Ohio Militia Calls for Armed March on Washington

[proud2BlibKansan]

The self-identified leader of the Ohio Militia, a conspiracy-minded “Patriot” group, released a video earlier this week calling for 1 million heavily armed antigovernment demonstrators to march on Washington, D.C., this coming July 4.

“We need to do something,” he said. “We need to make a dent.”

Identifying himself as “Pale Horse,” apparently a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and speaking through a creepy voice distorter, the Ohio militiaman detailed his brazen vision: “A peaceful demonstration of at least a million — hey, if we can get 10 million, even better — but at least one million armed militia men marching on Washington. A peaceful demonstration. No shooting, no one gets hurt. Just a demonstration. The only difference from any typical demonstration is we will all be armed.”

The Ohio Militia website contains apocalyptic language and imagery, along with references to various 9/11 and “North American Union” conspiracy theories. Videos show men said to be Ohio Militia members engaged in small-unit, live-fire combat training. One video is titled “America’s Wake Up Call: Buy Guns.” A different video slideshow depicts assault weapons, mushroom clouds, George Bush, Satan, Osama bin Laden and lots of men in camouflage on maneuvers. It’s set to “Goofy’s Concern,” a song by Butthole Surfers, a psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas, that includes these lyrics: “I don’t give a fuck about the FBI! I don’t give a fuck about the CIA! I don’t give a fuck about LSD! I don’t give a fuck about anything!”

more . . . http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/04/24/ohio-militia-calls-for-armed-march-on-washington/

[Warren DeMontague]

1. I'm pretty sure the Butthole Surfers wouldn't approve.

Gibby Haynes seems like a pretty cool guy.

[Earth_First]

2. I'd like to see them get a permit for this one...

"Yes, I'd like the permit applications to hold an armed march on The Mall..."

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. MTE

Don't you need a permit issued in DC to carry a gun in DC?

[NeedleCast]

3. Nothing wrong with peaceful demonstrations

even if I don't agree with them.

All ten of them.

[OHDEM]

5. Why would one need to be ARMED for a peaceful march?

These people are scary, but I do think they are a fringe group. I don't see them getting a million, but I wonder if any group like this would remain peaceful.

[NeedleCast]

20. I have no idea

But there's nothing wrong with demonstrating, armed or not.

They are somewhat scary, but like you said. I doubt they'll get a million. I doubt they'd get a hundred. Ten, I could see. Maybe.

[Javaman]

28. It's one thing to demonstrate while being armed...

it's a completely different thing to state that you will be armed.

[MUAD_DIB]

25. Caus the man gonna git them!

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. How peaceful is an armed demonstration?

[NeedleCast]

19. It's perfectly peacful right up until it's not

Just like an unarmed demonstration is peaceful right up to the point that someone throws a punch.

I agree there's probably a higher chance for stupid/terrible things to occur, but being legally armed does not disturb the peace.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. There are days I wonder about the sanity of these people

they WANT a civil war

This is their Concord moment...

Alas they are the reds... ironic

[leftofcool]

8. Yea, ya'll try that and see if ya get past the border

[sinkingfeeling]

9. But, but there's no RW extremists organizations. It was all made up by the nasty Obama DHS!!

[Arkana]

10. Yeah I'm pretty sure an armed march on Washington by a bunch of unwashed inbreds

with beer guts would last all of 30 seconds--the point at which they'd walk by a KFC and get distracted.

[annabanana]

11. YooHoo!. .Agent Mike!. . .. . I KNOW you got that, right guy?

Let's hear it for the FBI. (The Agency that refused to torture)

[canetoad]

12. I guarantee

that such a march will NOT end well.

[walldude]

13. A peaceful demonstration with a million armed rednecks

drunk on Budweiser.... Good plan :eyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. LOL!

[konnichi wa]

15. Not to worry, there's no beer in Budweiser any more

;-)

[walldude]

23. Just Kool Aid? n/t

[konnichi wa]

30. Mostly water with little chunks of crap in it

:D

[Javaman]

29. the million beer belly march. nt

[Lilith Velkor]

16. Bring. It. On.

Black Ops (of all stripes) could use the target practice.

[old mark]

17. They have a long way to go to get a "million" people to do anything.

They are so crazy they believe their own bullshit.

mark

[JuniperLea]

18. If they could actually rally that many people...

Obama wouldn't have been elected.

Idiots. Armed idiots. Cheese and crackers! Talk about stoopid! I hope someone is knocking on his door right now... someone in a uniform, with a gun of their own, and handcuffs... even suggesting such a thing is wrong as all hell.

[Odin2005]

21. TREASON!!!

:grr:

[spanone]

22. if they can muster a millions I'M buying a gun

that is one scary video

[paparush]

24. And why weren't these *patriots* marching on DC for the last 8 years?

If they are anti-govt, why were they not protesting Bush's ENORMOUS expansion of govt spending?

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. Good question

I suspect the answer is because Bush is white. :)

[Javaman]

27. They'll get as far as Canton then give up. takes a lot out of fat ass blowhards to march. nt

[RamboLiberal]

31. Isn't carrying a gun in D.C. illegal?

Going to be interesting! What will the D.C. police do?

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. I thought they changed that law?

:shrug:

[RamboLiberal]

34. Heller was a ruling that banning owning a firearm

was not constitutional. Still illegal in D.C. to open or conceal carry I believe.

-----

CNN story when Heller decision came down: It still will be illegal to carry handguns outside the home, and all pistols must be registered with police.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/26/scotus.guns/index.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. Thanks! So this armed million man march should be interesting.

LOL

[arcadian]

32. The militias aint got nothin' on the Neo-Confederates.

I just drove around an area of North Central Virginia and I saw more Confederate flags than I saw American flags. Granted it's where a lot of the major conflicts in the Civil War were fought but these people aren't history buffs.

[rucky]

36. I'm going to put out a video calling for 1 million people...

to each send me a dollar.

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. LOL I think you will collect that million before that many show up for the march

:rofl: