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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Obama Régime Is Coming After YOU AND ME

ALERT: By now, you probably already know that your own government considers you to be a “rightwing extremist.”

As an informed conservative, you probably already know that that same government wants to cut off your ability to respond to its accusations against you; you probably already know that that same government is trying to take over the Internet and shut down conservative talk radio in order to accomplish that goal.

You’ve already heard all this… but now, the Left has kicked into HIGH GEAR against conservatives. Now, because a single late-term abortionist was shot, they want to use it as an excuse to take away ALL of your rights to protest, or even voice your own opinion!

IT’S TRUE!

As everyone has heard by now, the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning to law enforcement officials a few weeks ago about a rise in “rightwing extremist activity,” labeling citizens opposed to new firearms restrictions, returning veterans and conservatives as “rightwing extremists” and associating them with white supremacists and violent antigovernment groups.

It was right there in black and white — and it made it obvious that the Obama Administration, and especially the DHS under Janet Napolitano, is trying to demonize political dissent. And it’s no big surprise who is directly in their crosshairs: CONSERVATIVES, including anyone who is “antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms ownership and use.”

Oh, and throw in anyone who rejects “federal authority in favor of state or local authority,” “the expansion of social programs to minorities,” or is “dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” And don’t forget the always-to-be-feared “disgruntled military veterans”!

TODAY, thanks to the new “crisis” of the shooting of late-term abortionist George Tiller, pro-lifers are in the crosshairs. TOMORROW, it will be everyone else!

This calls for grassroots action, on a HUGE scale!

TELL CONGRESS TO PROTECT AMERICANS WHO ARE ON BARACK OBAMA’S NEW “ENEMIES LIST”:

Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, said this not long ago: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that, it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Hillary Clinton agreed with him just afterward, saying, “Never waste a good crisis.”

They meant it. According to LifeNews.com, “The apparent shooter of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller was never involved in a pro-life group and, by his own actions, wasn’t pro-life. But abortion advocates are quickly taking to calling the majority of Americans who are pro-life, ‘terrorists,’ in the first day following his death.”

Kim Gandy, the head of the pro-abortion National Organization for Women, was first: “Bringing the killers to justice is not enough,” said Gandy, “the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security must root out and prosecute as domestic terrorists and violent racketeers the criminal enterprise that has organized and funded criminal acts for decades.”

She went on to say the pro-life movement was guilty of “politically-motivated domestic terrorism” and called on the Obama administration to aggressively target pro-life Americans.

Peter Brownlie, president of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri also used the term: “We’re not going to let the terrorists win,” he told the Kansas City Star newspaper.

The Huffington Post wrote, “Tiller was the subject of assassination attempts, violence, and, by definition, terrorism in the past,” and Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic labeled the death “Christianist terrorism.”

Bonnie Erbe, of U.S. News and World Report, titled her blog response, “Tiller Murder Is Terrorism, and All Pro-Life Extremists Are to Blame.” She said anyone who describes abortion as the killing of babies “ought to be prosecuted as an accessory to murder, as well as for partaking in domestic terrorism.”

Do you get it? If you are opposed to abortion, you are a terrorist, because some whacko who wasn’t connected to ANY pro-life group shot and killed an abortionist who killed 60,000 babies in their eighth month in the womb.

Whatever your stand on the abortion issue… even if you just don’t want your tax dollars to pay for abortion… YOU are a right-wing extremist, and they’re going to do all they can now to “not waste this crisis” and come against YOUR rights to protest and speak out.

This is only the LATEST attack by the Left on conservatives who disagree with them! As if that first DHS report wasn’t bad enough… the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis — the same unit that produced the report on right-wing extremists — then released a NEW report, titled the “Domestic Extremism Lexicon,” meant to define terms used when analyzing dozens of supposedly “extremist ideologies” inside the United States.

So what did this “dictionary” of extremist groups cover? Well, for starters: Jewish extremists, animal rights extremists, Christian identity extremists, black separatism extremists, anti-abortion extremists, anti-immigration extremists, anti-technology extremists, Cuban independence extremists and tax resistance extremists, to name a few.

