Odd isn’t it that the father-son team that blew up the West Coast bank in Woodburn in December of 2008 have not been labeled ‘terrorists’ by mass media? What if the two were Muslim? What would Glenn Beck say? For that matter, what would the Oregonian – which has been covering the story nonstop – say? Bruce and Joshua Turnidge had long harbored anti-government feelings, but the election of Barack Obama served as a "catalyst" for the father and son to plant a bomb at the West Coast Bank and plan a bank robbery, according to prosecutors. The two men feared that the Obama administration would impose a slate of new restrictions on gun ownership, among other sweaty fears. And the two are not lone wingnuts. Oh no. They belonged to a growing cadre of wingnuts, the 'sovereign citizen' extremist movement, whose members believe that even though they are physicallly located in the USA, they are none the less not part of the effort. Rather, they seek to legitimatize themselves with arcane paperwork, oddball license plates, and out on the edge with guns. Because the edge is where the fun begins. Ans these are strange Days indeed, friends.
- KBOO