Wingnut Central

Another in my occaisional trips through the wingnut crazy-land minefield known as the Appraisers Free Forum[registration required]. It bears repeating that these people are my professional counterparts in the real estate appraisal field.

Today's topic: The wingnut suspicion that President Obama is preparing to impose martial law in the United States!

He's more than willing to commit 40,000 troops domestically to enforce his polices here at home, or 400,000 if necessary, the question remains, how many will refuse to obey orders? My guess is if he orders them to cross the Rubicon, the vast majority will refuse and may even swing the guns around 180 degrees. The places to watch are greater Detroit and California. Most big cities are already in a state of semi-martial law anyway. My relatives in Michigan are a little on edge because of the economy (15% + unemployment and the auto industry in the tank). They're of the opinion that if Obama sends in troops under the gusie of some phony emergency and orders them to don blue UN helmets and hassle Americans that the venison belt volunteers will put down any attempt at martial law very, very quickly. Field Marshal Ted Nugent will be at the point I am sure! --Senior Jefe

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My prediction is this liberal puke goes down in a ball of flames.

I feel sorry for any law enforcement willing to impose communist law on American citizens...they'll get picked apart. I imagine most law enforcement would refuse to comply.

The military will turn on this sorry ass quicker than piranha's on a Capybara. --Mako

These anonymous whackjobs post this kind of rubbish along day long, every day. How paranoid does one have to be to believe this sort of nonsense? Ask yourself, would you want someone like that appraising your home? What if they saw the prized Obama poster hanging on your wall during their inspection? Paranoid crazies don't forget that sort of thing.

Given the precipitous rise in open racism and irrational vitriol over the past 10 months, one can only conclude that some deranged lunatic somewhere is actively -- right now -- planning to go all Travis Bickle on us.

It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.