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Obama's Justice Department Arrests First Of "Bitter Clingers"

Details are being released regarding the "Hutaree" folks arrested after an FBI agent infiltrated their meetings and reported that their activities included plans to kill a policeman as the first step toward inciting a civil war in America, justified by the members as the defense of religion and gun rights.

This is the latest description of David Stone, identified as the leader of this group called the "Hutaree":

The Hutaree appears based at Mr. Stone's home, a pair of dilapidated house trailers near the intersection of dirt roads in rural Clayton, Michigan—population 303—about 85 miles southwest of Detroit. The yard this week held three cars, a dog house, debris and a gun leaning on an old washing machine.

Family members and acquaintances said Mr. Stone doesn't curse, smoke or drink alcohol and was a strict disciplinarian with his sons, whom he home-schooled from a young age. While he rarely attended church, he studied the Bible nightly, memorizing long passages, said Ms. Harsh, his ex-fiance. Several scripture passages appear on the Hutaree Web site. [Wall Street Journal]

Oh let's just have a few giggles and remember the kind of people Barack Obama identified as "the enemy" of his plan to "fundamentally transform America" back during his campaign:

"They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." [Guardian UK]

Crime, criminal plots, plans to use violence and conspiracies to overthrow the government are seditious and deserve investigation and prosecution and conviction and punishement.

But just for the fun of it I thought you might find the news accounts of today, juxtaposed to the news accounts from the 2008 campaign season, mildly interesting.

You don't think that Eric Holder's folks have any plans to move beyond this low hanging fruit, do you?

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Grayson Tries To Throw Paul In Woodchipper, Out Comes Gold

Trey Grayson may be Rand Paul's biggest fundraiser.  Every time Grayson attacks Paul, contributions to Paul's campaign jump.  Every time Grayson announces another link to the Bush administration, Paul hauls in the dough.  Today in reaction to Grayson's latest attack, Paul caught a quick $25,000 boost.

Grayson may be trying to put Paul in a wood chipper, but so far what comes out is pure gold.

Upset Over Rand Paul And Trey Grayson Ads Is Just Plain Silly

Any attempt to somehow or another make any use of 9-11 footage "off limits" in a political campaign rings hollow.  On the other hand, I'm not sure what the latest Rand Paul ad, which uses some of that footage, really accomplishes.  Considering that Grayson's ad is much more powerful in tying some of Paul's rhetoric to the likes of Jeremiah Wright, the question now becomes more a matter of whether the conscience of America has shifted since the days immediately following 9-11 or not.

Republicans would like to think that the bravado of George W. Bush calling for Osama Bin Laden to be brought to justice "Dead or Alive" defines the entire issue.  History offers a perspective that it might have then, but it does not now.

To suggest that anyone who dares to question how we reacted to that unprovoked attack is somehow unpatriotic, is to deny our nation the benefit of studying history with a critical eye.  I doubt those republicans who are so quick to denounce "The New Deal" would tolerate such a restriction.

While our reaction to the attacks of 9-11 was certainly justified at the time in terms of increased suspicions regarding the intentions of Islamic extremists, the perspective of history has taught us that such a mindset has resulted in a stranglehold on the liberties of law abiding citizen.  Do you like having your genitals displayed on a scanner at the airport?  Do  you recoil when you hear "homeland security" justifications for increased firearm regulations?

The notion that these "minor inconveniences" are merely "unintended consequences" of our necessary reactions to 9-11 only belongs to those people who believe that very little thought was given to the long term effects of the Patriot Act.  The number of defenses offered on a daily basis in favor of the continuation of many of its provisions in the post 9-11 world suggests otherwise.

Let me be clear.  Jeremiah Wright was wrong to call for the damnation of America, in a church or anywhere else.  How dare he criticize the very nation that gave him both the right to speak freely, and the unfettered right to call his speech religion?

On the other hand, as inartful as his words might have been, as unpatriotic as his motivations might have been and as subversive as his politics might be, it has to be equally offensive to use a comparison to Jeremiah Wright as a weapon to shut off any examination of how our "foreign entanglements" have helped us, or hurt us, as it is to use images of 9-11 as a backdrop for claims of  "dishonor".  Blind loyalty is at least as "baneful" today as it was at the time of Washington's farewell address.

I am not suggesting that Jeremiah was right.  In fact he was wrong.  But Grayson's advertisements, which directly suggest that Rand Paul is disqualified from office because he dares to speak other than the "party line" regarding foreign entanglements is disingenuous at best, and dangerous at worst. According to Grayson's logic, George Washington would not be fit to serve in the Senate.

If Grayson is now running squarely on the platform of George W. Bush, then let him say so.  But this nation in 2008 made it very clear when it elected Barack Obama that it was ready for a change.  This nation in 2009-2010 has made it even clearer that we don't like the change we got and want something different.

If Grayson's vision of the future is just a repeat of the past, then let him tell us.  If Rand Paul's vision of the future has more substance than a mere rhetorical rejection of the past, then let him tell us.

But stop bickering about who has crossed the line with a campaign ad. 

We are more interested in who is willing to "cross their heart, hope to die, stick a needle in his eye" with a vision how to help us pull out of this nose dive we are in.

"Time's 'a' waistin'" Snuffy Smith.

From The Grayson Camp: The Unmistakable Sound Of A Woodchipper Firing Up

More to come.

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Bee Colony Collapse Threatens World Food Supply

For several years now the population of honey bees has been dropping significantly.  Without these industrious creatures the world food supply would be at grave risk of depletion.  The cause is unknown, however, it seems to be related to the domino effect of clearing land in order to increase food production.

According to some scientits, as more land is cleared in order to increase food production, the habitat for bees is being destroyed in the process.  Without the bees the food doesn't grow.  It might be a case of putting nature out of balance.

"Because we need to produce more and more food to feed the world and we grow crops in larger fields. A growing world means growing more food and to do that we need pollinators. And the fact that the world is continuing to grow is the driving force behind the habitat destruction." says Jeff Pettis, lead researcher at Department of Agriculture's Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville Maryland. [Breitbart]

This is the kind of news that makes you want to become a "Bee Hugger" doesn't it?

Ohio Michigan Militia Arrests Thwart Murder Plot

The raids on a Christian group being called a "Militia" have thwarted a murder plot designed to kill one policeman in order to lure many more to a funeral procession where they were all to be targeted.  According to news accounts, the plot has a Kentucky connection.  One of the planners tried to come here in February for what is being called a "summit" of militia groups.

The whole scheme was allegedly designed to bring the nation into a state of civil unrest in order to accomplish the violent overthrow of the US government.

Stay tuned.

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