuesday, accused of being members of a right-wing militia group that plotted to attack federal office buildings and to disperse a deadly biological poison in Atlanta.
Their alleged plot was revealed to the FBI by a confidential informant last spring, and members of the group have been meeting since May with someone they thought was a black-market weapons dealer but who turned out to be an undercover federal agent, according to court documents.
The documents say the men, Frederick Thomas, 73, of Cleveland, Ga.; Dan Roberts, 67, Ray Adams, 65, and Samuel Crump, 68, all of Toccoa, called themselves “the covert group” and began in March to talk about staging attacks against federal targets including the IRS.
“While many are focused on the threat posed by international violent extremists, this case demonstrates that we must also remain vigilant in protecting our country from citizens without our own borders who threaten our safety and security,” said the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, Sally Quillian Yates, in a written statement.
These old men would turn our country into a third world regime in which elections are negated by violent means. They have an insatiable lust for power and do not respect our nation’s constitution. These old geazers also have a lot in common with al qaeda and the taliban.
OR……
They’re mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!
Insatiable lust for power? HAHAHAHAHAHA!
But, they are idiots that want to kill people. Try ’em. Convict ’em. Forget ’em.
Mad as hell and not going to take it any more? That sounds to me like the occupiers.
Now Starry, be kind about geezers. You will be one, one day, God willin’ and the crick don’t rise.
@Moon-howler
It does…doesn’t it. Hmmmmm….of course, I have no idea what they might be mad about.
This doesn’t surprise me. The area was part of my father’s old territory. More than likely old white guys afraid of change – egged on by anti-government rhetoric, brought up in the segregated South if they’re natives, and surrounded by high unemployment. I probably know some of their relatives.
Geezer 1: “Whatd’ya Say?”
Geezer 2: “The Fuse is Lit!”
Geezer 1: “Huh?”
Geezer 2: “The FUSE is LIT!”
Geezer 1: “I can’t hear ya! What’d you say?”
Geezer 2: “THE FUSE IS LIT!!!!!”
Geezer 1: “Speak Up!”
Geezer 2: “Bye!”
The rise of the Grey Panther movement continues!!!!!
@SlowpokeRodriguez
I am soooo glad that I wasn’t drinking coffee when I read that….
@SlowpokeRodriguez
A fuse isn’t the only thing that has been lit in that area.
What makes these guys “right-wing” except the media saying so?
It shows when they fly.
@Emma
How would you categorize survivalists?
NYtimes.com:
Sounds right wing to me. Timothy McVeigh sort of does it.
http://youtu.be/WWGF-0tlca4
This kinda sums it up.