My friends, would you call me a terrorist? *Updated 3/27

If only terrorists were so easily labeled ... coming soon to a state near you!

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***UPDATE 3/27/09*** RawStory reports that the Missouri Department of Public Safety has publicly retracted this “profiling memo” which linked Ron Paul supporters and others with hate groups and militias.  Public outcry regarding the released memo prompted Colonel James F. Keathley, Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), to issue a letter stating that “the mechanism in place for oversight of  [MIAC] reports needs improvement”.  He criticized the current process whereby MIAC employees prepare reports, submit them to a director at the MIAC for approval, which then gets disseminated to law enforcement.  Keathley explained that, “The militia report was never reviewed by me or the director of Public Safety, John Britt” before it was released to state law enforcement agencies.  He explained that this procedure will change, with new steps taken to ensure oversight by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the MSHP.

Keathley’s announcement comes on the heels of a 3/20/09 letter from Congressman Ron Paul, former Congressman Bob Barr and 2008 Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin regarding the memo and its accusations linking the three to militia activity and other known hate groups.  The letter states:

If it is the intent of the state of Missouri to link three legitimate, former candidates for the office of the President of the United States (who also happen to be a sitting Member of the U.S. House, a former member of the U.S. House, and a Baptist Minister) to persons who Missouri believes pose a danger to law enforcement, then this document clearly does so; and this is the basis for our demand that the document be removed, and its distribution and any actual or implied adoption of it by the state of Missouri, stop.

If it is not the intent of the state of Missouri to make such a link or implication by and through the appearance and distribution of this document, or if as appears unlikely, the “Report” is not a real document, then we similarly demand the document be removed from any and all websites maintained by or associated with the state of Missouri or any agency connected therewith, and that the state issue an immediate and unequivocal repudiation of the document.

In view of the fact that there are indeed real criminals present in Missouri, and many legitimate matters of public safety on which your office, the Department of Public Safety, the Highway Patrol, and even the MIAC should focus their attention and resources, we respectfully assert that spending any time, resources, or effort on the nonsense contained in or about this “MIAC Strategic Report” constituted an irresponsible and inappropriate use of official resources.”

In the meantime, Keathley has ordered the MIAC to stop disseminating the profiling memo.   On Wednesday, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder also called on Governor Nixon to put the head of Missouri DPS on administrative leave pending further investigation.  ***END OF UPDATE***

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Original article, written 3/23/09:

According to information compiled by the Missouri Informational Analysis Center and released to the Missouri State Highway Patrol – I am considered a terrorist.

Last week, Wikileaks reported on a document called, “MIAC Strategic Report – 02/20/09 – The Modern Militia Movement“, which contains some pretty startling information linking Ron Paul supporters and New World Order critics to possible terrorist activity.

Time was, all people suspected of a crime were considered innocent until proven guilty.  In this day and age, however, it is:  assumed guilty until proven innocent.  Police are taught and trained to approach certain individuals with caution and suspicion, often trampling over their rights out of fear and using intimidation and force simply because of the wrong, violent actions of others.  This is wrong – and information such as that released by Wikileaks only makes the problem worse.

Yes, according to this “fact sheet” I am a suspected terrorist on several counts:

1. I supported Ron Paul presidential run.
2. I displayed Ron Paul paraphernalia in my car.
3. I am against any attempts at a world government, including the New World Order.
4. I oppose illegal immigration.
5. I am critical of the IRS and the Federal Reserve.
6. I am critical of the CIA, Homeland Security and the United Nations.
7. I am against the federalization of local police departments.
8. I own a copy of Zeitgeist, as well as Zeitgeist Addendum.
9. I own several copies of America: Freedom to Fascism.
10. I talk about the National Guard confiscating firearms from law-abiding citizens in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
11. I am pro-Second Amendment.
12. I am pro-Constitution.
13. I write about citizens’ sovereignty.
14. I warn others against a merging of administrative and defense duties between Canada, the United States and Mexico (also called the North American Union, under the guise of free-trade and the Security and Prosperity Partnership).
15. I am against zionist and pro-Israel influence/lobbying of our elected officials and media.
16. I do not believe elected officials in this nation should have dual citizenships (as many have to Israel)
17. I am for limited, transparent government.
18. I am against RFID and the Real ID Act.
19. I am wary of how close the reality of martial law is in our country.
20. I disseminate literature supporting “conspiracy theories”.

Yes, according to this, under this calm, patient demeanor, beneath the religious beliefs of unity, love and compassion, past the loving father and concerned citizen, I may also be suspected of  supporting terrorist ideologies of hatred and violence.

Be very afraid, Americans.  You never know when your next door neighbor – you know the nice guy who keeps talking about freedom,  liberty, the Constitution and Ron Paul – might end up being a terrorist.  In fact, if you’re law enforcement, it might just as well be better to taze the hell out of the person first, just to be sure.  Better safe than sorry, right?

For God’s sake, cops are scared enough of REAL, violent criminals out there.  We don’t need them getting more worked up about us simpletons who want to work for real change for the good of our lives and the lives of others.

On a personal note, this type of mentality (Ron Paul supporters and 9/11 truthers are terrorists) is pervasive in our nation.   Over a year ago, my mother responded to a letter I had written to her with questions I had about 9/11.   She told me to “leave the country” if I had so many criticisms because I had become “the enemy within.”   She called my questions, “unpatriotic outbursts”.  Since then, she’s had very little to do with me.

I guess marginalization works for some, but those of us out here who sincerely are trying to look for truth, to find answers, to seek for avenues of real change, who believe in honesty, transparency of government, and the ideals this nation was founded upon, we tend to feel quite alone and isolated at times – alienated by our peers, our friends and our families – because of our ideas and the questions we ask that no one else will.

I hope that those who know me know that I would never resort to violence and acts of hatred.  But alas!  My mother – who should, perhaps, know me better than most – believes me to be the “enemy within.”

Perhaps that’s because her family is from Missouri …

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By the way: The MIAC was set up in 2005 (after 9/11 and the creation of Homeland Security) to “collect local intelligence to better combat terrorism and other criminal activity” and compiles its information from the Department of Homeland Security as well as “other agencies”.   Federal propaganda and “intelligence” at its best.

Also read my previous post, The Militarization of American Police + Arizona Counter-Terrorism Pamphlet, which provides an article written by a former policeman against what he sees as the federalization of our local police departments.  Pamphlets such as this and the one above issued by the MIAC make it clear that our local police officers are being taught by federal powers to view normal everyday American citizens as possible homegrown terrorists.

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