Sunday, July 18, 2010

Neo-Nazi Leading Anti-Immigrant Patrols in Arizona

The putrid swamp that is now the Republican Party just seems to be getting nastier and nastier. Jumping in to enforce Arizona's new GOP backed immigration law - which is supported by whack job Virginia attorney General Ken Cuccinelli - are the neo-Nazis. Yep, that segment of society is apparently becoming a part of the GOP base along with the racist Tea Party crowd. The rest of the world must be looking at this country and saying to themselves WTF is going on over there? Imagine what it must be like to be a third or fourth generation American citizen of Hispanic descent in Arizona now. Leading the Neo-Nazi intervention is Jason "J.T." Ready (pictured above) who to me is down right scary. In fact a lot scarier than some Mexicans merely trying to enter the USA to find a better life. NOTE: Ready and his cohorts are NOT gay friendly either. The Arizona Times Union and Time Magazine both look at this frightening and dangerous development. Here are highlights from the Times Union:
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Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents, and a tough new immigration law aren't enough for a reputed neo-Nazi who's now leading a militia in the Arizona desert.
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Jason "J.T." Ready is taking matters into his own hands, declaring war on "narco-terrorists" and keeping an eye out for illegal immigrants.
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But local law enforcement are nervous given that Ready's group is heavily armed and identifies with the National Socialist Movement, an organization that believes only non-Jewish, white heterosexuals should be American citizens and that everyone who isn't white should leave the country "peacefully or by force."
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"We're not going to sit around and wait for the government anymore," Ready said. "This is what our founding fathers did." . . .
He and his friends are outfitted with military fatigues, body armor and gas masks, and carry assault rifles. Ready takes offense at the term "neo-Nazi," but admits he identifies with the National Socialist Movement.
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"These are explicit Nazis," said Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project. "These are people who wear swastikas on their sleeves."
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Ready said he's planning patrols throughout the summer. "If they don't want my people out there, then there's an easy way to send us home: Secure the border," he said. "We'll put our guns back on the shelf, and that'll be the end of that."
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I don't think I am going to be visiting Arizona any time soon with freaks like Ready on the loose and determining who should have the right to be a citizen.

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