State Governors: The Latest Targets of Threats

Late last week I came across the latest in a string recently of deadly threats. A domestic extremist group sent letters to over 30 U.S. governors not just asking, but demanding that they step down. The recipients were given a small window and the Department of Homeland Security was fast to begin assessing the situation. The group behind the letters are looking to "restore America". They want to not only have these governors step down but rework the court system to their liking.

States that have received such letters are: Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Illinois is another possible state targeted while Idaho and Maryland are not among the target states.

As reports begin to come in, staff in these office are reporting that the writers of the letters are essentially looking to disband the federal government.

It is hard this early what to make of these letters, but they are yet another example of anger in this country going to a place it does not need to go. Politicians and media heads have almost asked for a revolution with their insidious comments at times and now both parties' chief executives in more than half of the states have begun targets for a radical group.

We have seen independent and party-oriented groups spring up across the nation over the last year. Many are far to one extreme or another. This group here represents the purest evil in politics and might go as far to say life. You might dislike someone's opinion. You might dislike someone's policies. You might dislike the character and who an individual is. But when you cross the line and want someone dead is when you go from citizen to criminal. I hope that the proper authorities make a quick examination of these letters and find the culprits. Threats are almost as bad as killing someone and these letters need to viewed with the utmost importance as I believe they are.

Hopefully, this can be yet another example of why we need to calm down a notch in this country. You can be angry that you don't have a job. You can be angry that there are elected officials in the federal government, whom you disagree with. When November comes around, make sure you vote; if you truly care and are as angry as you say you are. But most importantly, let's eliminate the far right and far left propaganda and talking points rants that occur on a daily basis. Both sides are guilty, yet most of the blame belongs with the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck.

In the last year plus too many Americans are misconstruing what it means to be politically active. They are misusing their rights and just doing what the hell they feel like. That is not healthy and only counterproductive. I can do is shake my head and hope that tomorrow things will change. Hope is all I can do with the political environment increasingly getting worse with each passing day.