Judge wants Feds to prove Militia did more than talk

A Federal Judge wants prosecutors to prove that militia members being held for conspiracy did more than engage in talk.
Judge Victoria Roberts (a Clinton nominee) stated that the prosecution has not shown that the defendants had planned or ordered any specific crime.
As "Arthur Weiss, a lawyer for Thomas Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind., said disgust with the government as recorded by the undercover agent is similar to what's said daily by radio and TV talk-show hosts Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.
"Millions of people" are talking about "taking our country back," Weiss said." 


Billy Clinton must really be questioning his nomination of a judge that actually upholds the rights of anti-law enforcement "right wing nut jobs".
If these guys were really planning something like what they were charged for, I would love to see them do time for it.

Oklahoma's epic fail

Oklahoma has instituted a new law banning gang recruitment.
Sounds great, doesn't it? No one wants gangs.
But Representative Mike Shelton also added an amendment that makes it illegal to recruit for "militias" that aren't "recognized or authorized by the commander-in-chief of the state's militia."

This legislation was offered up just a week after Tea Partiers spoke about "supporting a volunteer militia" in the state.

When asked if he considered the Black Panthers an "unauthorized militia", Shelton stated: "Are they going around terrorizing communities, doing drive-by shootings, using ammonium nitrate to blow up buildings?” Shelton asked. "When they start doing that, they would be considered (that).”


So, Mr. Shelton, if the Black Panthers are off the hook because they have not (to your understanding) crossed certain lines, wouldn't any other groups that have not yet crossed those line in your state?
Maybe Mike would be OK with the German National Socialist Party forming a cadre of "Brownshirts" as long as they don't do any drive-bys or bomb buildings.