The Anti-Americans

Call it a spring of discontent.

Reports keep surfacing about anti-government actions or, in the case of the Census, non-action.

If you check out your local "rants and raves" section on Craig's List you'll find all kinds of bizarre anti-government rants and spontaneous Tea Party rallies. On the Central Oregon "rants and raves" list, tea partiers were to gather at the Olive Garden in Bend for a post-rally pasta feed. How civilized.

In the upper Midwest, nine members of "Christian militia" were arrested, at the start of Holy Week no less, for apparently trying to kill police officers. Check out this story from the Associated Press. These bizarre events occur from time to time no matter who is president, but it seems that they're more frequent these days, especially with "rage" against government all the rage.

And, a Minuteman leader backpedals after issuing a call to come "locked, loaded and ready" to protect the border. Apparently, the response was too enthusiastic for the Arizona-based Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and is apparently disbanding. Check here for a story.

In Nevada, meanwhile, the Tea Party Express III (somehow I missed versions I and II), held a "conservative Woodstock" in Sen. Harry Reid's hometown of Searchlight.

Also, we have "the son of the god of Enoch" charged with threatening to kill Republican Rep. Eric Cantor. With Enoch, you never know.

Expect a huge anti-government/American protest on April 15 because, well, you know it is the worst day in America -- the day taxes are due. FreedomWorks, a Tea Party group led by Dick Armey, is leading the nationwide protest where it expects "hundreds of thousands."

Wonder if any militia will act as security.

But, the Tea Party movement may create problems in elections. Check here for a story about third party candidates and here for a piece on how anger is not a policy.

And, of course, we have the usual anti-Census crowd making more waves than usual this time around. To these nutcases, the government ("Big Brother") spies on you through the Census so it's best not to comply. If you don't send back the modest little survey, a Census worker will likely ring your doorbell. This could translate into more violence this spring and summer.

It also means that less federal tax dollars could come to your state. That may happen in Texas, where the governor last year sided with the secessionist movement in the Lone Star State.

That's fine for us here in Oregon. We could use a few more tax dollars that the Texans don't want. Check here for more info on the Texas anti-Census craze.

This should be a lively spring for lunacy.