and I promised to defend the nation against foreign enemies and DOMESTICS.
You vow to defend the nation against those cleaning your house?
hmmm... this kind of shit is just crime, not terrorism, and should be handled as such? hmmm... thought i heard that idea postulated somewhere, but maybe not...
catch the twits (but not too fast, since it's great cinema), have a nice trial, get on with life... rule of law and all...
whatever happened to not giving bad guys the spotlight that they crave?
We are talking about simple tea bagger vandalism, and regardless if its orchestrated by a higher up GOP power or not, its not hard to predict that their shit must stop, or one or more of these miscreants will be caught in the act.
And if they think that their crimes will be delimited to simple vandalism laws, they may discover that Federal Officials are protected by far sterner laws. How much is already known by various law enforcement officials may be the question, usually in cases like these, they may delay arrests so they can nail the ringleaders.
But even if its the acts of isolated idiots, some lucky smuck will be the first to be caught.
And their bail may be astronomical.
We are talking about simple tea bagger vandalism, and regardless if its orchestrated by a higher up GOP power or not, its not hard to predict that their shit must stop, or one or more of these miscreants will be caught in the act.
Luckily I have no team. You could read every post I've ever made here with a fine comb if you'd like.
I'm the first person to criticize something I love if it sucks/is wrong.
I guess the FBI cracks you up too... because they have been all over these threats/violence.
Law enforcement should be all over any threats/violence. I am simply stating that some context is due.
Assholes throwing bricks at windows does not equal assholes flying planes into buildings and killing thousands of people. It is that simple. Throwing bricks at windows does not equal domestic terrorism and if it does we have some serious problems with our laws.
Don't get me wrong, the assholes should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law but friggen terrorists because they throw a few bricks at windows? Come on.... With all the fucked up things going on in this country this shouldn't even be news. This isn't even equal to the gang/drug violence in a single US city on any given weekend. This only shows how utterly partisan this country has gotten, bricks thrown at a window is now terrorism if they openly dislike one of the two steaming piles of dogshit we call political parties.
As far as you personally, if I am wrong then I apologize but I assume that anyone who takes either extreme side of this argument is doing it for purely partisan reasons. I can't think of any other reason someone would associate a few broken windows to mass murder, suicide bombings, flying jumbo jets into buildings, etc...
Back people into a corner, and they'll bite.
It's a rather fine line when Political Motivations are the cause.
Not so much fearmongering here as I very much hope I'm wrong. I'm not interested in seeing tea partiers hurl racial slurs and engage in violence just because it would discredit them. I'd rather have them play it smart and stay peaceful.
- wolf
Yep. Leave the violence to the libs. It's what they do best.
Stay peaceful, folks; let the SEIU, and the like, have all the fun. Remember:
The Chicago 7 weren't conservatives.
The Weather Underground members weren't conservatives.
The Earth Liberation Front isn't a conservative group.
The people who rioted after the Rodney King verdict weren't conservatives.
The average college kid who spat on Viet Nam vets wasn't a conservative.
The guy who crashed his plane into the IRS building hated Bush.
Civil disobedience, and violence, is a time-honored liberal tradition; let them keep it for themselves. Don't be like the exceptions to this rule, the OK City bomber boys and the tools who violated abortion clinics.
Remember:
Only liberal dissention is patriotic.
All non-liberals do not have the innate evolutionary / moral superiority to use such noble tactics. When non-liberals use such means they are base, evil, non-patriotic.
Liberals are superior to you, so they are free from the normal conventions that must be placed upon the common (unevolved) man.
In other words - shut up and let the enlightened guide you, as is their right.
That's what you really suspect? Do you believe the GOP is that stupid? Actually we're not talking just "stupid", but you seriously suspect men high up in the GOP are bat-shit crazy?
We all know violence and crime does not win over the minds of middle America.
And the arm twisting, in the beltway, to get this passed? Assault vs. assault and battery, I guess.It's a rather fine line when Political Motivations are the cause.
Well what then can they do? - they can start wars by pushing the concept of fear on cowards.
Distortion of facts and lies, today's GOP.
They're dead and gone but their goals started with Sanger and live on.The KKK was and is right wing.
Maybe this can lead to someone, like a Sarah Palin, getting elected as president. Followed by a certain WWIII and the end of all civilization. Then we won't need to worry about healthcare. Imagine if one of the tea bagger mind sets would have been sitting in the Whitehouse during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. I doubt any of us would be here posting on Anandtech today. And the only thing close to the internet would be markings on the wall of a cave. Food for thought?
I love the net. The people have access like never before in our history. Grain of salt included.http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010...yer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/
Well, at least some of the stories appear to be manufactured.