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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

There's the 3 cops in Pittsburgh. We recently had some guy get in to a shootout with the Oakland PD while on his way to attack the Tides Foundation in SF. I'm sure that there are plenty more.

It's a lot, but expected. The nutters come out of the woodwork every time a Democrat moves in to the White House, and now that the man there isn't white, it's much worse than usual. What pisses me off is that the media and the authorities refuse to call these people terrorists.

As far as I'm concerned, they meet terrorist criteria! No, not referred to as such and I believe this has to do with our inability to take responsibility and admit to our bigotry as a country overall. I would love to see the stats on how much nut-cake crimes have increased since Obama took office. I certainly feel like home-grown terrorists are acting-out in greater numbers.

Last night I watched one of Ken Burn's docs on the Statue of Liberty. One immigrant spoke of how he felt that to those of us born here, it (concept of liberty, not the symbol) was taken for granted. Also, African Americans most certainly have a different take on "the Lady." What was not covered in the film was how native Americans think about "Liberty," which is what usually happens with these kinds of documentaries.

Having liberty is not license to terrorize other citizens. And that is exactly what is going on. No better than much of what happens in other countries that we view as "less than" the US. The US is a very violent developed nation, far more so than many.

Frankly, I think there should be a moratorium on white middle-class candidates being allowed to run for office (including women) for at least 5 decades! Yanno, some affirmative action in elections!! I know, rather extreme (maybe even lefty-nut-cake bound).... And certainly not democratic, but every time I watch something coming out of Congress, all I see are white men - GOP or Democrats. Or, white Palin-like women. The institutions and structures MUST change! When are we going to get that?

On another note- looks like Carter is doing fine....

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...says28-ON.html