Wingnut Militias on Rise

Far-right wing militias are growing in several areas of the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Continued hostility to Hispanic immigrants, a poor economy and the first African-American President have served to mobilize wingnuts with a grievance against the government. The tea-baggers, birthers, and health scare mobs are tips of the militia iceberg, as seen in Portsmouth, NH yesterday, when a loon showed up with a gun strapped to his leg at President Obama's town hall meeting. He was carrying a sign which partially quoted Thomas Jefferson that the tree of liberty occasionally had to be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Nice, but maybe we should start the watering process with putting these terrorists-to-be behind bars before they kill innocent people.