And do you know who grew me? The Bush Administration. That’s right. I am a homegrown terrorist, thanks to the for-profit entity currently occupying the executive branch of our government - BushCo.

But they won’t get blamed for their malfeasance… I will. They planted the seed, they plowed the field, and they made sure I (and others like me) had plenty of sustenance upon which to feed. And now, with the help of the other party that controls the government, the responsibility for cultivating this brand of terrorism will rest squarely on my shoulders.

I am a homegrown terrorist.

Doesn’t quite seem fair, does it?

In a previous post, in the process of describing the unprecedented power claimed by the current administration, I made a passing mention of the fact that we were only “one rubber-stamped, unread law away from instituting the thought police.” At the time, I must reluctantly admit, I was completely unaware of the existence of H.R. 1955, and the fact that it had almost unanimously passed the House vote a month earlier. This is a bill sponsored by a democrat, a California democrat no less, a member of the same party that has derided the USA Patriot Act for its encroachment on civil liberties and abuse of power. I know they didn’t read the Patriot Act, but what’s going to be their insufficient excuse for this piece of shit? You can’t try to excuse your vote for it if you wrote the damn thing!

But I digress…

I am a homegrown terrorist, as defined in the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007:

The term `homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

I state here, unequivocally, that I am an individual born, raised, and operating primarily within the United States. I also state that I am purposefully and willingly threatening the United States government with the use of force and violence in and effort to intimidate them and coerce them in furtherance my political objective of protecting the Constitution of the United States.

In case I’m not being clear enough, let’s have just one example. If a government employee attempts to enter my house, procure my papers or effects, or in any way touch me or my property, whether it be owned or leased by me, without a warrant issued by a court or probable cause to do so, I am actively planning and threatening the use of force in defense of my political agenda that includes coercing and intimidating them into obeying the limits set by the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

In case you haven’t noticed, I am now a homegrown terrorist.

Ever since BushCo, the republican controlled congress, and their democratic lap dogs admitted to the world that terrorism works, and that it had been a particularly effective tactic to use against them, by passing the Patriot Act without forethought, this has been a credible and consistent threat to the people of the United States. I have now, almost, committed a crime by merely threatening to stand up against their abuse. Luckily, this ridiculous excuse for a bill has yet to pass the Senate.

But if it does, this post can and would undoubtedly be used against me in a court of law. That is, if it weren’t already legal for the government to subsequently label me as an enemy combatant by default, and therefore deny my right to confront my accusers thanks to the already enacted, and equally despicable and unnecessary Military Commissions Act.

As if that weren’t enough, the bill goes on to make sure we know that thinking of using violence to resist the government is unacceptable by telling us where our motivation for forceful rebellion can, and cannot, come from.

The term `ideologically based violence’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual’s political, religious, or social beliefs.

Some of you may or may not have heard of the Revolutionary War. By the definitions in this bill, each of those persons fighting for our side in that war would now be considered a terrorist by these standards. Look at them… sitting there all smug in there wigs and tight pants…

Fuckin’ Terrorists. :shakehead:

This means that if your government ever gets so overbearing and intrusive that you are sufficiently motivated to resist them, you are committing a crime by merely planning to do so with the use of force.

In the so-called ‘land of the free’, we are now outlawing the exact same kind of political dissension that is responsible for the very birth of this nation. We are outlawing the sole reason for including the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights. It was put there to ensure that the government was constantly and forever reminded that they were faced with an armed and vigilant group of homegrown terrorists ready to use violence and force to keep them in their place if necessary. The 2nd Amendment is, by itself, a threat to use force and violence meant to intimidate and coerce the United States government into following the political objectives of the people. And now this same government is promising you safety and order and the only thing they are demanding in return with this bill is your silent and obedient consent.

Where is the freedom in that? Where is America for that matter?

My name is Chris, I am a homegrown terrorist. Join me, won’t you?

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