First Lady Michelle Obama thanks DHS employees, Cites Work of Secret Service

Why is there so much more obsession with what Michelle says and does than there was over what Laura said and did?”
Waaaaaaaahhhhh!
If drjohn isn’t cowering in fear from some foreign threat, he’s miffed that the 1st Lady gets press.

Posted by: Ryan C | Apr 14, 2009 1:24:12 PM
Ryan, you’re proof that Michelle was right when she said America is downright mean.
Is she proud of her country yet?

drjohn:”DHS which just suggested that US military vets are the new danger to this country.”
Yeah, how dare they look at proven history. For goodness sake, Timothy McVeigh wasn’t that long ago – they’d be incompetent not to recognize the proven threat of unbalanced right-wingers, just like they recognize the proven threat of unbalanced left wingers (ALF, ELF, etc).

“It’s no doubt a sweet coincidence that Michelle is glowing over the DHS which just suggested that US military vets are the new danger to this country.”
Nope, the DHS report on right wing lunatics called right wing extremists who are military vets dangerous.
In 5 days, it will be the anniversary of the worst domestic terrorist attack in the history of this country.
That attack was carried out by a right wing lunatic who had served during the 1st Gulf War.

“Did Michelle thank personally the DHS authors of the hit piece against rightwingers for believe it or not the extremism of espousing “reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority…or dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration”"
Do Republicans really want to defend right wing extremists 5 days before the anniversary of OKC?

Laura Bush was a real lady. Michelle Obama just wants attention as does her husband. They could (and particularly her, want anything but attention) Did you tell them she is now proud of her country? Well, we are not proud of her. And by the way, as everyone knows, CNN and ABC make the polls be what they want them to be. There is absolutely no class to Michelle Obama. One day she acts like a high school drop out and another dayshe tries to do something to get attention called to her.

This is what it says, Ryan:
“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.”
Those horrible vets.

This is what it says, Ryan:
“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.”
Hmmmm how come that passage is the only part quopted on all the right wing nutjob websites?
Here’s the rest
— (U//FOUO) Proposed imposition of firearms restrictions and weapons bans
likely would attract new members into the ranks of rightwing extremist groups,
as well as potentially spur some of them to begin planning and training for
violence against the government. The high volume of purchases and
stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by rightwing extremists in anticipation
of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary
concern to law enforcement.
— (U//FOUO) Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are
attractive to rightwing extremists. DHS/I&A is concerned that rightwing
extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to boost their violent capabilities.
Considering that some of the worst domestic terrorists fit that exact descritption is not earth shattering.
Timothy McVeigh was a vet of the Gulf War before he bombed the OKC.
His buddy Nichols served with him.
Eric Rudolph who shot abortions doctors and bombed the Olympics also served.
This was not a a slam against veterans.
It was a warning about right wing extremists recruiting them .
Its no different from the reports that gangs have been using the military as a training ground.

“Do Republicans really want to defend right wing extremists 5 days before the anniversary of OKC?”
NO!
But we do want to defend our right to be vocal “radicals” ONE day before the tea parties!!

“Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms ownership and use.”
All without data, all without facts.
And these are the same people who hire ACORN to commit voter fraud and civil disobediance on the taxpayer check.

“All without data, all without facts.”
ROFLMAO!
Its a 10 page summary report with portions that were declassified.
Here’s some facts for you.
Federal authorities this year mounted one of the most extensive investigations of domestic terrorism since the Oklahoma City bombing, CBS 11 has learned.
Three people linked to white supremacist and anti-government groups are in custody. At least one weapon of mass destruction – a sodium cyanide bomb capable of delivering a deadly gas cloud – has been seized in the Tyler area.
Investigators have seized at least 100 other bombs, bomb components, machine guns, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and chemical agents. But the government also found some chilling personal documents indicating that unknown co-conspirators may still be free to carry out what appeared to be an advanced plot. And, authorities familiar with the case say more potentially deadly cyanide bombs may be in circulation.