That’s right: Whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, Cubans and Mexicans, along with tax-hating Americans, are ALL in DHS’ “Domestic Extremism Lexicon.”

The first DHS report also said that Congressional debates about immigration and gun control make “extremist groups” suspicious and give them a rallying cry:

“It is unclear if either bill will be passed into law; nonetheless, a correlation may exist between the potential passage of gun control legislation and increased hoarding of ammunition, weapons stockpiling, and paramilitary training activities among rightwing extremists,” the report said.

Why are they worried? Because since November, more than 7 million people have applied for criminal background checks in order to buy weapons. And as far as the Obama administration is concerned, buying guns equals “weapons stockpiling,” buying ammo equals “hoarding of ammunition,” and expressing concern about Congress passing gun control legislation qualifies YOU as part of an “extremist group.”

Therefore, you and I are now being viewed as dangerous rightwing extremists that law enforcement officials need to be watching out for!

According to the federal government, characteristics of members of the suspect group of people include those who:

  • Oppose restrictions on firearms
  • Oppose lax immigration
  • Oppose the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship and the expansion of social programs
  • Oppose continuation of free trade agreements
  • Oppose same-sex marriage
  • Has paranoia of foreign regimes
  • Fear Communist regimes
  • Oppose one world government
  • Bemoan the decline of U.S. stature in the world
  • Is upset with the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India
  • Participate in Anti-Tax Tea Party events
  • And the list goes on…

This is OUTRAGEOUS!

This report was released “hot on the heels” of another (state) government agency report in February: the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) report titled, “MIAC Strategic Report: The Modern Militia Movement.” In this horrific “law enforcement sensitive” secret police report, Governor Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon; John Britt, Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety; James Keathley, Colonel, Missouri State Highway Patrol; and Van Godsey, Director of MIAC categorize certain citizens as being potential violence-prone “militia members.”

According to the MIAC report, if you oppose any of the following, you could qualify for being profiled as a potential dangerous “militia member”:

• The United Nations
• The New World Order
• Gun Control
• The violation of Posse Comitatus
• The Federal Reserve
• The Income Tax
• The Ammunition and Accountability Act
• A possible Constitutional Convention
• The North American Union
• Universal Service Program
• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Abortion
• Illegal Immigration

Well, there you have it! You see? You ARE a dangerous rightwing extremist!

As ridiculous as that report seems, it was distributed to law enforcement officials across the state of Missouri. And it wasn’t until the state government was FLOODED with protests from patriotic Americans across the country, that they finally came out and denounced and retracted the MIAC document.

Now, it’s happened again — but this time, at the Federal level! Our own government is turning against us, and unless there is a HUGE outpouring of outrage from every part of this nation, it will just keep getting WORSE!

Interestingly enough, no left-leaning political ideologies were identified in the first report. No Islamic extremists. No environmental extremists. Only people holding “conservative” or “right-wing” philosophies were identified in BOTH the MIAC report AND the Homeland Security “assessment.”

This shouldn’t be too surprising: both of these reports are similar to several other reports currently circulating around various State police agencies, courtesy of DHS-sponsored “Fusion Centers.” MIAC is one of those Centers, sponsored by the DHS!

So now, even veterans are targets of our own government: The Homeland Security assessment specifically says that “rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat.”

PLEASE, don’t think we’re making a “big deal” out of nothing! Homeland Security spokeswoman Sara Kuban specifically told the press, “This is nothing unusual,” and added that the Homeland Security Department did this “to prevent another Tim McVeigh from ever happening again.”

The authors of the DHS assessment are pushing an “Us against Them” philosophy. You and I are being marginalized — labeled as fringe kooks, “rightwing extremists,” so that it will be easier to violate our liberties and take away our political rights in the future.

Think of it: The Obama administration is quickly developing its own “Enemies List” of who it needs to target, to shut down opposition to its radical socialist agenda.

So how do Obama’s leftist minions propose to shut us down?

