Thursday, April 16, 2009

"VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY" REARS ITS UGLY HEAD

It was Hillary Clinton who first alluded to the "vast Right Wing conspiracy" during the Monica years. Now, it's the Department of Homeland Security that is apparently setting aside terrorism, border crossings and other trivial pursuits in order to redirect its sights toward the target of the "conspiracy."

The DHS recently released an assessment to the effect that military personnel returning from the Middle East should be scrutinized and watched closely in case they could form "right wing" extremist groups within the United States. The report lists the veterans as being "terrorist risks."

These statements are patently offensive to every American who has ever served in the military and are indicative of the Administration's all out war....and it is a war... against their perceived enemies. It smacks of being an orchestration straight out of Rohm Emanuel's office, tucked neatly into a pile of other "projects" that includes the banning of gun ownership and change to socialism.

According to a Washington Times report on April 16th, DHS Secretary Janet Napolotano as recently as April 15th, stood by the assessment in saying that she had been briefed and she concurred. "The document on right-wing extremism sent last week by this department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis is one in an ongoing series of assessments to provide situational awareness to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies on the phenomenon and trends of violent radicalization in the United States," Ms. Napolitano said in a statement. In making the statement, she alluded to Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City.

This morning, April 16th, Napolitano did an abrupt about-face and apologized for the report, saying that she hadn't read all of it.

Given the sequence and her prior insistence that the "assessment" was accurate, the apology not only falls on deaf ears, but is one more reason why Americans took to the streets in protest on April 15th.

It's NOT just about taxes. It's about the Administration's cavalier insensitivity to Amertican patriotism, to its very roots... the President's bow to Saudi royalty, his snide representations about Americans being "dismissive and arrogant," his radical turn to Marxism and socialism, his budgets and tax plans, and his affinity for tax cheats.

Napolitano may have apologized, but you can be assured that the list will not be modified and that the returning vets will continue to be scrutinized. This transcends party lines and attacks the very foundations of Americanism.

Thankfully, Americans regardless of party affiliation, have now demonstrated that we CAN take our country back. We can, and we must.

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