Sovereign Revolutionaries
by digby
I guess that whole election thing is just too much trouble. These folks seem to want to “restore” America to the 1600s:
The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group’s call to remove governors from office could provoke violence.
The group called the Guardians of the free Republics wants to “restore America” by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its Web site. It sent letters to governors demanding they leave office or be removed.
Investigators do not see threats of violence in the group’s message, but fear the broad call for removal of top state officials could lead others to act out violently. At least two states beefed up security in response.
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The FBI associated the letter with “sovereign citizens,” most of whom believe they are free from all duties of a U.S. citizen, like paying taxes or needing a government license to drive. A small number of these people are armed and resort to violence, according to the intelligence report.
Yeah. It’s just a little bit odd that they’ve only now decided to start demanding that people leave office in three days don’t you think? Was this kind of thing going on while Bush was president? I don’t recall anything like this. It seems pretty clear that it’s the election of the Kenyan usurper and his communist colleagues in the congress that’s spurred this latest outbreak of “sovereignty” fetishists. (They’re always around, but they only get active and find new recruits when the Democrats threaten the constitution by winning an election.)
BTW, what this about?
In the past year, federal agents have seen an increase in “chatter” from an array of domestic extremist groups, which can include radical self-styled militias, white separatists or extreme civil libertarians and sovereign citizens.
What’s an “extreme civil libertarian?” I’m guessing that they are talking about gun owners buying up huge numbers of gun and ammo because I don’t see any fourth amendment “extremists” organizing against unlawful search and seizure or first amendment advocates planning armed revolution. Unless you count the ACLU as among the domestic extremists, I’m thinking “extreme civil libertarian” is a loaded term and I’d rather not see it used in this context. If there are paranoid gun nuts out there, let’s not confuse them with people who believe there should be strict adherence to the bill of rights. They’re just plain old civil libertarians and law abiding citizens who use the courts to adjudicate these matters.
Update: Think Progress has more on Guardians of Free Republics. Seems they’re popular with the Resistnet crowd — the “netroots” of the teabag movement.
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