ACLU Complains about FBI Doing their job

I know that tomorrow, Thursday, is the normal day for the Stop the ACLU blogburst. However, tomorrow is a special day in the land of the internet, so I'm posting my blogburst against the ACLU today.

The ACLU recently released a document that shows that the FBI is actually watching groups that have known or suspected ties to terror -- and the ACLU is outraged.

Now this isn't the FBI using secret wiretaps, hiding in dumpsters, searching through personal or computer records -- this is the FBI DARING to actually show up at publicly announced event that were specifically open to the public, just to see what was going on at them.

You see, the FBI went to various events held by groups that include people who perhaps have goals that are illegal. The FBI only did what any other citizen of this country could do. They did not harass ANYONE at the event. They did not even announce that they were from the FBI. They took no action, arrested no one, and did nothing other than look to see if anyone was doing anything wrong.

And the ACLU cannot stand it.

The FBI attended meetings of the Michigan Militia, Aryan Nation, a "5%" group (radical splinter muslim group), various ELF-associated animal liberation radical front groups, and, the one the ACLU is going bananas over, a "peace" group called "By Any Means."

Apparently, according to the ACLU, it is OK to watch those wackos in the Michigan Militia -- who have not committed any crime -- but it is NOT OK to watch a group of people who specifically, in the NAME of their group, suggest they will kill and destroy as many people as they can to reach their goal.

So, if you support the ACLU, you support groups that will kill you and anyone else who gets in their way of supporting "peace," but you do not support groups that want to defend their own land in an orderly, legal manner.

This IS the ACLU today.

Posted by: Ogre at 04:05 PM

Comments

1 Those damn gestapo FBI people! Imagine actually trying to protect Americans against terrorist and other illegal activities! I say they're the ones that should be arrested. I hope the ACLU is going to do something about this travesty of justice.

Posted by: Mustang at August 31, 2005 06:26 PM (KT31O)

2 The ACLU has a tough time with this one because they normally work to expand federal powers, but sometimes their expansions work against them.

Posted by: Ogre at August 31, 2005 06:56 PM (L0IGK)

3 I read some comments from a speech that John Howard gave the other day - how immigrants who come to Australia need to become australian, and that if they were going to celebrate their own culture they should stay where they are, and that they were gonna be watching the crazies very carefully...

Could you imagine what the ACLU would do if GW said stuff like that?!?!?!?

(*)>

Posted by: birdwoman at August 31, 2005 07:59 PM (Sc2Wh)

4 I remember reading that article, too, it was awesome! I think if GW said that, many in the ACLU would simply have heart attacks and move to France.

Posted by: Ogre at August 31, 2005 08:08 PM (L0IGK)

5 Thanks Ogre.

Posted by: Jay at September 01, 2005 11:56 AM (2FcUc)

6 Great commentary. One thing, probably just fingers moving too fast (I do it myself),

"The FBI did nothing that any other citizen of this country could do."

Ought to be

" The FBI did nothing that any other citizen of this country could NOT do." or perhaps

" The FBI did ONLY WHAT any other citizen of this country could do."

Yeh, Mother was an English teacher...

Posted by: David at September 01, 2005 03:42 PM (ACL5/)

7 Good catch! I had to read that twice to see what was wrong with it. Thanks.

(And anyone else who reads this, it's been fixed so these two comments may not make sense now...)

Posted by: Ogre at September 01, 2005 03:45 PM (/k+l4)

8 Great post.
God, I hate the ACLU...

Posted by: jimmyb at September 02, 2005 09:10 PM (591UF)

9 They seem to do worse and worse these days.

Posted by: Ogre at September 03, 2005 02:57 PM (L0IGK)






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