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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 06:31 AM
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Tea Bagger Planned for "Armageddon"
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2010/2/12/173841/615

Tea Bagger Planned for "Armageddon"

by Steven D
Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 05:38:41 PM EST


What sort of people are attracted to the Tea Party Movement? Booman has already shown that a plurality of them are prone to the belief that Obama has raised their taxes when he hasn't. But what else do such people believe about Obama?

Well we know for a fact that at least one of them in Massachusetts, Gregory Girard, was so convinced that Obama was forming a Gestapo like "National Security Force" that he expected armed conflict with Federal authorities. In response he did collected the following items ....

grenade type explosive devices — including tear gas and explosive pepper ball canisters ... 20 weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition ... {and} a large collection of military camouflage clothing, knives, several pairs of handcuffs, bulletproof vests and helmets, night vision goggles, a large supply of medicine, and six months' worth of food supplies ...


... which led to his arrest on weapons charges after a concerned friend of his wife informed the ATF of his weapons stash, and his wife expressed concern for her safety to local police:

On Monday, Girard's wife, a psychiatrist, contacted town police to express concern about her husband's increasing paranoia and apparent stockpiling of weapons, prosecutor Honor Segal said yesterday in court.

Kristine Girard told police that, while her husband hadn't threatened her, she was afraid to return home after an argument.

She said her husband had recently told her, "Don't talk to people, shoot them instead," and "It's fine to shoot people in the head because traitors deserve it," Segal said, reading from a police report. The ATF received its tip from a friend of Girard's wife.


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The real truth is that the Tea Party movement attracts a lot of people who believe the same things Mr. Giraud does. Do all of them stockpile tear gas, explosive devices, guns galore and other assorted military gear? I doubt it, but I also doubt that Mr. Girard is the only person who identifies with the Tea Partiers who has also armed himself (or herself) to the teeth in preparation for an armed conflict with the mythical Socialist/Fascist paramilitary forces they believe President Obama is assembling to forcibly take away their "freedoms" (i.e., their guns). And these individuals are the real "ticking time bombs" in our society just waiting to go off:

"There was a great potential of danger with the amount of fire power he had," {Police Chief Glenn} McKiel said, adding that Girard had assault rifles and military grade weapons along with the largest collection of ammunition he has ever seen including armor piercing bullets. "We don't think he was preparing to attack the community he was preparing for domestic and political turmoil."


I think the community of Manchester just dodged a bullet, literally speaking. Let's just hope the other deluded nuts out there are caught in time before another American community becomes the scene of a tragedy. Because anyone who doubts their existence obviously doesn't remember Oklahoma City and Tim McVeigh.
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:12 AM
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1. There are definitely some unhinged people out there. This guy had others around him that observed
and reported his behavior. I have no doubt there are some that are isolated and have no one watching them.

Luckily things worked like they were supposed to, and he is now in jail.
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:17 AM
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2. I think this is just the tip of the iceberg..
There are thousands of the well-armed wackos out there who think they have God's calling to rescue America from the evil socialists. Lets just hope the FBI is keeping a close eye on them.
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:46 AM
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3. Girard's wife, a psychiatrist.. I guess she leaves her work at the office.
Psychiatrist
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry and is certified in treating mental disorders.<1> All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy. And, as part of their evaluation of the patient, psychiatrists are one of the few mental health professionals who may prescribe psychiatric medication, conduct physical examinations, order and interpret laboratory tests and electroencephalograms, and may order brain imaging studies such as computed tomography or computed axial tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography scanning.<2><3><4><5><6><7><8>

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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:57 AM
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4. Anyone go on InfoWars or PrisonPlanet? Those sites are full of the survivalist
anti-govt types who think Obama will put us under a dictatorship. Glenn Beck feeds on this stuff and spews it back at the crazies who watch it...FEMA prison camps. These people were the militia types in the 90's. They are still here and have access to more websites to spread their craziness.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 10:00 AM
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5. Ironic.
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