What do conservatives and Republicans have to do with right wing extremists?
Are you saying the stormfront crowd and the militia nutjobs are part of the Republican base?
Posted by: Ryan C | Apr 14, 2009 1:15:32 PM
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You know I am not. If you can read, you can see that he is lumping usual routine political disagreement between dems and repubs, on things like the economy and 2nd amendment as radical extremist positons. If you are not following his party line you are a threat and an extremist. He also provides no proof that militias are increasing, he just supposes that this is what republicans will turn into.
The homeland security department has lumped all conservative or republican political positions into the same pot as militias, while openly admitting in the report they have no proof of such.
It is an assault on american citizens. It is fear-mongering propaganda, clearly intended to promote hatred and divisiveness between citizens.
Read the examples from the report that I posted. Obama, and Janet Napolitano, are politicizing the government in a manner never before imagined.

“So why are you flipping out about a report about right wing extremists?”
I do not believe any of us posting on this report so far are “flipping out” but the report lacks precise definition of the new “right wing extremists” except for the rather broad statement I noted, again “reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority…or dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration”
Oddly it sees a rise of anti-Semitism among the right, when only the blind cannot see its rise in the odd alliance between leftists and mullahs as typified by none other than the failed intelligence agency nominee Charles Freeman.

“Read the examples from the report that I posted.”
No, I will tell people to go read the whole report which is basically an unclassified summary because people like you take it out of context.
For example
“Especially note the following excerpt:
“It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the warning says.”
Now the whole quote
* (U) Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and
adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.
Let’s get into some of the anti-abortion nuts.
July 4, 2005: A clinic Palm Beach, Florida was the target of an arson. The case remains open.
December 12, 2005: Patricia Hughes and Jeremy Dunahoe threw a Molotov cocktail at a clinic in Shreveport, Louisiana. The device missed the building and no damage was caused. In August 2006, Hughes was sentenced to six years in prison, and Dunahoe to one year. Hughes claimed the bomb was a “memorial lamp” for an abortion she had had there.
September 13, 2006 David McMenemy of Rochester Hills, Michigan crashed his car into the Edgerton Women’s Care Center in Davenport, Iowa. He then doused the lobby in gasoline and then started a fire. McMenemy committed these acts in the belief that the center was performing abortions, however Edgerton is not an abortion clinc.
April 25, 2007: A package left at a women’s health clinic in Austin, Texas contained an explosive device capable of inflicting serious injury or death. A bomb squad detonated the device after evacuating the building. Paul Ross Evans (who had a criminal record for armed robbery and theft) was found guilty of the crime.
May 9, 2007: An unidentified person deliberately set fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
December 6, 2007: Chad Altman and Sergio Baca were arrested for the arson of Dr. Curtis Boyd’s clinic in Albuquerque. Altman’s girlfriend had scheduled an appointment for an abortion at the clinic.
January 22, 2009 Matthew L. Derosia, 32, who was reported to have had a history of mental illness [22]rammed a SUV into the front entrance of a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Or how about this
The first letters claiming to contain anthrax were mailed to U.S. clinics in October 1998, a few days after the Slepian shooting, and since then, there have been a total of 655 such bioterror threats made against abortion providers. None of the “anthrax” in these cases was real.

“I do not believe any of us posting on this report so far are “flipping out” but the report lacks precise definition of the new “right wing extremists” except for the rather broad statement I noted, again “reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority…or dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration” ”
Robert,
We may disagree on many things but please read the report versus the hysterical paranoia being posted.
Here is the whole section of that you mention
* (U) Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and
adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.

What do you know! The news is now reporting that Obama is “distancing” himself from the report.
He has got to be kidding if he thinks anyone would believe this political hit report from DHS was produced without his express knowledge and by his request!
Here is the quote, note the lie that the President is not focused on politics, that is just as good as his earmark reform BS:as follows:
The White House has distanced itself from the analysis. When asked for comment on its contents, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said, “The President is focused not on politics but rather taking the steps necessary to protect all Americans from the threat of violence and terrorism regardless of its origins.
Get that, “regardless of it’s origins” “not focused on politics”.
WHAT A TOTAL POLITICAL SLIME

“I will also predict that although this report was released on 4/9 it was openly pushed today in order to give the criminal Obama media a framework in which to report on the tea parties tomorrow, if they report at all.”
ROFLMAO!
Which is why the report is being blared by FoxNews, HotAir and Michele Malkin.

