May 20, 2013

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Entries in rightwing extremists (2)

Thursday
Jul052012

DHS terrorism report shows more damage from Left than Right

FBI Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists are mostly aligned with the Left. None are rightwingers. (Photo: FBI)Under the administration of President Barack Obama, the Dept. of Homeland Security created an impression that the biggest threats to national security come from the Right. In 2009 shortly after Obama took office, DHS issued a report titled “Rightwing Extremism.” The report stirred up a lot of controversy because just about anyone who didn’t like big government would be classified as an extremist. This is the way the Left categorizes supporters of Tea Party principles.

Recently Obama’s DHS chief Janet Napolitano came up with the ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign. DHS videos showed suspicious people wearing hoodies—they were mostly white people.

A terrorism report funded by U.S. taxpayers turned up some information that flies in the face of Obama's politics. Historically, the Left has done far more damage than the Right.

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Thursday
Apr232009

Napolitano riles Canada, overlooks Arizona ties to hijackers

A Border Patrol agent stationed near Sweet Grass Montana conducts a search of an abandoned house just over the US/Canadian border. [photo by Gerald L. Nino, US CBP]Department of Homeland Defense secretary Janet Napolitano has done it again, but this time instead of angering “rightwing extremists,” she’s angered an entire country. Canadians posted angry messages at newspaper and blog forums responding to articles like ‘The border for dummies’ in the National Post. A reader named Chris in Tally asked, “Does anyone else find it weird that we slap our allies and embrace our enemies?? “

North-of-the-border angst was fueled by statements Napolitano made during a March 25th speech at the Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank. Napolitano tried to clarify her statements during a media interview on Monday with Neil Macdonald on 'The National,' aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Centre. It all went downhill from there.

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