SIMPLE: Cut off our ability to respond to such accusations and official “assessments,” by TAKING OVER THE INTERNET and SHUTTING DOWN CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO.

For example, according to news reports, two new Senate bills — S. 773 and S. 778 – “would grant the White House sweeping new powers to access private online data, regulate the cyber security industry and even shut down Internet traffic during a declared ‘cyber emergency.’”

These two new bills are both part of what’s being called the “Cyber security Act of 2009.” The Act would create a new bureaucracy, the “Office of the National Cyber security Advisor,” which would be charged with “defending the country from cyber attack”… and would report directly to Barack Obama.

But that’s not all it would do: it would also grant the Secretary of Commerce access to all privately owned information networks deemed to be “critical” to the nation’s infrastructure, “without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.”

Did you read that? The Secretary of Commerce, reporting directly to Mr. Obama, would be able to snoop through ANYTHING connected to the Internet that a President decides is “critical” to look at. And it doesn’t matter what the law says — they get to do this whenever and wherever a President wants them to.

Talk about UNCONSTITUTIONAL! We MUST NOT let Barack Obama’s cronies in Congress get away with this!

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

It’s clear: giving the U.S. Department of Commerce oversight of the “critical” networks — like banking records — would give the federal government access to confidential, private information obtained without cause or warrant, which is a CLEAR violation of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against unlawful search and seizure!

What exactly are these “critical infrastructure networks” that Barack Obama would have the power to “take offline” whenever he wants to? The examples they give are things like “banking, utilities, air/rail/auto traffic control, and telecommunications.”

WHAT??? Exactly HOW do you take the telecommunications networks off of the Internet, when that’s what the Internet is comprised of? And if YOUR bank gets taken offline, don’t you think you might go into your branch and ask for all of your deposits in cash? Don’t you think EVERYONE might do that?

According to one Senate document that attempts to “explain” the bills, this Act “addresses our country’s unacceptable vulnerability to massive cyber crime, global cyber espionage and cyber attacks that could cripple our critical infrastructure.”

In a statement explaining the bill’s introduction, liberal Democratic West Virginia U. S. Senator Jay Rockefeller said, “We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs – from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records – the list goes on.”

Senator Olympia Snowe, a liberal Republican from Maine who is co-sponsoring the bill, gave us this dire warning: “If we fail to take swift action, we, regrettably, risk a cyber-Katrina.”

In other words, we need to give up our freedoms and liberties in order for the government to give us “security.”

What was it that Benjamin Franklin once said? “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

WE MUST NOT GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THESE ABSOLUTE POWERS!

Why would anyone push such a bill? Because if Obama controls the Internet, he can cut off our ability to respond to his administration’s attacks on YOU, ME and every other conservative in America!

NO, we’re not paranoid — because you’re not paranoid if they really ARE out to get you!

You see, it doesn’t stop there — also on Obama’s “Enemies List” is one more form of alternative media that he is otherwise powerless to stop: Conservative Talk Radio. And they’re very clear about HOW they’re going to shut it down:

The Fairness Doctrine.

The “Fairness Doctrine” — a federal regulation requiring broadcasters to present both sides of any “controversial” issue — was enforced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1949 to 1987. The FCC adopted it as a regulation, but it was never a law enacted by Congress.

When the rule was in place, radio and TV stations could face huge fines if their stations aired controversial statements on public affairs without providing “equal time” to opposing viewpoints. The result was self-censorship by broadcasters who avoided politics to escape any potential government retaliation.

When this rule was dropped in 1987, under President Ronald Reagan, it led directly to the rise of conservative talk radio that enabled average citizens to have their voices heard across America. If it weren’t for the Reagan administration dropping the “Fairness Doctrine,” we would never have heard of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Michael Savage, Michael Reagan, Martha Zoller, Neal Boortz, Janet Folger, or the hundreds of other conservative talk radio hosts that dot the land and expose the lies and misdeeds of the Left.

And THAT is why Barack Obama and his left-wing friends want to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine” — this time, as a LAW. Because if they can get it passed as a LAW, they can cut off one of our biggest means of responding to their attacks, and disproving their LIES!

