No one wants to talk about the Nazis (or in the case of Fox News, admit that they do). Bad form and all that. Yet, we have real people inspired by the Nazis who live in our society and they are indeed a real and present danger.
One of these people is Jeff Harbin who was arrested in the Tucson are on January 14th by police when they found “12 grenade-like improvised explosive devices built with PVC pipe filled with black powder, ball bearings and an improvised fusing system.” in his truck. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on January 28th for illegal possession and transport of explosive devices.
Here’s how the US District Attorney described these IED’s found in Harbin’s possession:
“Jeffrey Harbin built these IEDs in such a way as to maximize human carnage,” said Dennis K. Burke, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
The local chapter of the National Socialist Movement denied that Harbin was still a member of their organization. How convenient for them. Nonetheless, the report by ABC15.com states that its reporter’s sources believe more arrests in the case are expected. It’s possible that Harbin constructed these 12 grenade like explosive devices by himself, of course. It’s possible that the National Socialist Movement had nothing to do with his actions and that their ideology had no influence on him whatsoever. It’s possible that he built these “IEDs in such a way as to maximize human carnage” just for fun and did not intend to ever use them to attack human beings, by himself or in league with others.
It’s also possible that someday pigs will fly.
What we do know is that domestic terrorism is real. Just as JT Ready, the very individual who admits he recruited Jeff Harbin to join the National Socialist Movement.
Of course, no surprise, JT says he is no longer a member of the National Socialist Movement either, nor would he answer any questions about what Harbin intended to do with his stash of explosive, human killing devices. But at least he admits domestic terrorism is real.
I just wish our national news media would cover stories regarding right wing domestic terrorists to the same extent that they cover stories regarding “Islamic terrorists.” After all if the man who made these remarks …
“This is a white, European homeland. That’s how it should be preserved if we want to keep it clean, safe, and pure.”
–Ready speaking at a National Socialist Movement rally in Oct. 24, 2009“The jew [sic] itself knows it is a parasite. I have had them admit as much to me and laugh in my face… But a parasite cannot carry on in its parasitic nature if it is exposed for what it really is. Their whole house of cards comes tumbling down for all to see. Like in 1933 Germany. Just because it has two legs, does not change its nature any less than a six-legged parasite stops sucking blood. There have been many pogroms when the host people stops being victims of these vampires. Another pogrom is approaching.”
–New Saxon blog posting, May 8, 2010“This is the minuteman project on steroids. We’ve got people with assault weapons. We will use lawful, deadly force when appropriate.”
— KOLD News 13, June 21, 2010
… says domestic terrorism is real, I’m inclined to believe him.