Every new power given to pigs will be used against the same old people they used the ones they had before to harass and abuse...

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"But what possible justification could DHS have for listing any known gay rights groups in the same company as Earth First tree spikers and clinic bombers? "

What possible justification could DHS have for listing Earth First tree spikers in the same company as clinic bombers?

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A red state that I believe never graduated any rocket scientists. Sorry, I still believe that every time you go south, you lose ten points in I.Q. when you cross a state border. And your sister starts to look sexy.

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The time has come for the Union to surrender to the Confederacy and say "goodbye" to the neanderthals below the Mason Dixon Line. They have continued the war, The
Great War Of Northern Agression" since 1861 when the garrison of Fort Sumter agressed into the trajectory of Confederate cannon balls. After all that time
of being under attack, since 1865 the attack has been a constant throbbing pain, causing bearable discomfort, let the south go, please!!!!!!!!LET THEM GO!!!!!!!!!!
Then perhaps some sensible patterns can be molded from thoughts away from Confederate(Southern) influences such as:
Christian Right(Southern Baptists)
KKK(Flower of Southern Manhood)
NASCAR

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Put the list back up Alabama. I must be stopped! *smirk*

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There have been no deaths, and exactly ONE injury attributed to tree spiking (source wikipedia). That injury was caused not by environmentalists, but by a property owner who did not want logging on his property (and for this reason he was not prosecuted). On the other hand, between 2001 and 2005, 114 people were killed and 492 seriously injured through logging activities (source http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/Forestry/Statistics.asp).
There are also numerous reports of bystander deaths (people not involved in logging).

So why does Ms. Beyerstein parrot this propaganda? My guess is laziness.

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Thanks for this GOLDMINE, Lindsay Beyerstein.

Among other amazing revelations, AL Homeland Security now supports the Theory of Evolution... from "The Making of a Terrorist":

"Usually, some law abiding citizen doesn’t wake up one morning and decide they want to be a terrorist. It is an evolutionary process."

Well hallelujah! But wait, there's more:

"They are often obsessed with this cause or causes and it consumes them. They see their cause as righteous even to the point of a crusade."

Holy mackerel! It sounds like ALHS has specific suspects under surveillance! Get down to the Montgomery petting zoo, set up the LRADs, and deploy Seal Team 6.

"They may see themselves as soldiers waging war even though by any international convention they are not."

Hey, wait a minute. International conventions? Not even the US plays by those quaint rules any more...

"...terrorism's goal is to force some sort of change."

Like... regime change? Jesus... ALHS thinks the White House is harboring terrrists! Thank God they shut these pages down...

In closing, this disclaimer appears on one of the ALHS pages:

"ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY AND ADAPTED FOR ALABAMA BY THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"

So, ALHS had to copy off somebody else's test to get the ball rolling. God Bless Alabama!

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...more step in the Bush right wing conspiracy to end the rule of law and end democracy in America. And that is to declare anyone who is not right wing religious, right wing neocon and right wing corporatporatocracy a terrorist, or terrrist as Chris Mathews says.
Once they are declared such then they can be disappeared as Habeas Corpus is no gone.

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Under the heading "Anarchist Groups," Alabama Homeland Security gets very specific:

"Anarchists believe that any government or organization that has power over others, no matter how good, will eventually become corrupt and abusive... Most of these [Anarchist] groups operate around larger urban areas and colleges/universities... The theme is always the same. Big is bad. Rich are using the poor to stay rich. Our government in particular is using its power immorally."

Hmmm. AlterNet posters may in fact be "Anarchist Groups" posing as US Citizens. Or college professors. But how can the average American get with the program? Under the heading "What to Report," ALHS pulls no punches:

"Law enforcement personnel would have no problem identifying this person if this description were given, along with a reason for suspicion:

A Caucasian male in his 40-50’s, balding or with a receding hair line. He is medium height and build and has a mustache and goatee. He is wearing dark glasses, dark pants, light dress shirt, a black flight jacket with an American flag on the left sleeve and has a camera with a telephoto lens hanging around his neck."

Wow. That helps. But better round up all journalists, artists, veterans, and French tourists to make sure.

And after listing more of the usual suspects (Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea) as promoters of international Islamic terrrism (North Korea?), ALHS says:

"...none of these countries can stand toe-to-toe with the US in a conventional war. This is the poor man’s way to wage war. Many of these countries, either because of a lack of a support base in the US, or to distance themselves from blame, will hire mercenaries, criminals, and other terrorist groups to actually carry out terrorist operations."

So, people who hire mercenaries are contributing to global terrrism. Mercenaries... like... Blackwater? It's so confusing. Do we have to round up private military contractors? Who will we hire to do the rounding up?

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