Up until 1987, the Fairness Doctrine mandated that when a broadcast station presented one viewpoint on a “controversial” public issue, it also had to air the opposing viewpoint. Sounds “fair,” right?

WRONG. The so-called “Fairness Doctrine” did nothing but stifle any real public debate on the airwaves. What station manager in his right mind would air a (profitable) conservative talk radio show for two or three hours every day, if it meant he had to also air liberal shows as well — shows that have consistently LOST money whenever they’ve been tried?

Repealed by an FCC vote of 4-0, it was concluded that the “Fairness Doctrine” had begun to inhibit political discourse, rather than enhance it.

The Democrat Congress tried to reinstate the doctrine, but President Reagan vetoed their attempt. Again, in 1991, another attempt to revive the doctrine failed when President George H. W. Bush threatened a veto.

Now, with Barack Obama in the White House, and with liberal Democrats Senator Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reigning over a Democrat-controlled Congress, they’re already talking about trying to SHUT US DOWN AGAIN — and this time, they might succeed… unless YOU AND I take action to stop them NOW, before they are able to mobilize support for this insidious attempt to SILENCE CONSERVATIVES!

Nothing frightens those who peddle lies more than the cold hard light of TRUTH. They react to exposure of their deceits the way vampires react to a crucifix held up in front of them.

Ever since the birth of conservative talk radio and the Internet ended the liberals’ total monopoly over the news, the left has been simmering with rage — because of the loss of their absolute control over what Americans are allowed to see and hear, and their inability to do anything about it!

Time and time again, liberal attempts to sell the nation their shoddy goods have been frustrated when talk-radio hosts have taken to the airwaves and warned their millions of listeners that they were about to be taken to the cleaners.

It wasn’t until McCain/Kennedy’s fatally flawed “immigration reform” AMNESTY bill — that seemed destined for passage — was derailed by an army of angry voters recruited by talk radio hosts and conservative Internet websites, that the left understood both the incredible power of the new media, and their utter helplessness in the face of it.

Clearly, they felt that something had do be done. And that’s when they came up with the idea to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine” — but this time, as a LAW.

Really, what they’re trying to do shows just how desperate the liberals have become. Without conservative talk radio, and conservative internet websites, to keep an eye on them, the Left’s failure to accomplish their stated goals since winning control of the Congress would have been covered up by the liberal controlled “mainstream media.”

Conservative voices on talk radio and the Internet are the left’s worst nightmare — their monitoring of the liberals’ activities have been shining the light of truth on the Left’s attempts to deceive the nation, so now the Left is trying to do whatever it takes to silence us.

Like all Marxists, the liberals won’t stop trying to LIE their way into power. As a result, they won’t stop trying to destroy conservative talk radio, conservative internet sites, and groups like ours — those of us who are more than willing to ACTIVATE the grassroots to help EXPOSE their lies. You can be certain that they’ll push HARD for a new “Fairness Doctrine” or some other way to silence the voices of common sense and truth in America.

But you can be just as certain that we will NOT let them succeed!

As grassroots conservatives, we MUST take action to stop them NOW, before they are able to mobilize support for this insidious attempt to SILENCE CONSERVATIVES!

Just piece the whole puzzle together: the Obama administration releases reports that label any Conservative as a potential “rightwing extremist”… the Obama administration wants to be able to completely take over the Internet during whatever he proclaims is an “emergency”… the Obama administration wants to shut down talk radio to silence its strongest critics… the Obama administration and their supporters view pro-lifers as “domestic terrorists”…

It’s plain to see: Conservatives like YOU and ME are on Obama’s ENEMIES LIST!

The only thing that will put a STOP to this nonsense is a huge public outcry opposing it. If we do nothing, however, it will soon be too late to do anything. We either stop it NOW, or it will grow into an out-of-control monster that will monitor and control the personal opinions and speech of every man, woman, and child in this country.

