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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report entitled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment”, dated April 7, 2009, which I have read, is apparently an unclassified summary of a larger classified report.
1. The summary contains few proper names, has no footnotes of any significance, lists very few sources, and is drafted with a prejudice against anyone who criticizes the role of the federal government in our lives today. It lumps together in its definition of “rightwing extremism” hate groups, anti-government groups, and single issue groups “such as opposition to abortion or immigration.”
My guess is that the sentiments revealed in the report I read are the tip of an iceberg that the DHS would prefer to keep submerged until it needs to reveal it. This iceberg is the heavy-hand of government; a government with large and awful eyes, in whose heart there is no love for freedom, and on whose face there is no smile.
The Obama administration in January issued a warning about left-wing extremists. Both reports were initiated during the administration of former President George W. Bush.
www.cnn.com...
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
I suppose if you're naive enough to believe there is a difference depending on who sits in that chair you are being "used."
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Andrew Napolitano is not Janet Napolitano.
Originally posted by 27jd
I thought Janet was just his stage name.
Anyway, I'm really not confused. This report was initiated by the Bush administration, that's fact. BOTH parties are against ALL of us little people. They depend on us being at each others throats to maintain their extravagant ways of life, all of them. They put on a big staged soap opera, add a few pieces of legislation that they know won't get passed, but will certainly bring activists out on both sides of the spectrum to shout each other down and want to fight civil wars over, while they take as much $$ off the top as they want while we're all arguing.
an economic system based on private ownership of capital
Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, and the means of producing wealth, are privately owned and controlled rather than state owned and controlled.
Originally posted by hinky
GW was simple, his administration just hated everyone. Obama 's is more insidious. They actually pick and choose. Everyone will understand this in a couple of years with some figuring it out sooner.
Originally posted by 27jd
1 additional thing you should all know, is that this report came from the Bush administration....
The Obama administration in January issued a warning about left-wing extremists. Both reports were initiated during the administration of former President George W. Bush.
www.cnn.com...
Yes, the Bush administration, the rightest of the right wing administrations...you were all being used, just as the left wing is being used by Obama. He isn't going to take away guns, or legalize the pot, nope not even close. It's going to be business as usual, the government will continue to be employed by big special interests and businesses who rob us all blind with fees and interests in their direct dealings with us, THEN they get their dogs (dem and rep) in the government to shovel the money the government takes from our checks into their wheel barrels of cash and they load it onto their private jets. All while we see half of our own country as ENEMIES, because they want us to.
Animal Rights & Eco-Terrorism : The Price We Pay
10/11-31/08: Gas pipeline bombed three times
Canada: Three bomb attacks damage EnCana natural
gas pipeline near Dawson Creek, BC.
8/2/08: Researcher’s home firebombed in CA
Firebomb forces UC-Santa Cruz scientist and family
out of their beds to evacuate from 2nd floor.
3/3/08: Fires gut model homes in WA
Four multi-million-dollar model homes are torched in
Seattle. ELF graffiti found.
1/23/08: Research staff poisoned
New Zealand: Victoria Univ. staff drink milk laced
with formaldehyde. Email says “stop killing mice”.
6/5/07: Mink farm attacked in PA
2,800 mink released in Boyers, hundreds die. Two pet
dogs killed.
5/6/07: Arson at cattle farm
UK: Firebombs at Oxfordshire farm wreck equipment,
kill animals.ALF claims guilt. Damage: £500,000.
12/18/06: Bird farm attack in NJ
2,500 quail released in Somerset County. All die.
Damage: $80,000.
9/13/06: Fish farm attacked
UK: 15,000 halibut released, gear vandalized, in
Oban, Scotland. Damage: £500,000.
7/14/06: Construction vehicles sabotaged
Canada: Dozen vehicles wrecked at Toronto condo
development. ELF claims guilt. Damage: C$2 million.
1/27/06: Farmed fish released
UK: 50,000 trout freed in Kent. Damage: £100,000.
1/7/06: Luxury house torched in WA
Mansion on Camano Island gutted. ELF message
found. Damage: $2 million.
11/20/05: Housing development torched in MD
Four townhouses set ablaze in Hagerstown. ELF
claims guilt. Damage: $225,000.
7/8/05: Logging gear burned in NH
Equipment torched on land owned by T.R. Dillon
Logging in Success. Damage: $500,000.
4/13/05: Homes firebombed in WA
Arsonists burn one new house, attempt another, in
Sammamish, near Seattle. Damage: $300,000.
11/14/04: Lab ransacked, animals released
Iowa University Psychology Dept. vandalized,
animals stolen. ALF claims guilt. Damage: $450,000.
11/12-15/04: Science building extensively damaged
Over $1 million in damage to building under
construction at Univ of Minnesota Duluth.
6/14/04: Arson at Utah lumber yard
Storage house in West Jordan destroyed. ELF claims
guilt. Damage: $1.5 million.
4/20/04: New homes torched in WA
Two homes gutted, one damaged in Lobo Ridge,
Snohomish. Evidence of ecoterror. Damage: $1 million.
All dates: month/day/year
9/24/03: Research lab ransacked in Louisiana
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine lab vandalized.
Damage: $ hundreds of thousands. ALF claims guilt.
9/22/03: Fur farm raided
Finland: 7,000 mink released at Kokkola farm.
Damage: EUR 300,000.
9/19/03: Homes under construction torched in CA
Four San Diego homes destroyed. Banner indicates
ELF guilt. Damage: $1 million.
8/25/03: Mink farm raided in WA
10,000 mink released in Snohomish. Damage:
$500,000.
