My Daily Domestic Diigolet 04/16/2009

• Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwesttags: no_tag
  • An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall — one of three tea parties he was attending across the state — that officials in Washington have abandoned the country’s founding principles of limited government. He said the federal government is strangling Americans with taxation, spending and debt.
  • Perry repeated his running theme that Texas’ economy is in relatively good shape compared with other states and with the “federal budget mess.” Many in the crowd held signs deriding President Barack Obama and the $786 billion federal economic stimulus package
• Federal agency warns of radicals on right – Washington TimesThe Department of Homeland Security is waring the government against rightwing extreme activity? And what exactly defines rightwing extreme activity? Apparently if you support state and local authority over federal authority, or if you have a pet single issue like abortion! (which would make more than half of St. Blog’s suspect!). Scary times.tags: current, events, politics, areyousorryyet?
  • The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in “rightwing extremist activity,” saying the economic recession, the election of America’s first black president and the return of a few disgruntled war veterans could swell the ranks of white-power militias.

    A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines “rightwing extremism in the United States” as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.

    “It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the warning says.

  • It says the federal government “will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months” to gather information on “rightwing extremist activity in the United States.”

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