And don’t be fooled by phony “apologies” issued by Secretary Napolitano or others for those leaked reports. When American veterans expressed understandable outrage at the report’s targeting of vets as being susceptible recruitment by terrorist groups, her response was, “I apologize for that offense. It was certainly not intended.” In other words, “I’m sorry you were offended — it’s YOUR fault for taking it the wrong way!”

The Executive Branch of the U.S. government is coming after us. As patriotic Americans, we need to seek relief from the other branches of government – first of all, by DEMANDING that these outrageous DHS reports be CONDEMNED by our Representatives in Congress, and RETRACTED by the Obama administration; by demanding that the U.S. government REPUDIATE any person or organization that refers to pro-life individuals and groups as “terrorists”; and by demanding that Congress REJECT any attempt to bring back the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.” Please, CLICK HERE NOW to send Blast Faxes to EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS, telling them to take action on these issues TODAY!

Sincerely,
William Greene, President
RightMarch.com PAC

Tags: Obama anti-American, Obama anti-christian, Obama anti-life //

2 Responses to “Obama Régime Is Coming After YOU AND ME - By William Greene”
  1. MoniQue // Jun 9, 2009 at 3:09 am

    Let’s just cut to the chase, fast forward to the near future where Obama WILL bring us:

    Revelation 13:5-8:
    The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.

    and

    Rev. 13:16-17
    “He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.”

    ***********************************************
    Now folks, what would be necessary to do in order to attain this status? Why of course, get rid of our guns, our vets, our God-fearing folks, and more.

    These are all their ultimate shop set-up.

    But do not be dismayed, we’ve all known this was coming for a very long time.

  2. Lynn Dartez // Jun 9, 2009 at 5:15 am

    It’s time to rise and shine America.. The Usurper is the threat and his bilderberg buddies and all his cronies.. Never in my life and I’m 51yrs young. Have i seen something like this come so true to what God says in the Bible.. We can still win. But it’s up to every red blooded American now. I will proudly fight for my Country.
    Give me Liberty or give death..

    Lynn Dartez

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Napolitano is Lying to Americans About Her Department’s Rightwing Extremism Report; TMLC Files Suit

People - Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary

SAVAGE SUES NAPOLITANO OVER 'RIGHTWING EXTREMISM' REPORT

SAN FRANCISCO -- April 17, 2009: Talk Radio Network host Michael Savage, in conjunction with the Thomas More Law Center, has filed suit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The suit claims that the recent DHS report "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" reflects a policy on "rightwing extremism" that violates the civil liberties of veterans and targets Americans for their political beliefs.

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced that yesterday evening it filed a federal lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The lawsuit claims that her Department’s “Rightwing Extremism Policy,” as reflected in the recently publicized Intelligence Assessment, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” violates the civil liberties of combat veterans as well as American citizens by targeting them for disfavored treatment on account of their political beliefs.

General - PDF Links Click here to read the complaint filed by the Thomas More Law Center.

Napolitano tried to blunt the public furor over the Report by a half-hearted apology to veterans, but she left out of her apology all of the other Americans her Department has targeted because of their political beliefs. In fact, officials in DHS now admit that their internal office of civil liberties objected to the language in the extremism report, but the Department issued it anyway.

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center stated, “Janet Napolitano is lying to the American people when she says the Report is not based on ideology or political beliefs. In fact, her report would have the admiration of the Gestapo and any current or past dictator in the way it targets political opponents. This incompetently written intelligence assessment, which directs law enforcement officials across the country to target and report on American citizens who have the political beliefs mentioned in the report, will be used as a tool to stifle political opposition and opinions. It will give a pretext for opponents of those Americans to report them to police as rightwing extremists and terrorists. You can imagine what happens then.”

