Mortgage Rates & The Hutaree
During the past few days nine people in Detroit have been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy. The allegations are that they are part of the Hutaree, a Christian militia group which believes that the world will soon come to an end, that the government is somehow the enemy and that it’s necessary to kill police in order to start a mass uprising against the government. As always with allegations, no one has been convicted of anything, eight of the accused have pleaded not guilty and one has yet to enter a plea as of this writing.
The Detroit Free Press — The Freep — reports at the group’s arraignment that:
During the ongoing detention hearing, which began around 1:15 p.m., for eight alleged members of the group, Waterstreet played an audiotape of Stone saying, “Now is the time to strike and take our nation back. ? This war will come whether we are ready or not. We will fight alongside anyone that calls the new world order their enemy.” (See: Undercover agent helped in probe of Hutaree, March 31, 2010)
The government alleges that the group was first planning to kill a local police officer. Then, when lots of police gathered for the funeral, the event would be bombed to produce massive casualties among the police and their family members. This, in turn, would set off a national uprising against the government.
There are several points that ought to be raised.
First, in terms of real estate if you want to destroy a lifetime of work an insurrection is the way to do it. Think about it this way: there’s now a civil war in the Sudan. Would you lend money for a mortgage there at any rate? Would you build a retirement home there?
Second, the police aren’t anyone’s enemy. They have a difficult and dangerous job. The dull reality of civilized life is that societies need a police force. The thought that the country would be elated by lots of dead police is insane. Just look at what happened to the ranks of right-wing extremists after Timothy McVey bombed the federal building in Oklahoma City and killed 168 people — including 19 babies and children.
Third, there’s no country to “take back.”
In the last election Sen. Obama got 69,456,897 votes (52.9 percent) and Sen. McCain received 59,934,814 (45.7 percent). Once the results were in, Sen. McCain then offered one of the most gracious concession speeches of modern times.
“I urge all Americans who supported me,” said Sen. McCain in part, “to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.”
“I wish godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,” Sen. McCain added.
The judicial system will decide if those accused of seditious conspiracy are guilty or not. But what should be overwhelmingly obvious is the universal agreement among the American public that a better society will not be built by blowing up the one we have. You can bet your house on it.
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