8/22/03: Arson at four SUV dealerships, CA
125 autos, mostly SUVs, destroyed or damaged
around LA. Damage: $3 million +. ELF claims guilt.
8/1/03: Condo project torched, CA
ELF claims 206-unit condo arson in San Diego.
Damage: $50 million.
6/4/03: New homes torched, MI
Two homes destroyed in Macomb County. Damage:
$700,000. ELF claims guilt.
4/27/03: Chicken hatchery vandalized
Sweden: Machinery wrecked at Gimranas Inc.
hatchery, Herrljunga. Damage: $240,000.
12/29/02: Hunt supplier torched
UK: Fire razes feed supplier to Herts fox hunt.
Damage: $400,000.
8/11/02: Forest Service station torched, PA
US Forest Service Research Station in Irvine burned
down. ELF claims guilt. Damage: $700,000.
3/24/02: Arson at road construction site, PA
$500,000 crane burned, trees spiked. ELF claims guilt.
1/26/02: Minnesota Univ. arson
Machinery torched at building site of genomics
research center. Damage: $800,000. ELF claims guilt.
9/20/01: Arson at primate facility, NM
Coulston Foundation research facility burned down.
Damage: $1 million +. ALF claims guilt.
9/8/01: McDonald’s torched, AZ
McDonald’s franchise in Tucson set ablaze. Damage:
$500,000. ALF claims guilt.
6/11-12/01: Luxury homes set ablaze, AZ
Four homes being built near mountain preserves
outside Tucson torched. Damage: $5 million.
5/21/01: Arsons in OR, WA
Clatskanie tree farm and Univ. of Washington Center for
Urban Horticulture burned. Total damage: $8 million.
3/30/01: Arsonists hit OR truck dealership again
36 SUVs destroyed at Romania Truck Center.
Damage: $1 million. ELF claims guilt.
3/25/01: Slaughterhouse torched
Netherlands: Slaughterhouse near Eindhoven
burned. Damage: $4 million. ALF claims guilt.
1/2/01: Lumber company torched, OR
$400,000 damage caused to Superior Lumber offices
in Glendale. ELF claims guilt.
12/9-29/00: Arsonists attack luxury homes, NY
Three waves of attacks cause $410,000 damage on
Long Island. ELF claims guilt.
11/27/00: Mansion torched in Longmont, CO
Damage: $500,000. ELF claims guilt.
9/7/00: Mink farm raided, IA
14,000 mink released in New Hampton, largest animal
release ever in US. Most die. ALF claims guilt.
6/24/00: Arson at Eugene, OR truck dealership
Romania Truck Center struck. Damage: $400,000. Jeff
Luers sentenced for this and May 27 arson attempt (below).
6/4/00: Oregon seed research vandalized
$300-500,000 damage caused to plots at Pure-Seed
Testing. Anarchist Golfing Association claims guilt.
5/27/00: Attempted arson at OR oil company
Arsonists target gas tanker of Tyree Oil, in Eugene. Jeff
Luers sentenced for this and June 24 arson (above).
4/30/00: Construction site sabotaged, IN
Vandals attack highway site near Indianapolis. ELF
claims guilt. Damage: $500,000.
1/3/00: Arson at meat plant, CA
Rancho Veal torched by ALF. Damage: $250,000.
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12/31/99: Arson at Michigan State Univ., MI
Research on genetically engineered plants destroyed.
ELF claims guilt. Damage: $900,000.
12/25/99: Forestry company torched, OR
Boise Cascade office burned. Damage: $1 million.
ELF claims guilt.
8/9/99: Fur farm feed supplier torched, WI
United Feeds burned down. Damage: $1.5 million.
8/1/99: Arsonists attack dairy
UK: Trucks firebombed at Unigate Dairies, Oxford.
Damage: £1 million.
4/5/99: Minnesota Univ. labs vandalized, MN
Vandals destroy research on neurological diseases,
cancer vaccine. Damage: $2 million. ALF claims guilt.
12/26/98: Forestry company torched, OR
US Forest Industries attacked. Damage: $500,000 +.
ELF claims guilt.
10/18/98: Arsonists strike ski resort, CO
ELF claims guilt for Vail fires. Restitution damage:
$12 million. Total losses: $24.5 million.
7/21/97: Slaughter plant firebombed, OR
Cavel West Horse Slaughter Plant torched. Damage:
$1 million. ALF claims guilt.
5/30/97: Fur farm raid, OR
10,000 mink released, 4,000 die. Damage: $750,000.
3/11/97: Feed plant bombed, UT
Fur Breeders Ag Coop in Sandy bombed. Damage:
$1 million.
11/12/96: Fur store firebombed, MN
Alaskan Furs, Bloomington. Damage: $2.75 million.
Originally posted by infolurker
Hold a sec... Did you read the report? It specifically used the guy who shot 3 cops a couple of weeks ago as an example so it was written within the last couple of weeks.
Secondly, the "left wing" report doesn't lump in political stances into it, it mentions specific groups like ELF & ALF and is "mild" in only really referencing "cyber threats" though these groups have been responsible for much violent damage.
Ms. Napolitano insisted that the department was not planning on engaging in any form of ideological profiling.
www.washingtontimes.com...
In the 10 years since the April 19, 1995, bombing in Oklahoma City, in fact, the radical right has produced some 60 terrorist plots. These have included plans to bomb or burn government buildings, banks, refineries, utilities, clinics, synagogues, mosques, memorials and bridges; to assassinate police officers, judges, politicians, civil rights figures and others; to rob banks, armored cars and other criminals; and to amass illegal machine guns, missiles, explosives, and biological and chemical weapons. What follows is a list of key right-wing plots of the last 10 years.
www.splcenter.org...