The Report specifically mentions the following political beliefs that law enforcement should use to determine whether someone is a “rightwing extremist”:

  • Opposes restrictions on firearms
  • Opposes lax immigration
  • Opposes the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship, and the expansion of social programs
  • Opposes continuation of free trade agreements
  • Opposes same-sex marriage
  • Has paranoia of foreign regimes
  • Fear of Communist regimes
  • Opposes one world government
  • Bemoans the decline of U.S. stature in the world.
  • Upset with loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India
  • . . . and the list goes on

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host, Michael Savage, Gregg Cunningham (President of the pro-life organization Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc (CBR)), and Iraqi War Marine veteran Kevin Murray. The Law Center claims that Napolitano’s Department (DHS) has violated the First and Fifth Amendment Constitutional rights of these three plaintiffs by attempting to chill their free speech, expressive association, and equal protection rights. The lawsuit further claims that the Department of Homeland Security encourages law enforcement officers throughout the nation to target and report citizens to federal officials as suspicious rightwing extremists and potential terrorists because of their political beliefs.

Thompson added, “The Obama Administration has declared war on American patriots and our Constitution. The Report even admits that the Department has no specific information on any plans of violence by so-called ‘rightwing extremists.’ Rather, what they do have is the expression of political opinions by certain individuals and organizations that oppose the Obama administration’s policies, and this expression is protected speech under the First Amendment.”

The Law Center is asking the court to declare that the DHS policy violates the First and Fifth Amendments, to permanently enjoin the Policy and its application to the plaintiffs’ speech and other activities, and to award the plaintiffs their reasonable attorney’s fees and costs for having to bring the lawsuit.

General - PDF Links Click here to read the DHS extremism report.

The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. The Law Center accomplishes its mission through litigation, education, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization. You may reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website a twww.thomasmore.org.

TMLC Demands Dept. of Homeland Security Reveal Basis for its Report Targeting Right Wing Extremists

April 15, 2009

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center announced today that is has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security demanding to know the basis for their recent intelligence assessment targeting as “rightwing extremists” those who oppose abortion, gun control, lax immigration laws, and a myriad of other policies supported by President Obama’s administration. The Law Center filed its request after consultation with conservative talk show host Michael Savage.

The Department of Homeland Security’s document in question, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” was released to law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Of particular concern was the report’s singling out of military veterans as vulnerable to rightwing extremism.

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center stated, “This is not an intelligence report but a diatribe against those who oppose the policies of the Obama administration. It is a declaration of war against the American people and our constitution. It is a prelude to extreme gun control legislation and hate speech laws targeting Christian churches and others who oppose abortion and same sex marriage. The federal government should be focusing its attention on the 35 radical Muslim compounds in the U.S. training its followers on how to kidnap and kill Americans.”

Thompson went on to say that this may be another opportunity for the Law Center to team up with Dr. Michael Savage. Michael Savage, the nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host of The Savage Nation, recently teamed with the Thomas More Law Center in order to protect free speech by opposing the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.” Michael Savage warned of the possibility of a document like this being produced by DHS when he raised the issue of “Fusion Cells.” Fusion Cells are a set of local intelligence centers across the country created by the Department of Homeland Security to combat terrorism and related criminal activity, which includes pro-life activity.

Michael Savage is a longtime on-air supporter of the Thomas More Law Center. He used his radio show to marshal overwhelming support for one of the Law Center’s clients, Marine LtCol Jeffrey Chessani. Chessani is being prosecuted by the government in the so-called Haditha massacre – a massacre that never happened. A military judge ultimately dismissed the case. The government appealed the ruling and lost, but may appeal again.

The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. The Law Center accomplishes its mission through litigation, education, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization.

You may reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website at: www.thomasmore.org.

Janet Napolitano made the media rounds this morning to face the public firestorm over DHS’s hit job on conservatives.

I’m calling it the Extremist Makeover tour.

She offered an apology to veterans, saying it wasn’t her intention to offend. It may not have been the intention of the report authors or Napolitano to offend or overreach, but that was certainly the effect. And it remains a mystery why Napolitano felt it necessary to distribute a shoddy nine-page report that was supposedly in the works under the Bush administration for a year, as Napolitano claims, containing zero data backing up the claim of a “resurgence” of rightwing extremist violence — and was padded with analysis from the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center to stir fear of “disgruntled military veterans.”

On Fox and Friends this morning, Napolitano admitted that she would have changed the definition included in the report.

A reminder:

Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.

So, how exactly would she rewrite the definition? We rightwing extremists want to know.