Posted by
Jennine on Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:07:35 PM
You have concerns about illegal aliens, and actually call them aliens rather than immigrants; you're a returning Gulf War, Afghanistan,, or Iraq War veteran; you perceive the government might be infringing on your civil liberties; you're worried about the economic collapse of the country; you have concerns about gun control legislation; you are pro-life; you belong to a church whose core principles include right-to-life; you are stockpiling food; you're worried about the loss of U.S. manufacturing capability to China and India, and China's investment in U. S. real estate and corporations; you reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.
You may have read through this abbreviated list of concerns described in the Assessment of Department of Homeland Security, Rightwing Extremism, Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment, and thought, whew, I'm safe, I only worry about one or two of those things, not all of them. Well, that would be stupid because there's a footnote in the report that reports that rightwing extemism may include groups or individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration. And if your one issue is gun control, well you're automatically on the list.
What is most astonishing about this document is that it even exists. Someone in our Administration actually thinks these things, sits down and has meetings about them, commits them to paper, has the DHS Secretary sign off on the document and distributes it nationwide. There is also a statement in this document that it is not to be distributed to the media, the general public or non-secure internet servers, and then makes it available for any semi-computer savy person to download in it's entirety. So I have to assume the real audience is you and me and it's intended to make us frightened. If this is what is in a summary document, what do they really think? As I said in an earlier blog, be scared, be very scared.
I have decided that it is my patriotic duty to save DHS time and money looking for those of us who fit the profile described above. Let's identify ourselves and send the list to Janet. Then maybe they can devote their time and money to looking for real terrorists. So go to the site listed below if you fit the profile and agree it would be a patriotic thing to do to step forward:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rightwingextremists/