Today's Republican Terrorist Act

From Yahoo:

"WASHINGTON – The FBI arrested a northern California man Wednesday for allegedly making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over health care reform, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

Charges against the man have yet to be disclosed, but they are expected to be filed in federal court in California.

Several federal officials said the man made dozens of calls to Pelosi's homes in California and Washington, as well as to her husband's business office. They said he recited her home address and said if she wanted to see it again, she would not support the health care overhaul bill that since has been enacted."

Yesterday it was Democratic Senator Patty Murray. And before that, the ugly, racist call to Rep. John Lewis, who conservatives claim is just making it all up. And let's not forget the Hutaree militia, or, if you need more, these people.

Anyone who thinks this is business as usual is not paying much attention.

Comments

Jean Valjean said…
The people to 'detain' are all working for Roger Ailes. Start will putting him on trial...for sedition? Incitement to riot....?
Derek said…
So this is terrorism, but Ft Hood, as well as the eunuch bomber aren't? Refresh my memory if I am mistaken, but didn't you say those were criminal acts, not acts of terrorism?
Montana said…
I love that they asked for “Public Defenders” (and they thought they could bring down our government), undercover FBI agent, sweet. Since their inception the Teaparty crowd (not a movement since they do have the numbers or clout) because they are haters not debaters or as others have dubbed them screamers not dreamers. The simpleton Tea baggers are the same whiners that were crying when the McCain/Bailin ticket lost. Now that their yelling and screaming failed to stop the health care debate and the bill from passing they are crying again. Lets face it the Republicans had eight years to deal with health care, immigration, climate change and financial oversight and governance and they failed. The Republicans are good at starting wars (two in eight years, with fat contracts to friends of Cheney/Bush) but not at winning wars as seen by the continuing line of body bags that keep coming home. Instead of participating in the health care debate of ideas the Republicans party turned inward to your old fashion obstructionist party. In my opinion the Republican Waterloo loss was caused by the party allowing a small portions (but very loud) of the republican party of “birthers, baggers and blowhards” to take over their party. I will admit that this fringe is very good at playing “Follow the Leader” by listening to their dullard leaders, Beck, Hedgecock, Hannity, O’Reilly, Rush, Savage, Sarah Bailin, Orly Taitz, Victoria Jackson, Michele Bachmann and the rest of the Blowhards and acting as ill programmed robots. The Teaparty crowd think they can scare, intimidate and force others to go along with them by comments like “This time we came unarmed”, let me tell you something not all ex-military join the fringe militia crazies who don’t pay taxes and run around with face paint in the parks playing commando, the majority are mature and understand that the world is more complicated and grey than the black and white that these simpleton make it out to be and that my friend is the point. The world is complicated and presidents like Hamiliton, Lincoln, and Roosevelt believe that we should use government a little to increase social mobility, now its about dancing around the claim of government is the problem. The sainted Reagan passed the biggest tax increase in American history and as a result federal employment increased, but facts are lost when mired in mysticism and superstition. Although some Republicans are trying to distant themselves from this fringe most of them, having no game plan/ vision for our country, are just going along and fanning the flames. For a party that gave us Abraham Lincoln, it is tragic that the ranks are filled with too many empty suits. But they now claim they have changed, come on, what sucker is going to believe that? All I can say to you is remember Waterloo.
magpie said…
Derek, you expressed your fawning admiration of thugs like the Hutaree here: http://largegreenbird.blogspot.com/2009/08/really-good-news-huh-washington-militia.html

Since you want to make the point that the Fort Hood killer and the eunuch bomber are the same sort of scum, we can therefore assume you admire them too, yes?
Infidel753 said…
Why make it an either-or? The Fort Hood shooter, the ball-less bomber, the Hutaree, Steven Anderson, the murderer of Dr. Tiller, etc. aRE aLIke in, Gee, I dON't know what way.....
Green Eagle said…
Just as a contentious note, my understanding of terrorism is that it is violence directed against civilian targets. So actually, I am not entirely sure that the Fort Hood murders count as terrorism.

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