In November 2009, the morons at the Anti-Defamation League released a report titled “Rage Grows In America: Anti-Government Conspiracies.” The authors of the report have the audacity to suggest that a “climate of anti-government fervor and activism” was created “since the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States.” Really?

I searched the ADL website forwards and backwards looking for a report talking about all the “anti-government fervor and activism” that was so prevalent during the Bush Administration. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any. None. Not one. It’s not because there was no such thing as rage against Bush – it was everywhere! It was because the ADL is a leftwing extremist organization in and of itself.

The report cites “growing beliefs [that] threaten to create a large pool of people more susceptible to extreme anti-government conspiracy theories and even calls to resistance on the part of extremist groups and movements.” Again, I couldn’t find any mention anywhere in ADL’s vast resources that mentions all the extremist groups that also advocated anti-government conspiracies (9-11 anyone?) and calls to resistance (IVAW/ANSWER/Code Pink).

The report did bring to my attention a group I wasn’t aware of and plan on looking into: Appleseed Project (also known as the Revolutionary War Veterans Association). According to the ADL, it is “a marksmanship program that combines firearms training with historical/political lectures on the battles of Lexington and Concord in the Revolutionary War.” I’m in, sign me up!!

Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you’re reading), Americans across the country will be participating in Tea Parties. The Tea Party is target number one in the ADL report. The report notes that the tea party promotes ideas that are outside the mainstream and that “angry protesters have frequently made claims ranging from proclaiming Obama’s “socialist” intentions to making explicit Nazi comparisons to suggesting that the President is defying or even subverting the Constitution.” You mean like this:

Or this:

Instead this image is used in the report:

Interestingly, you could take practically every claim in the report about Tea Partiers and their accusations against President Obama and easily – EASILY – replace them with accusations made against President Bush. The difference, however, is that the ADL didn’t release a report in 2004 or 2006 or 2008 complaining about or drawing attention to THOSE extremist organizations and individuals.

The ADL website condemns – rightfully – the threats against President Obama’s life, yet I don’t see any condemnation in their archives against Cindy Sheehan when she published her book, “Peace Mom,” in which she writes that wanted to go back in time and kill the infant Bush. She admits in the book that she had those thoughts “often.” There was silence in the ADL at the kill-Bush fictional documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival, “Death of a President,” a British mockudrama that envisions the assassination of President Bush. There was no condemnation at Hollywood’s gushing over it either. The organization turned its head when a video game was published online called “Kill Bush,” in which the goal is for the player to shoot Bush. Points are deducted for shooting “innocents” like madmen and crazy doctors.

The report also complains about the Townhall meeting disruptions that occurred during the health care debate and angry confrontations with congressional members. I didn’t see a report about Code Pink attacking Condeleeza Rice with blood on their hands or disrupting congressional meetings over and over and over and over again.

They targeted the “birthers” and Fox News. They also highlighted talk radio, especially “the Conspiracy King” Alex Jones. Now, I’ve never heard of Alex Jones, but he’s based out of Austin and his show is supposedly syndicated. He also operates the Infowars and Prison Planet websites. Jones is also a “truther”, casting doubt on 9/11, but you won’t find that anywhere on ADL’s website, except a small mention in this report.

What bothers me the most, however, is their mention of the “Oath Keepers.”

Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, peace officers, and firefighters who will fulfill the oath we swore to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God.

Our oath is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and we will not obey unconstitutional (and thus illegal) and immoral orders, such as orders to disarm the American people or to place them under martial law and deprive them of their ancient right to jury trial.

We Oath Keepers have drawn a line in the sand. We will not “just follow orders.”

The report seeks to demonize OK members by portraying them as a violent, militant extremist group. They quote an anonymous poster who is not an official spokesman of the group to further that belief. What they don’t quote, go figure, is OK’s own “about” page that explains what OK are not:

We are Not advocating or promoting the overthrow of any government whether local, state or national. We want our governments to return to the Constitutional Republic which the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution defined and instituted.

We are Not advocating or promoting violence towards any organization, group or person. We are determined to Keep our Oath to support and defend the Constitution.

We are not advocating or promoting the removal of any person from his or her elected office. We want all elected persons to live up to their Oath to “support and defend the Constitution” as it is written or to leave of their own volition.

We are not advocating or promoting that anyone in the Judicial Branch be removed or replaced. We want the Justices in the Judicial Branch to follow the Constitution as written without interpretation.

We are not advocating or promoting any particular form of government other than the Constitutional Republic which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution defined and instituted.

We are not advocating or promoting the rewriting of the Constitution nor are we asking for an Amendment thereto. We are insisting on the Constitution being Enforced as it is written.

We are Not advocating or promoting any act or acts of aggression against any organization or person for any reason including, but not limited to; race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, gender or sexual orientation.

We hope for a return to a Constitutional Republic free from fear and hatred. We hate only tyranny.

We are Oath Sworn Americans who want the Constitution returned to its legal and rightful place, intact, as the ultimate Law of the Land.

Not only does this gross misrepresentation of many patriotic Americans concerned about the direction of this country and its leadership, but it’s being shared within military circles! An active duty Military Policeman and reader of this site is the one that sent me this report after it was passed down through official channels as a BOLO or advisory. Thankfully, it hasn’t yet been passed intelligence channels which would be a violation of Intelligence Oversight laws and regulations, but military law enforcement personnel are supposedly being briefed on this report and using it or informational purposes so that these troops can keep their eyes peeled. This concerns me and only legitimizes the purposes and concerns of groups like constitutional militias and Oath Keepers.

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