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30 Governors Threatened to be 'Removed'

 
 
Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 03:38 pm
More Than 30 Governors Have Received Threats in the Last Week

By JASON RYAN
In the past week over 30 state governors have received letters from an anti-government group demanding their resignations or they could be "removed."

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's office confirmed the governor had received a letter, apparently from an extremist group, which demands his resignation. The governor's office directed all further questions to the Louisiana State Police.
(Getty Images)The letters allegedly came from a group called the Guardians of the Free Republics.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued an intelligence note about the mailings and said that while there was no specific threat linked to the letters, "law enforcement should be aware that this could be interpreted as a justification for violence or other criminal actions."

The intelligence note issued on Wednesday was sent to 18,000 law enforcement agencies around the United States. The FBI has also advised all 50 governors they could be receiving the letters, in addition to the 30-35 that have already received them


The nut factor in this country rises dramatically year to year. Sigh
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littlek
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 04:02 pm
There's certainly some scary **** going down.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 04:08 pm
I just saw on local TV that Texas Governor was given 3 days to leave.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 04:13 pm

The man at the center of the Guardians of the free Republics is Texas talk-show host Sam Kennedy " and he's already gotten a Texas radio station in hot water as law enforcement reacted rapidly to what has been construed as a direct threat to all 50 US governors.

Could the Hutaree militia have spawned a Timothy McVeigh? Hutaree militia arrests point to tripling of militias since 2008 Why Americans are so angry Mr. Kennedy "is the focal point of this, these guardians. He was in the mix in setting this whole thing up, and he's up to his eyeballs in this Restore America project," says John Stadtmiller, who runs Republic Broadcasting Network based in Round Rock, Texas, which broadcasts Kennedy's weekly "Take No Prisoners" show. Restore America project, as articulated on the Guardians of the free Republics website, is part screed, part call to action to depose an illegitimate government in favor of restoring the people's "common law."

The website describes it as "a war college restoration strategy for regaining control [of government in the states] quietly, efficiently and quickly without provoking controversy, ridicule, violence or civil war." It purports to have military backing for a takeover.

On Friday afternoon, Mr. Stadtmiller, reached by phone, said, "I talked to Kennedy a half-hour ago and ... I told him I'm getting a lot of heat, that you stirred the pot here, and that your plan for how to deal with the media and let them know what is going on has failed miserably."

The FBI interviewed Kennedy for two hours Friday but did not arrest him, Stadtmiller says. The interview focused on two shows Kennedy did two months ago about the Restore America project, in which Kennedy set a March 31 deadline as the day we "begin to reclaim the continent." The letters mailed to the governors were part of that plan, confirms Stadtmiller.

In the first of two one-hour programs, Kennedy intoned: "I'm dedicating tonight's program to all … the men and women who have suffered these many years at the hands of a corporation gone crazy, to people's homes invaded by SWAT teams, guns pointed at the heads of children by agents of a corporate state acting in territorial capacity outside normal constitutional limitations on the land of your forefathers."

The FBI has not released the letters. The bureau said they contain no direct threat but asserted that their implied threat to governors could serve to spark lone-wolf violence. In response, several states increased capitol security Friday. All entrances except the main doors were closed at the Nevada capitol.

Republic Broadcasting Network is well known to those who study extremism, as well as to the FBI. It's a rabble-rousing station that trafficks in conspiracy theories " part of a long-standing American tradition of underground radio.

But post-9/11, such radio stations walk a tighter rope as law enforcement has more leeway prosecuting speech that incites violence, says George Michael, a political scientist and extremism expert at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.

"My understanding is that speech only becomes a basis for prosecution … when it becomes the basis for an incitement to imminent lawless actions, and that depends obviously on establishing links between what might be said on the radio," says Professor Michael. "The difficulty in prosecution is drawing links between talk and action."

Stadtmiller says the FBI agents told Kennedy, in essence, "We know you're not a threat, but we spent millions of dollars guarding [governors]. The next time you do something like this, give us a heads up. Don’t waste our time and money."

For his part, Stadtmiller says he would have pulled Kennedy's show immediately "if there was any indication of violence." Mr. Stadtmiller advertises Republic as a "truth radio station" and says it's "designed for peaceful resolution to problems we're facing."

