Tea party leaders, lawmakers envision new militia to defend Oklahoma from federal mandates
By Tim Talley, APMonday, April 12, 2010
Okla. tea party leaders, lawmakers eye militia
OKLAHOMA CITY — Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a volunteer militia.
The militia’s purpose would be to defend against what activists see as improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.
Tea party leaders say they’ve discussed the idea with several lawmakers and hope for legislation next year. State Sen. Randy Brogdon, a Republican candidate for governor, and Republican state Rep. Charles Key say they are open to the idea.
But critics say talk of a militia could encourage anti-government radicals like those who bombed the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995.
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April 13, 2010: 3:59 am
I believe we must be careful when we talk about forming any type of military force. There are those in the media and many democrats that would love nothing better than to disgrace the tea parties. They have already portrayed them as a “Party of Violence”. I also agree we must act to protect the rights of states and keep the government out of our lives as much as possible. We need to do this by voting the socialist out in November. |
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April 13, 2010: 2:16 am
The Tea Party need to separate themselves from the republican party if they want to be taken serious as a real third party and not the same old republican party in disguise. |
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April 12, 2010: 9:26 pm
We didn’t need much organization for the love-ins in the sixties when we would all meet in the local parks. We still managed to get the issues of the day discussed. I feel the reason behind most of our troubles and the need for TEA Parties is the government’s ability to print up whatever money it wants to get their way. Maybe this will help make the danger of fiat money clear. Imagine you and me are setting across from each other. We create enough money to represent all of the world’s wealth. Each one of us has one SUPER Dollar in front of him. You own half of everything and so do I. I’m the government though. I get bribed into creating a Central Bank. You’re not doing what I want you to be doing so I print up myself eight more SUPER Dollars to manipulate you with. All of a sudden your SUPER Dollar only represents one tenth of the wealth of the world! That isn’t the only thing though. You need to get busy and get to work because YOU’VE BEEN STIFFED with the bill for the money I PRINTED UP to get YOU TO DO what I WANTED. That to me represents what has been happening to the economy, and us, and why so many of our occupations just can’t keep up with the fake money presses. They have been beating us with our own stick!!!!1 |
bob