Bad Deeds for 4-5-2009

Fifty-Seven Percent (57%) of U.S. Voters Favor a Military Response to North Korea’s Missile Test – Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response if North Korea tested a long-range missile. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 15% of voters oppose a military response while 28% are not sure. (Are we still in a shoot-first mentality? Isn’t a military response to this like punching someone for shadow-boxing? – JLV)

 

Pittsburgh Shooter Was Fan of Online Conspiracy Theories – The man who shot three Pittsburgh police officers and wounded two others in a four-hour shootout on Saturday morning was “convinced the nation was secretly controlled by a cabal that would eradicate freedom of speech, take away his guns and use the military to enslave the citizenry. … He appeared to share a belief that the government was controlled from unseen forces, that troops were being shipped home from the Mideast to police the citizenry here, and that Jews secretly ran the country.”

Some of Poplawski’s beliefs are fairly commonplace among conservatives. For example, fears that the Obama administration intends to ban gun ownership have recently become a staple on such relatively mainstream outlets as Glenn Beck’s program on Fox News.

However, many of his ideas appear to have come from more obscure sources. Poplawski’s best friend, Edward Perkovic, told the Post-Gazette, “He was really into politics and really into the First and Second amendment. … We recently discovered that 30 states had declared sovereignty. One of his concerns was why were these major events in America not being reported to the public.” Perkovic was apparently referring to the so-called “sovereign state movement,” promoted by the Tenth Amendment Center, which presents secession as a reasonable response to federal gun laws and the power of the Federal Reserve and has recently encouraged legislators in a number of states to introduce resolutions reaffirming states rights.

Regards,

Jim

 

 

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Texas A&M Aggie, Retired aerospace engineer, former union member, Vietnam vet, Demcratic Party organizer, husband and father.

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