Republican Broadcasting Network is a satellite, shortwave, and Internet radio station that features 31 shows with names like "Cutting Through the Matrix," "Govern America," and "Road Warrior Radio." It has loose ties to the American Free Press newspaper, which Michael calls "the most important newspaper of the radical right."


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Finn dAbuzz
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 04:48 pm
It's not surprising edgar that you have become a vector for the viral propaganda campaign of the Left, post ObamaCare.

Who are the 20 Govs that these dangerous Right-wingers are OK with?

If they have targeted Bobby Jindall and Rick Perry, I sure would be interested in learning what one (let alone 20) governor they don't think needs to resign.

One person could send threatening letters to 50 governors and this would be meaningful in what way?

You are either a willing participant in this incredibly cynical ploy or a complete tool.

And I know, you can't begin to understand why I post what I do --- must be because I'm one of those dangerous Right-wingers.

Sigh.
Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 04:48 pm
Ironic, really ironic. We spent some 70 years all worked up about a potential Communist revolution in this country. None of the lefties of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s or 70s came anywhere close to wreaking the kind of potential havoc that the so-called Right is now starting to wage. I'm glad I won't be around that much longer. Good luck to you young folks.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 04:56 pm
All I know is what I read in the papers, finn. There is plenty of hysteria to go around.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:01 pm
Found out there were 50 supposed letters.
dyslexia
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:10 pm
@Finn dAbuzz,
I'm curious Finn, are you the last standing member of the John Birch Society?
realjohnboy
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:24 pm
@Finn dAbuzz,
Finn dAbuzz wrote:

It's not surprising, edgar, that you have become a vector for the viral propaganda campaign of the Left.


"Edgar, the Viral Vector." Start designing an A2K costume reflecting that, Edgar.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:27 pm
Ahem. I shall endeavor to live up to the calling. For now, I am off to discover a suitable garment to my station. Please watch the store for me in my absence, rjb.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:36 pm
@realjohnboy,
realjohnboy wrote:

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

It's not surprising, edgar, that you have become a vector for the viral propaganda campaign of the Left.


"Edgar, the Viral Vector." Start designing an A2K costume reflecting that, Edgar.
jesus ******* christ, I hope the costume includes a Stetson hat.
farmerman
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:47 pm
@Finn dAbuzz,
Quote:
One person could send threatening letters to 50 governors and this would be meaningful in what way
Oh, I dont know, maybe because its newsworthy? Idike to know as much as possible so that an informed public could help in the aprehension of the felon(s)
djjd62
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:49 pm
@farmerman,
FELON(S)?

aren't they patriots Twisted Evil
hawkeye10
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:52 pm
@djjd62,
felons? they could have meant that they will start petitions to remove these people from office, which is perfectly legal. This sounds like normal American hysteria, both in the action and the response.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:53 pm
@dyslexia,
dyslexia wrote:

realjohnboy wrote:

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

It's not surprising, edgar, that you have become a vector for the viral propaganda campaign of the Left.


"Edgar, the Viral Vector." Start designing an A2K costume reflecting that, Edgar.
jesus ******* christ, I hope the costume includes a Stetson hat.

Also a hair piece. Think a fro with a stetson will look all right with my cape and boxers?
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msolga
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:54 pm
@edgarblythe,
Quote:
In the past week over 30 state governors have received letters from an anti-government group demanding their resignations or they could be "removed."


I'm finding some of the media reports I'm reading about this sort of activity in the US very frightening indeed, edgar.

I hope the situation not nearly as serious as it's sounding (from a long way away).

ABE5177
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 05:56 pm
@Merry Andrew,
Merry Andrew wrote:

None of the lefties
came anywhere close to wreaking the kind of potential havoc


what does that mean, wreak POTENTIAL havoc?
how does it compare with any potential havoc of any lefties?
rabel22
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 06:04 pm
@ABE5177,
Potential is what Mc Veigh was.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 2 Apr, 2010 06:08 pm
@msolga,
msolga wrote:

Quote:
In the past week over 30 state governors have received letters from an anti-government group demanding their resignations or they could be "removed."


I'm finding some of the media reports I'm reading about this sort of activity in the US very frightening indeed, edgar.

I hope the situation not nearly as serious as it's sounding (from a long way away).




Nothing we can't handle, olga. In fact, I've recruited rjb to handle our light work for us. Care for a beer? Fosters?
 

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