Is Texas a Terror State?

[WarHawk-AVG]

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/04/ ... state.html

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas fits the Department's profile of potential domestic terrorism described in their newly released report titled, " Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment".

Islamic extremists' acts of domestic terrorism were recently given the dignity, by Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and President Obama, of being classified as man-made disasters, and abroad, the "war on terror" has been reclassified as an "overseas contingency plan". But an entire non-Islamic class, or perhaps by extension entire states, according to the report, are not afforded such considerate and cordial titles if they are anti-abortion, tend to harbor returning soldiers stationed in the Middle East, aid and abet the reintegration of military personnel into civilian life within their borders, are anti-illegal immigration, are anti-gun control, possess Christian views, are against high taxes, and are opposed to the overreaching power of the federal government. They fit the assessment of "extremists" that was

"provided to federal, state, local, and tribal counterterrorism and law enforcement officials so they may effectively deter, prevent, preempt, or respond to terrorist attacks"


It is the opposition of the "overreaching power of the federal government" that may have sealed Texas's fate as a terror state. Rick Perry's statement on the Governor's website, may have doomed the state of Texas by supporting HCR 50, which supports states' rights under the 10th Amendment. You know the 10th Amendment--the one that expounds on Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution and spells out explicitly the limits of the federal government, just in case the federal government became confused of their limits. Perry stated,

"I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state. That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states' rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union....Millions of Texans are tired of Washington, DC trying to come down here to tell us how to run Texas."


The remaining text of the declaration:

A number of recent federal proposals are not within the scope of the federal government's constitutionally designated powers and impede the states' right to govern itself. HCR 50 affirms that Texas claims sovereignty under the 10th Amendment over all powers not otherwise granted to the federal government.


It also designates that all compulsory federal legislation that requires states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties, or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding, be prohibited or repealed.

Let's test Texas's terror threat assessment capabilities based on voting habit:

Anti-abortion--check

Pro-Gun--check

Anti-gun control--check

Predominantly Christian--check

Military bases--check

Returning soldiers--check

Against high taxes (no state tax in Texas)--check, check

Anti-illegal immigration--check

Against an overreaching federal government--check

Conservative--check

Extreme right-wing (according to Democratic Party standards)--check

Understands Article 1, Section 8--check

Understands the 10th Amendment--check

Rejects federal authority in favor of state or local authority--check

That sums it up: Texas is most definitely a terror state in the eyes of Secretary Napolitano and her agency.

[WarHawk-AVG]

All I can say is

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN TEXAS



Amen!

[stroo]

If you haven't read the Homeland Security Report on "right wing extremism", you should. It is a frightening document that seems to me to be aimed at chilling legitimate political debate. Be the tests it uses, most if not all of us on the forum are "right wing terrorists" despite never engaging in, planning for or even advocating any kind of violence.

[Purplehood]

As I always use to hear in my younger days, "Stand-by to Stand-by".

[bryang]

The Department of Homeland Security has proven themselves to be a bunch of incompetent prejudices dummies. This is ridiculous, they have just declared us all terrorist! Unbelievable. Who would ever thought you would be listed as a terrorist by our own country. No wonder they can not find a "real" terrorist. It seems okay to profile us but not the ones that just might really be a terrorist!

America, you are on a very dangerous slippery slope...

-geo

[stevie_d_64]

This so-called unclassified/for official use only "report" was specifically design to illicite the exact reponses we have seen so for, so that the folks who stand to gain by such a bugus classification of it's own citizenry can honestly say, "See we told you so!" to the masses that can't their find their noses, dispite their faces crowd...

I have a copy of the report, and dispite all the holes I could put in it, I believe this sets us up for an easy assessment of our own...

That the Department of Homeland Security is nothing more than the BATFE on steriods...It has morphed into something it should never been allowed to do in the frst place...And I believe we should be very concerned about it...

Just my opinion...

[ClarkLZeuss]

I just figured it out. DHS has outsourced its terrorist profiling to OJ Simpson. As you recall, he tirelessly hunted down "the real killers."

[boomerang]

"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go around repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." - Charles A. Beard (1874-1948)

Never more true than today.

[Fangs]

If a terrorist I must be, there's no finer group of terrorists that I'd like to be associated with than Texans.

Reminds me of a joke (which I've been told has been around for some time now):

A large group of Taliban soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand-dune.
"One Texas soldier is better than ten Taliban".

The Taliban commander quickly send 10 of his best soldiers over the dune whereupon a gun-battle breaks out an continues for a few minutes, then silence.

The voice then calls out "One Texan is better than one hundred Taliban".

Furious, the Taliban commander sends his next best 100 troops over the dune and instantly a huge gunfight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence.

The Texan voice calls out again "One Texan is better than one thousand Taliban".

The enraged Taliban commander musters one thousand fighters and sends them across the dune. Cannon, rocket and machine gun fire ring out as a huge battle is fought. Then silence. Eventually one wounded Taliban fighter crawls back over the dune and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men, it's a trap. There's actually TWO of them."

Hehe.