[jpachard]

Excuse me Sir tabs. I lived in Michigan for a time as well as seven other states in this Union( Texas, Arizona, N. Carolina, Maine, Alaska, Connecticut and Massachusetts) so know who you are lecturing before you accuse people of "not having an understanding". I worked with a bunch of people who were in the Michgan Milita( I am a machinist by trade so I work with a broad sector of the population). Those who I met were a pathalogical mess. I went to one of their meetings since I have an open mind and like to listen to what anyone has to say. What I heard was shocking. These people believed that the stickers on the backs of roadsigns were there to guide NATO troops to there bases. They were preparing for a NATO invasion, talk about paranoia! Then, as I was being driven home by one of the members, he told me that he kept his fully Auto rifle loaded with two clips duct taped together. He said he was going to use the first clip to defend his house and the second to kill his family so "they" wouldn't take them prisoner. What kind Militia is this where they say it's OK to kill your family( yes, the leader said this was an acceptable course of action). What I came away with was a bunch of people who hated foreigners and yet, they all were proud of their POS SKS rifles which are made in China( none of them could hit the side of a barn door with them either which was a big relief for me, I showed up with my Ruger and showed them what a good marksman is). I found it funny listening to them spew their hate of America and yet, when I asked them why they don't go back to where they came form, none of them wanted to go. Now I happen to be 1/2 Native American so it would be easy for me to have a pretty big beef with this country, yet I choose to pick my battles and work with whatever system we have here to try and fix things. We created a system in this country where we can VOTE, yet non of these folks did. That is the beauty of this country, if you don't like something, get off your ass and do something about it, don't just sit there and complain.

I consider myself a very lucky person to live in this country, I have been homeless before( through no fault of mine) and I managed to work hard and prove myself. I don't have a colledge degree but I have worked very hard through my life so far and now I own a home, two Porsches and have a wonderful family. Anyone who can knock this country with so much hate doesn't deserve to live here.

JA