Posted on 03/21/2010 9:12:52 AM PDT by Tigen
Do you like Ron Paul or oppose abortion? You may be a member of a militia, according to a new report by a government information collection agency. If you're an anti-abortion activist, or if you display political paraphernalia supporting a third-party candidate or a certain Republican member of Congress, if you possess subversive literature, you very well might be a member of a domestic paramilitary group.
That's according to "The Modern Militia Movement," a report by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC), a government collective that identifies the warning signs of potential domestic terrorists for law enforcement communities.
MIAC is one of 58 so-called "fusion centers" nationwide that were created by the Department of Homeland Security, in part, to collect local intelligence that authorities can use to combat terrorism and related criminal activities. More than $254 million from fiscal years 2004-2007 went to state and local governments to support the fusion centers, according to the DHS Web site.
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“Necessary to the security of a free State.” What’s that got to do with America as Obama envisions her?
Just my point - on the one hand they are out there yelling about how dangerous these “militias” are, but that’s exactly what the second amendment says - necessary to the security of a free state. militia is a good (protective) thing, not a bad thing.
As far as what Obama envisions, fill in the blanks...
Mark for tomorrow.
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