Thread: Why the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Has Become Danger

Officials see rise in militia groups across US

Aug 12 12:09 AM US/Eastern
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends.

The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says. Conspiracy theories about a secret Mexican plan to reclaim the Southwest are also growing amid the public debate about illegal immigration.

Bart McEntire, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told SPLC researchers that this is the most growth he's seen in more than a decade.

"All it's lacking is a spark," McEntire said in the report.

It's reminiscent of what was seen in the 1990s—right-wing militias, people ideologically against paying taxes and so-called "sovereign citizens" are popping up in large numbers, according to the report to be released Wednesday. The SPLC is a nonprofit civil rights group that, among other activities, investigates hate groups.

Last October, someone from the Ohio Militia posted a recruiting video on YouTube, billed as a "wake-up call" for America. It's been viewed more than 60,000 times.

"Things are bad, things are real bad, and it's going to be a lot worse," said the man on the video, who did not give his name. "Our country is in peril."

The man is holding an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, and he encourages viewers to buy one.

While anti-government sentiment has been on the rise over the last two years, there aren't as many threats and violent acts at this point as there were in the 1990s, according to the report. That movement bore the likes of Timothy McVeigh, who in 1995 blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City and killed 168 people.

But McEntire fears it's only a matter of time.

These militias are concentrated in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest and the Deep South, according to Mark Potok, an SPLC staff director who co-wrote the report. Recruiting videos and other outreach on the Internet are on the rise, he said, and researchers from his center found at least 50 new groups in the last few months.

The militia movement of the 1990s gained traction with growing concerns about gun control, environmental laws and anything perceived as liberal government meddling.

The spark for that movement came in 1992 with an FBI standoff with white separatist Randall Weaver at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Weaver's wife and son were killed by an FBI sniper. And in 1993, a 52-day standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, resulted in nearly 80 deaths. These events rallied more people who became convinced that the government would murder its own citizens to promote its liberal agenda.

Now officials are seeing a new generation of activists, according to the report. The law center spotlights Edward Koernke, a Michigan man who hosts an Internet radio show about militias. His father, Mark, was a major figure in the 1990s militia movement and served six years in prison for charges including assaulting police.

Last year, officials warned about an increase in activity from militias in a five-year threat projection by the Homeland Security Department.

"White supremacists and militias are more violent and thus more likely to conduct mass-casualty attacks on the scale of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing," the threat projection said.

A series of domestic terrorism incidents over the past year have not been directly tied to organized militias, but the rhetoric behind some of the crimes are similar with that of the militia movement. For instance, the man charged with the April killings of three Pittsburgh police officers posted some of his views online. Richard Andrew Poplawski wrote that U.S. troops could be used against American citizens, and he thinks a gun ban could be coming.

The FBI's assistant director for counterterrorism, Michael Heimbach, said that law enforcement officials need to identify people who go beyond hateful rhetoric and decide to commit violent acts and crimes. Heimbach said one of the bigger challenges is identifying the lone-wolf offenders.

One alleged example of a lone-wolf offender is the 88-year-old man charged in the June shooting death of a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1

Anybody besides me think this Eileen Sullivan is an operative of the government?

Clearly, the crushing oppression by this administration is about to be set in motion. I'd wager that "spark" Bart McEntire mentioned has already been prepared and awaits activation, and it will be a false-flag act originating within the government to facilitate the crackdown all of us instinctively know is coming.

Please see this action item


http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-166365.html

Along with the ACLU and the Chamber of Commerce who in my book are enemys of the state !

Eileen Sullivan could very well be a government "plant" or whatever you might want to call her. The government may pull a faux crackdown on the people. They are stupid if they do, because most people who are prepared for just such a thing, will never be known until the "real" thing happens and I have a feeling that there will be an astonishing number who will participate, of all colors and all ages. The people are really angry and the more that the government threatens the madder they get! Their(the government) little ideological minds tell them that they are superior in every way to the "common "man and will soon be able to rule the country their way. They will continue to spend money like the proverbial "drunken sailor" and lord it over the rest of us. So they think. Hitler and Stalin got away with it for about 12 to 25 years, depending on which one it was. Germany with the help of the U.S. now is pretty well off, but Russia with the added years of repression has never been able to completely come out of it. Putin is ex-KBG so its no wonder. Another scary thing is that they will leave us vulnerable to China and Russia who are both moving into our hemisphere via the Panama Canal(run by China) and South American countries hostile to the U.S. and friendly with the Russians.

Originally Posted by tiredofapathy

Originally Posted by dregerk

There seems to be a New web site that just poped up!

Looks like it might be something to begin supporting. We need to get things posted there that also show the truth about Illegals in this country.

Wonder who made it? Hummmm....

http://immigrationclearinghouse.com

NOT . ORG! That is the opposition!

Ken

Soon it will be working, it's main purpose it to disuade what the left wing .Org group is saying and actually tell the truth.


I know! I know! - You made it Ken!
When you gonna have it up and operational, and how is it going to differ from what is here at ALIPAC?

Please see and sign

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-166365.html

I have never cared if anyone is white, black, green or purple, as long as they are American and believe in this country and its Constitution.
The SPLC have gone beyond the pale, inciting Americans who want to live in a sovereign country which they can respect as going off the deep end into anarchy against the country. And spouting that nonsense there are no real sources behind the reasoning, no citing of credible sources, nothing.
Americans appreciate what this country is, while illegals appreciate nothing more than taking our money and sending it home, while they live comfortably on the taxpayer dime.

Three Video clips included at source

Offensive Targeting Liberty Movement Picks Up Steam

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars
August 13, 2009

Last month, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote a letter calling on CNN President Jon Klein to remove CNN host Lou Dobbs from the air because he dared cover the birther issue with objectivity, something MSNBC would never do.

The intolerant and foundation funded left simply hates the idea they do not completely dominate television news. They also hate the idea the “conservativeâ€

Here are a few links that expose the SPLC as a money machine$$$$


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http://www.thesocialcontract.com/answer ... apr08.html
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