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Title: Professors find merit in Homeland Security report
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URL Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/04/20/daily65.html
Published: Apr 23, 2009
Author: Mike Sunnucks
Post Date: 2009-04-24 10:45:26 by bluegrass
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Two Arizona professors specializing in security matters say there’s merit — especially in states such as Arizona with high gun ownership — to a recent U.S. Homeland Security Department report that warns the current economic turmoil could swell right-wing ranks. The report prompted criticism from the American Legion and other veterans groups of agency Secretary Janet Napolitano and the Obama administration, including concerns the government is targeting extremist critics. The report says the rise in home foreclosures, job losses and the credit crunch could spur right-wing activity. It also warns returning military veterans and anti-abortion activists could pose domestic security threats. Lew Howell, a risk management and economic security professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, said recessions and economic turmoil historically propel U.S. conservative groups. “Guns are flying out of the places,” said Howell of guns and ammunition sales in Arizona. Gun stores and shooting ranges sometimes are congregation points for anti-government, right-wing advocates, he said. Howell said such extreme sentiment is more pronounced in states such as Arizona, which has a substantial number of gun owners and a more conservative and libertarian political bent. Sheldon Simon, a political science professor and security expert at Arizona State University, said the unemployment rate is key. “Times of economic crisis can lead to extreme political activity. Studies particularly on right-wing extremism in this country show a correlation between severe economic difficulties and the tendency to scapegoat,” he said. “So far, however, to my knowledge, there has not yet been significant activity of this kind. But, as unemployment climbs above 10 percent one should be alert for this kind of possibility,” Simon said. Arizona’s jobless rate stands at 7.8 percent with Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma and some other rural counties hitting double digits. The U.S. unemployment rate is at 8.5 percent. Napolitano backtracked somewhat from the report, apologizing for any broad-brush links of veterans to terrorism groups and stressing the Democratic administration is not targeting those on other side of the political spectrum. “We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity, but we do not – nor will we ever – monitor ideology or political beliefs,” Napolitano said in a statement. “We take seriously our responsibility to protect the civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external sources.” Napolitano and the report have received attention from conservative and national media, including Rush Limbaugh, the heavily watched Drudge Report online news site as well Phoenix news and talk radio stations KTAR-FM 92.3 and KFYI-AM 550. Napolitano has appeared on MSNBC, Fox News and other news outlets to do talk about the issue. “Drudge focuses on it because it’s a fertile field,” said Greg Patterson, who runs Arizona-based news blog EspressoPundit.com, which focuses on the news media and politics. “I think it hurts her.”
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#1. To: christine, pinguinite, Jethro Tull, randge, HOUNDDAWG, farmfriend, scrapper2, Lady X, Esso, DeaconBenjamin, bush_is_a_moonie, Cynicom, Prefrontal Vortex, James Deffenbach, TwentyTwelve, Rupert_Pupkin, PSUSA, wbales (#0)
Sheldon Simon, a political science professor and security expert at Arizona State University... A microcosm of the destruction of American liberty: A shabbos goy and a Jew.
Who names these things? I gotta admit though it is kind of funny to see Ron Paul supporters earnestly jumping up and down and protesting "No No, you got it all wrong. We're not threats to the state! Honest!" Q.E.D.
Libertarians say whites should have the same right to all-white communities that other races do in their own communities. Nobody listens to them, but that doesn't stop them. Libertarians are dismissed for a reason everyone knows but nobody says. If their proclivities are like Ernst Röhm.
Like the tea party organizers that wouldn't protest because they didn't have the proper paperwork. Whatta bunch of patriots.
What they should have said is something like along the following lines. Note: This is a Department of Homeland Security thing, which is great, since it has a creepy name and no brand loyalty yet. So that's our target. "The Department of Homeland Security is absolutely right to say that Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and all the good Americans who support them are threats. But not because of any threat of violence. On the contrary, most of us wouldn't even harm a fly -- unless it bit us first. No, the threat these loyal Americans pose to the Department of Homeland Security is their ideals, and their words. They have the audacity to claim their right as Americans to their guns and their freedom. The truth is that as long as there are Americans who think the government has no right to half their income; as long as there are Americans who think they and not the government should raise their children; as long as there are Americans who object to checkpoints and degrading searches at airports; as long as there are Americans who think the government should care more about them than illegal aliens; in short, as long as there are any patriotic Americans, these people in the Department of Homeland Security will feel threatened."
Libertarians say whites should have the same right to all-white communities that other races do in their own communities. Nobody listens to them, but that doesn't stop them. Libertarians are dismissed for a reason everyone knows but nobody says. Well stated, sir. This is an ideological war at base, the competing ideologies being The Rights of the Few over the Many and The Rights of the Many Period. Maybe an excellent topic for the next get-together, eh? ; )
Sheldon Simon, a political science professor and security expert at Arizona State University... Let me guess? Hmmm? Just a wild stab here. They both operate off of Federal Grants from Der Gestapo (DHS).
"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated." Bertrand Russel, Eugenicist and Logician
The truth is that as long as there are Americans who think the government has no right to half their income; as long as there are Americans who think they and not the government should raise their children; as long as there are Americans who object to checkpoints and degrading searches at airports; as long as there are Americans who think the government should care more about them than illegal aliens; in short, as long as there are any patriotic Americans, these people in the Department of Homeland Security will feel threatened." Bingo! We have a winner Johnny! Tell him what he's won! An all expenses paid indefinite stay at that Sun Spot of the Southwest CAMP FEMA!
"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated." Bertrand Russel, Eugenicist and Logician
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Lew Howell, a risk management and economic security professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management...
#2. To: bluegrass (#1)
Thunderbird School of Global Management
#3. To: bluegrass (#0)
we do not – nor will we ever – monitor ideology or political beliefs,” Napolitano said
I've already said too much.
#4. To: All (#0)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#5. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#2)
"No No, you got it all wrong. We're not threats to the state! Honest!"
#6. To: bluegrass (#5)
#7. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#6)
#8. To: bluegrass, christine, TwentyTwelve, Jethro Tull, randge, HOUNDDAWG, James Deffenbach, all (#1)
Lew Howell, a risk management and economic security professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management...
#9. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#6)
No, the threat these loyal Americans pose to the Department of Homeland Security is their ideals, and their words. They have the audacity to claim their right as Americans to their guns and their freedom.
#10. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#6)
The truth is that as long as there are Americans who think the government has no right to half their income; as long as there are Americans who think they and not the government should raise their children; as long as there are Americans who object to checkpoints and degrading searches at airports; as long as there are Americans who think the government should care more about them than illegal aliens; in short, as long as there are any patriotic Americans, these people in the Department of Homeland Security will feel threatened."
#11. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#6)
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