Right-Side News – a site I only quote because it dangles this bauble of unspun insight – reports that the notorious DHS list of extreme right-wing organizations was ordered up and compiled by the Bush-Cheney administration, not Obama’s:
Activists on the American political landscape fear their government might consider them the enemy. Their concern isn’t driven by paranoia and baseless conspiracy theory. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Intelligence Assessment entitled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” … lumps immigration reformists, Christians, pro-lifers, Second Amendment proponents, opponents of globalism, and even veterans into the category of potential terrorists. …
Many pundits and pontificators of the controlled conservative movement have claimed that the report is a product of the Obama administration. In reality, however, the report is actually the result of a request made by the Bush administration to the DHS.
“Well this is an element of the story which has largely gone unreported. One [report] looks at right-wing groups, as you mentioned. And a second on left-wing groups. Significantly, both were requested by the Bush administration but not finished until President Bush left office. (‘Fox Reporter Contradicts Fox: DHS Report On Right Wing Was Requested By The Bush Administration’)” …
http://www.rightsidenews.com/200905214855/editorial/the-ruling-class-sponsored-race-war-and-the-balkanization-of-america.html
“I have to ask myself, why would Bush profile the right wing when that was who supported him most? In other words, the document is not only a reflection of the supposed sinister political side of the Obama administration, said by many “conservatives” to be socialist or Marxist. Is it a document produced specifically as part of a larger effort to demonize and eliminate all opposition to government policies regardless of political persuasion. … The government would not be able to conduct such demonization campaigns if the activists of the ‘patriot’ movement did not provide a pretext. … As a result, agent provocateurs have poured into anti-authoritarian groups and conducted extremely successful radicalization campaigns. … “
http://stevescomments.wordpress.com/author/rooster0916/
– AC
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