On Wednesday, Milwaukee County Sheriff and Uncle Ruckus wannabe David Clarke went on the radio with radio squawker Vicki Mickenna to say that he is resigning from office to take a job as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security. Hilariously, it is to be in the Office of Public Partnership and Engagement:
Clarke told WISN 1130/AM host Vicki McKenna that he would be an assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, where he'll act as a liaison to local and state law enforcement, tribes, and the private sector. The position will be in the Office of Public Partnership and Engagement.
"I’m both honored and humbled to be apt to this position," Clarke said. "It’s going to be a steep learning curve for me, serving in the Department of Homeland Security, and I look forward to joining that team."
But is he really going?
DHS is refusing to say whether it's true or not:
Sr. positions are announced when made official by the Sec. No such announcement w/ regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made.
Likewise, Scott Walker, who would find Clarke's replacement (may I suggest a rancid potato?), said that he hasn't received a resignation letter from Clarke yet. Likewise, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said that he hasn't been told anything yet either.
Could it be true? Maybe. Clarke's incompetence would be a perfect fit in Trump's administration and Clarke is desperate to get out of Milwaukee, before he gets held accountable for the four deaths at his jail.
Then again, it could be Clarke simply trying to stir things up to get attention and maybe to take attention off of Trump's ongoing series of implosions.
Stay tuned, same clown channel, same clown time....
Ann Althouse came out in defense of Wisconsin Mass Murderer Wade Michael Page(WMP), and disgusted with Southern Poverty Law Center's rush to judgement!
In 2009, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security came out with a report that says that White Supremacists and Right Wing militia groups, extremists, anti-abortionists and some veterans, were the greatest threats to U.S. Domestic Terror!
Despite the fact this was a nonpartisan report, and it was correct, Secretary Napolitano, was forced by the right wing echo chamber to withdraw it and apologize. Kudo's to the republican party on that one, what could possibly go wrong??
To some who track the movements of white supremacist groups, the
violence was not a total surprise. Mr. Page, 40, had long been among the
hundreds of names on the radar of organizations monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center
because of his ties to the white supremacist movement and his role as
the leader of a white-power band called End Apathy. The authorities have
said they are treating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism.
The
Southern Poverty Law Center put out the early characterization of End
Apathy as a "racist white power" band, but I'm not sure how they know
that:
Ann is not sure how the SPLC would know that WMP and his band is a "racist white power" band....
Lets see if we can find any clues....
mmm nothing to see here.
Let's take a look and see where Prof. Ann gets her info from...
IN THE COMMENTS: Sorun said:
By the way, what happened to all of the dangerous white
militia groups in the 90s? They were everywhere! Did they all just
decide to go bowling instead?
How much money did the SPLC raise from that great crisis?
CommonHandle said:
I find it a bit creepy that SPLC defines its "intelligence
project" as following around anyone who has an association with people
or groups that espouse racist beliefs, even if nothing that individual
has done or said themselves comes across as overtly racist. Creepiness
aside, aren't there plenty of real racists out there? people who
regularly and unambiguously engage in racist speech? That the have a
"profile" of this man isn't only kind of disturbing, but it seems pretty
frivolous.
BarryD said:
Sometimes I think the SPLC figures that every time there are
two or more white people standing on the street together, it's a
white-power group.
That said, this guy was, indeed, not apathetic, in the end.
Too bad, really.
There's a lot to be said for apathy, especially among those who are
fucked in the head. I think that apathy saves our society from many
ills, actually.
Wait......WHAT????? Ann Althouse uses as her argument anonymous comments on the internet????? If Barry D thinks that apathy saves, then I guess apathy saves and the SPLC can pack up their toys and go home! I guess is Soron thinks right wing militia groups are not a problem, then they are not a problem. heck we even have "Chip" (and Ann for sharing) to thank for showing us that the problem is NOT that WMP killed 6 innocent people, but that the real problem is that SPLC invaded Mr. page's privacy. This is America, you should be able to purchase neo-Nazi goods without having to worry about some silly hate tracking group!
Chip said:
From the article:
"According to Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center
's intelligence project, the group has been tracking Page since 2000,
when he allegedly attempted to purchase goods from the neo-Nazi National
Alliance."
How does the SPLC have access to to information about a private - and perfectly legal - commercial transaction?
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