Sovereign Idiots

Where's Rethuglican show trial maestro Rep. Peter "Right Wing" King when we need him? Here's a story about some of his fellow far-right "patriots" (i.e. "sovereign citizen" militia members) plotting to exercise their Constitutional Second Amendment right to kidnap and kill Alaska State troopers and a judge. Five militia wingnuts were arrested by police and have been indicted by a grand jury for threatening those actions. Also seized was an arsenal of assault rifles, machine guns, grenades and at least one grenade launcher. No word whether the police also confiscated poster-sized pictures of the Wasilla Wonder Woman or inflatable dolls.

Unfortunately, they weren't Muslims, so Right Wing King can't be bothered.

Quote of the Day

"The narrative that al-Qaeda uses to recruit suicide bombers is that the United States and the West are not fighting terrorism but trying to destroy Islam. Peter King, with his little hearings, is about to make it harder to refute the jihadists' big lie." -- The Kaplan Daily's Eugene Robinson, commenting on New York Rethug Congressman Peter "Right Wing" King's upcoming "hearings" to, let's be honest, question the American Muslim community's loyalty.

Two things should be pointed out. A study by University of North Carolina terrorism expert Charles Kurzman found that in 48 of 120 cases exposing terrorist plots, the largest single source of information was from the Muslim community. Second, Right Wing King's own record as a longtime vocal champion of Provisional IRA terrorists until recently qualifies him as a supporter of terrorism. Ironically, in its heyday, the IRA received much of its weaponry from Muammar Gaddafi. Got that, Right Wing?