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Fri 11 May, 2012 12:06 pm
Nugent gets a pass for inciting violence. These turds in Green County Virginia too?
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The Republican Party of Greene County in Virginia published their monthly newsletter in March and in it, the editor suggested an “armed revolution” will be necessary if President Obama is reelected in November:
We have before us a challenge to remove an ideologue unlike anything world history has ever witnessed or recognized. . . . The ultimate task for the people is to remain vigilant and aware ~ that the government, their government is out of control, and this moment, this opportunity, must not be forsaken, must not escape us, for we shall not have any coarse[sic] but armed revolution should we fail with the power of the vote in November.
The editor of the newsletter, listed as Ponch McPhee, is the latest Virginian to threaten violence towards the president or his administration. Just this week, Christopher Hecker was charged with a felony for threatening to kill the president and other officials, as well as bomb landmarks along the east coast.
The eight page newsletter features remarks from the chairman of the Greene County Republican Committee alongside contributions from fellow members, and is heavy on generic tea party talking points on President Obama, socialism and the liberal media.
The Secret Service, which is tasked with investigating all threats made against the president, wasn’t immediately available for comment on whether they have — or will — conduct a similar investigation into McPhee or the county committee.
Jeepers! Just how bad is it in the US? Some of these people need a reality check. Send them to a country in the throws of revolution and then ask them if their paranoid hyperbole is rational. Say Syria.
I can't see where this kind of stuff would be legal anywhere...
@Ceili,
They are only speaking the "truth" and "truthiness" is all that matters to them.
@edgarblythe,
Even coming from people that I both dislike and distrust, this is unbelievable. I just hope the Secret Service is taking it seriously enough.
@Lustig Andrei,
Probably not. The last group they arrested for those kind of threats were let go by a judge because it was "just talk."
‘Trayvon Martin’ gun range targets sold out in two days
By David Edwards
Friday, May 11, 2012 13:24 EDT
A person selling gun range targets modeled after slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin says that their “main motivation was to make money off the controversy.”
WKMG’s Mike DeForest reported on Friday that the unidentified seller told him that the targets “sold out in 2 days.”
“The response is overwhelming,” the seller said.
While the item appears to have been removed from GunBroker.com, a cached version of the page was still available at the time of publication.
Photos of the item, which was titled “10 Pack Trayvon Martin Targets,” showed crosshairs over a hoodie similar to the one Trayvon Martin was wearing when he was shot by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in February. The figure has a bag of Skittle in his pocket and is holding what appears to be a can of iced tea, similar to what Martin had purchased before being gunned down. The pack of 10 targets was being sold for $8.
“Everyone knows the story of Zimmerman and Martin,” a description on the targets reads. “Obviously we support Zimmerman and believe he is innocent and that he shot a thug. Each target is printed on thick, high quality poster paper with a matte finish! The dimensions are 12″x18″ ( The same as Darkotic Zombie Targets) This is a Ten Pack of Targets.”
The seller’s ID was listed as “hillerarmco” from Virginia Beach, Virginia. A website by the same name is registered to Hiller Armament Company in Virginia Beach, but the associated phone number had been disconnected.
Zimmerman attorney Mark O’Mara told WKMG that this type of “hatred” just makes his client’s defense even more problematic.
“This is the highest level of disgust and the lowest level of civility,” O’Mara said. “It’s this type of hatred — that’s what this is, it’s hate-mongering — that’s going to make it more difficult to try this case.”
“I hope there is a crime that we can charge that person who made that with,” he added. “I’m not sure what it is, but we need to come up with one because that’s disgusting.”
Watch this video fro WKMG, broadcast Mat 11, 2012.
I keep telling you people dont underestimate the stupidity of the majority of U.S citizens.
@RABEL222,
If it were only stupidity, it could be dealt with easily. Unfortunately, this sort of thing goes beyond stupidity and begins to verge on the sociopathic.
@Ceili,
Ceili wrote:
Jeepers! Just how bad is it in the US? Some of these people need a reality check. Send them to a country in the throws of revolution and then ask them if their paranoid hyperbole is rational. Say Syria.
I can't see where this kind of stuff would be legal anywhere...
Gosh oh gee it is really bad here!
This sort of thing is sweeping the nation!
You're damned lucky you live in Canada where there are no fringe groups upon which people can base ridiculous conclusions about your country or its political parties.
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