Which is why the report is being blared by FoxNews, HotAir and Michele Malkin.
Posted by: Ryan C | Apr 14, 2009 4:06:28 PM
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You are absolutely right. The mainstream Obama media will cover for him as usual by not reporting on this opening framework to spy on and criminalize citizens who simply disagree with Dictator Obama.
Especially note the following excerpt:
“It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the warning says.
It says the federal government “will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months” to gather information on “rightwing extremist activity in the United States.”
This is an open warning that this Obama administration will be spying on those that have any disagreement with any of their policies, under the guise of “they could be extremists!”

“You will likely see no-tax tea parties portrayed as extremists in the Obamedia.”
Probably because extremists are who have showed up so far.
Birthers and anti-tax nuts (the kind who believe all income taxes are illegal) are not even close to conservative mainstream let alone the political mainstream.

“It says the federal government “will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months” to gather information on “rightwing extremist activity in the United States.”
Especially note the following excerpt:
“It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the warning says.”
According to statistics gathered by the National Abortion Federation (NAF), an organization of abortion providers, since 1977 in the United States and Canada, there have been 17 attempted murders, 383 death threats, 153 incidents of assault or battery, and 3 kidnappings committed against abortion providers

The most disturbing part of the definition of rightwing extremist to me was “rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority”. As in believing that the US Constitution spelled out some very limited powers for the national government and said that all other issues should be left to the states? I believe that! Oh no, I’m a radical rightwing extremist and I didn’t even know – should I join a militia or something?

“YOu have no proof or evidence of any violent, or over the top activity related to the tax parties.”
I never called the tea parties violent.
Though extremists do show up.
“And your false claim that they think all taxes are or should be illegal.”
People who believe that income taxes are illegal will be there as will people who think Obama was born in Kenya.
Would you classify those as extreme or mainstream views within conservatives?
“(The tea parties to date do not hold a candle to violent “code pink” “G 20″ “any sort of violent environmental attack group” liberal extreme groups that could easily qualify as terrorists.”
I agree that the tea parties can’t hold a candle to left wing groups doing protests.
That’s because the outrage is largely manufactured astroturf brought to us by FoxNews and Glenn Beck so it does not translate to people in the streets.

“The report does not separate those who are pro-life from the very very few violent protestors.”
So you agree that there are single issue domestic terrorists?

“Like those extreme psychopaths who composed the Declaration of Independence”
So people who bomb abortion clinics and shoot abortion doctors are just like Tom Jefferson.
The right wing is truly sickening.

“You are trying to change the subject. The tea parties are about being taxed beyond what is reasonable.”
You changed the subject to the tea parties, not me.
“Your other points are akin to Obama trying to paint all dissent as by extremists. If you don’t agree with our dictator Obama you must be a Nut.”
No, I was just saying nuts will be at the tea parties.
Its funny you mention this broad brush painting since Michele Malkin and the rest of the right wing media loved to show a photo of some nuts at one of the early anti-Iraq War protests that said nasty things about our soldiers and made that representative of a protest that had millions of people voicing their concerns.
Now you are mad the shoe is on the other foot and the right wing freak flag is gonna be waving for all to see.

“An American revolutionary war and a Civil War have been based on over-the-top federal tyranny”
The American revolutionary War was not about federal authority.
And the Civil War was about the South wanting to keep their slave economy going.
Not a shock though that the tea parties are gonna have a neoconfederate elements at them.

All the world’s a stage..

Mitchell Obaba is listed as a member
of Obaba’s administration….so guess
she is out there earning her money.
No doubt she is drawing a salary for
her role in the administration.
Recon???

so refreshing to see our first lady in something other than black stretch pants. Doesn’t she realize the camera is always on her and her family?Our former first ladys dressed much more appropriatly.Every time you see Michelle coming and going she has those damn stretch pants on.Someone needs to take her aside and tell how to dress.