We Have Met The Enemy, And They Is Us

The law of unintended consequences has struck again in Washington. Many of us looked on nervously as the Department of Homeland Security was created as a reflexive response to 9/11. Naturally, it has morphed from an outward looking agency charged with coordinating efforts to defeat radical Islamists into a stormcrow warning that "Right-wing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first African American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new members, mobilize existing supporters and broaden their scope and appeal through propaganda, but they have not yet turned to attack planning." Telltale signs to look for are: Pro Life bumper stickers, pro 2nd Amendment bumper stickers, promoting anti-taxation tea parties. Those of us who revere the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independance are finding ourselves characterized as "fringe radical conservatives," while activist groups openly pushing a socialist agenda such as ACORN describe themselves as "a non-profit, non-partisan social justice organization." Interesting times, indeed.