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FOX News Blogs » The Glenn Beck Blog GLENBECK.COM “It’s about spending — too much spending, to be specific. The idea that a business is too big to fail is anti-American; we’ve always been for the underdog. It’s about putting my family — my children — under $12.8 trillion in debt; all it took was two presidents and six months.” LET'S BARBECUE!April 15th, 2009 4:31 PM EasternWhat the Tea Party Protests Are REALLY About
by Web Producer GLENN BECK at FOXNEWS.COM
April 17, 2009
WASHINGTON -- According to the U.S. government, I am an extremist. I am a Christian and meet regularly with other Christians to study God's word. My faith convinces me the prophecies in the Holy Bible are true. I believe in the sanctity of human life, oppose abortion, and want to preserve marriage as the union of a man and a woman. I am a veteran with skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat. I own several firearms, and I frequently shoot them, buy ammunition, and consider efforts to infringe on my Second Amendment rights to be wrong and unconstitutional. I fervently support the sovereignty of the United States, and I am deeply concerned about our economy, increasingly higher taxes, illegal immigration, soaring unemployment, and actions by our government that will bury my children beneath a mountain of debt.
Apparently, all this makes me a "rightwing extremist." At least, that's what it says in the April 7 "Assessment" issued by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security. The nine-page report, titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," is full of warnings about American citizens who share any part of my background or subscribe to the beliefs above. It is one of the most alarming documents produced by our government that I ever have read.
Evidently, neither you nor I ever was supposed to read this "Assessment." At the bottom of the cover page is a warning that it is "not to be released to the public, the media, or other personnel who do not have a valid need-to-know." We're Americans. We have a need to know what's going on in our government, especially in an administration that promised to be "transparent." A full copy of the report is posted at http://www.FreedomAlliance.org.
The "Assessment" purports to alert law enforcement officials that "rightwing extremists" -- the term is used more than 35 times -- are intent on exploiting Americans who have strongly held beliefs on everything from Christian faith to rising unemployment, U.S. sovereignty and the Second Amendment. It vilifies those of us in these categories by references to neo-Nazis, racists, militias, white supremacists and other "hate groups." Notably, the report includes a warning that right-wing extremism "may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."
Though the report proffers a passing reference to the First Amendment, it is replete with bias against conservative thought, writing and communications. On Page 3, law enforcement authorities are warned, "Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to focus on the economy, the perceived (emphasis added) loss of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors, and home foreclosures."
That is a frightening acknowledgment that political speech is being monitored in America. It is also wrong. It's not "perception." It is fact. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the manufacturing and construction sectors have lost 161,000 jobs and 126,000 jobs, respectively, last month alone.
In its "Key Findings," the DHS manuscript boldly charges that "rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues" and offers this warning: "The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."
Under the heading "Disgruntled Military Veterans," the report alleges: "Rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the capabilities of extremists -- including lone wolves or small terrorist cells -- to carry out violence." These unsubstantiated claims are followed by reminders that Timothy McVeigh, who bombed the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, was a military veteran. Omitted is any reference to the fact that McVeigh was simply one of more than 40 million veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
Thirteen lines after this egregious, unconscionable slander against those of us who are military combat veterans, DHS makes the stunning charge that "lone wolves and small terrorist cells embracing violent rightwing extremist ideology are the most dangerous domestic terrorism threat in the United States."
According to this DHS "Assessment," the most dangerous threat we face here at home isn't from radical imams preaching violence in U.S. mosques and madrassas, Islamists recruiting in our prisons, Somali terrorists enticing young immigrants to become suicide bombers, or Hamas, Hezbollah or al-Qaida operatives plotting mass murder. No, according to DHS, the real threat comes from what our government labels "rightwing extremist ideology."
Mr. Obama should disavow this report publicly and fire the officials responsible for issuing it. Those who prepare his remarks for the occasion should insert in the teleprompter former Sen. Barry Goldwater's words on the subject: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
Are We All Terrorists Now? Michael Savage Files Suit Against Napolitano
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At the risk of getting on “the list” I bid you “Godspeed”!
Among the outraged is talk show host Michael Savage. He is certainly not alone, but he has done something about his outrage.
The Thomas More Law Center issued a statement of its filing of a federal lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano. At issue is the recently publicized Intelligence Assessment, “Rightwing Extremism: Current and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment”.
The suit was filed on behalf of Michael Savage, nationally syndicated talk show host, whose program is third most listened to in the country. Joining Savage in the suit are Gregg Cunningham, President of the pro-life organization Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc., and Iraqi War Marine veteran Kevin Murray. On their behalf the Law Center claims that DHS has violated their First and Fifth Amendment Constitutional rights by attempting to “chill their free speech, expressive association and equal protection rights”.
Furthermore, it is claimed that DHS “encourages law enforcement officers throughout the nation to target and report citizens to federal officials as suspicious rightwing extremists and potential terrorists because of their political beliefs”. Having standing to bring this lawsuit are Savage, Cunningham and Murray, because they represent those mentioned as being potential terrorists.
Apparently, Hamas, El Qaeda, et al, didn’t make the list. It is passé to mention these once-named groups. Instead, there is a long list that includes many more who could have standing to bring suit against DHS. Maybe even you.
Do you:
Oppose restriction on firearms
Oppose lax immigration
Oppose continuation of free trade agreements
Oppose same-sex marriage
Have paranoia of foreign regimes
Fear Communist regimes
Oppose one world government
Bemoan the decline of U.S. stature in the world
Resent the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India
And, do you oppose the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship and the expansion of social programs?
Certainly, those protesting in the recent “tea parties” could be considered potential terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, Constitutionalists, Libertarians, and many declaring no political party, joined as concerned Americans to protest the thrust of the government. Their many signs said it all. Presidents Bush and Obama, representatives and senators were the targets of this massive protest. All the more remarkable is the fact that this was not organized by any one political party, which we have come to regard as having the money to turn so many people out. It can be truly called a populist uprising. Those who did not participate in this uprising owe thanks to those who did. They are more representative of you than those sitting in the halls of Congress.
Also, a debt of gratitude is owed to the vanguard who is carrying the legal suit forward. They, also, represent us in demanding the Constitution be obeyed.
Thank you, Thomas More Law Center, Michael Savage, Gregg Cunningham, and Kevin Murray.
At the risk of getting on “the list” I bid you “Godspeed”!
