------ Forwarded Message > From: Sardar <sar...@spiritone.com> > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:17:01 -0800 > To: Sardar <recon1968br...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Bedell, Stack, and Von Brunn: Blame It On the Internet > > Bedell, Stack, and Von Brunn: Blame It On the Internet > a.. > > > Kurt Nimmo > Infowar.com > March 6, 2010 > > Janet Napolitano and the DHS are now vindicated. The mentally disturbed > Pentagon shooter is more evidence of rightwing extremism violence. Or so > Bill Weir of ABC News insists. The corporate media "journalist" > (teleprompter reader) and co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend Edition > waved around a printout out of the DHS report this morning. > > "Back in April, almost a year ago, the Department of Homeland Security put > out this assessment, called 'Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and > Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.' And > the title alone stirred up a political firestorm for the Secretary, > Napolitano. She apologized, had to reaffirm that the government doesn't > monitor people who are opposed to this administration. But as a law > enforcement officer, how do you make the distinction between somebody who > has a legitimate different point of view from this government and someone > who might become unhinged?" Weir said. > > See the video: > > > The Bedell case has become a circus sideshow and reaffirms the false > right-left paradigm. Neocon Republicans insist Bedell was a registered > Democrat while so-called liberals and progressives argue he was a poster > child for the Tea Party and "militia" movements. > > "As we saw in Austin, far-right extremist rhetoric plays no small role in > inspiring these acts. And inevitably, it is ordinary Americans who pay the > price," writes David Neiwert for Crooks and Liars. > > "We now know that the guy thought the government and the Bush family were > behind the 9/11 attacks (or 'demolitions' as he called them), and was > basically frothing at the mouth with Bush hatred," writes a blogger going by > the handle Zombie on the neocon Pajamas Media website. > > Zombie, to his credit, says that more than anything Bedell was a lunatic. > Meanwhile, one of his neocon comrades, the Fox News darling Michelle Malkin, > can't help but note Bedell was a registered Democrat. > > a.. A d v e r t i s e m e n t > b.. The CIA's favorite newspaper has weighed in. Bedell, Joe Stack, and > James Von Brunn, the elderly neo-Nazi charged with killing a guard at the > U.S. Holocaust Museum last June, "appear to have drawn ideological > nourishment from the same well: online communities of like-minded people who > validate and amplify extreme views. Today, more than in recent years, such > communities are tapping into a broad undercurrent of anti-government > discontent fueled by economic recession, joblessness and concern over the > growing federal deficit, according to experts who have studied the > phenomenon," write Joby Warrick and Spencer S. Hsu for The Washington Post. > > How to put a damper on this electronic undercurrent "anti-government > discontent"? Clamp down on the internet, of course. > > Cass Sunstein to the rescue. In his recently published book, On Rumors, > Obama's regulatory czar suggests websites be forced to remove "false rumors" > (as determined by the government) or face prosecution under libel laws. In > an academic paper, Sunstein argued that the government should ban conspiracy > theories and launch a renewed COINTELPRO initiative and infiltrate > "extremists who supply conspiracy theories" and unconstitutionally disrupt > anybody who disagrees with the government. > > "We can readily imagine a series of possible responses," Sunstein wrote. > "(1) Government might ban conspiracy theorizing. (2) Government might impose > some kind of tax, financial or otherwise, on those who disseminate such > theories." > > Sunstein's over-the-top fascist solutions in response to people who oppose > the government are probably a bit too extreme for the squeamish gang in > Congress. Instead, they appear ready to support a bill now in the Senate > that will give Obama the power to shut down the internet in response to a > cyber attack. > > As Boston Review journalist Evgeny Morozov noted last year, the cyber war > threat is seriously overblown. "It is alarming that so many people have > accepted the White House's assertions about cyber-security as a key national > security problem without demanding further evidence," writes Morozov. "Have > we learned nothing from the WMD debacle? The administration's claims could > lead to policies with serious, long-term, troubling consequences for network > openness and personal privacy." > > Any legislation emerging in the weeks ahead will be designed to go after > "online communities of like-minded people who validate and amplify extreme > views," not Muslim hackers secreted away in remote caves. > > > a.. > b.. Social bookmarks > c.. > d.. Email this article > e.. > f.. Print this page > g.. > http://www.infowars.com/bedell-stack-and-von-brunn-blame-it-on-the-internet/
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