Activist Who Staged Gun Interview At Obama Event
Was Prominent Defender Of '90s Militia
By Justin Elliott - August 18, 2009, 6:47PM

Ernest Hancock, the online radio host who staged an interview with an
assault rifle-wielding associate at the Obama event in Arizona yesterday
-- and was himself armed with a 9 millimeter pistol -- was a vocal
supporter and friend of right-wing anti-government militia members who
were convicted of conspiracy and weapons charges in the 90s.

And in an interview today with TPMmuckraker, Hancock said he still
believes the Viper Militia case was "manufactured" by the same
government that manufactured Waco and lied to its people about 9/11.

The federal government initially accused the Arizona Viper Militia of
plotting to blow up federal buildings, which the twelve-member group
cased on videotape.

In July 1996, after a grand jury indicted the suspects, federal agents
"seized about 90 high-powered rifles and hundreds of pounds of a
bomb-making compound from the shabby bungalow of a man whom officials
identified as the ordnance specialist of a local paramilitary group,"
the New York Times reported at the time.

Hancock, who in recent years designed the famous "Ron Paul rEVOLution"
graphic, was an oft-quoted defender of the militia members. The tapes of
the government buildings, he said at the time, were purely "educational."

"They don't have criminal records," another press account quoted
Hancock, who knew all twelve militia members, as saying. "They just like
their guns. And in Arizona, gosh darn it, that's normal."

Reached by TPMmuckraker at his home in Arizona today, Hancock said he
continued to believe the Viper Militia case was a fraud.

"I was good friends with Dean Pleasant, one of the guys that did five
and half years," Hancock said, who added the entire case was "made up."

"I've been feeling this coming again," he continued. "It's the same
people. It's Rahm Emanuel, it's Janet Napolitano. It's Hillary Clinton.
All these were the same people that were doing it back then."

Napolitano, who later became Arizona governor and is now secretary of
the Department of Homeland Security, was the prosecutor in the Viper
Militia case.

"This militia scare is what got them their crime ban. It was all
manufactured," said Hancock, scoffing at the term "White Al Qaeda,"
which he said he's been seeing in the local press.

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I don't even read you cut n' pastes, and I'm sure I'm not alone... except
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sure. And you wonder why this group is in the toilet. It's YOU asshole!

--Mike

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:23:14 -0400, H the K
wrote:

Activist Who Staged Gun Interview At Obama Event
Was Prominent Defender Of '90s Militia
By Justin Elliott - August 18, 2009, 6:47PM

****ing lunatics.

Chris Matthews had a 2nd amendment guy on tonight who thought it'd be
fine to have 10,000 in a venue, all armed, and bring the president in.

He said that people who own guns are proven to be responsible.

****ing lunatics. Simple idiots who are threatened by change.

"jps" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:23:14 -0400, H the K
wrote:

Activist Who Staged Gun Interview At Obama Event
Was Prominent Defender Of '90s Militia
By Justin Elliott - August 18, 2009, 6:47PM

****ing lunatics.

Chris Matthews had a 2nd amendment guy on tonight who thought it'd be
fine to have 10,000 in a venue, all armed, and bring the president in.

He said that people who own guns are proven to be responsible.

****ing lunatics. Simple idiots who are threatened by change.

Depends on the change.

****ing lunatics.

Chris Matthews had a 2nd amendment guy on tonight who thought it'd be
fine to have 10,000 in a venue, all armed, and bring the president in.

He said that people who own guns are proven to be responsible.

****ing lunatics. Simple idiots who are threatened by change.

Obama hardly now will face a crowd, but sends some lackey to do it for him,
and goons to stack the audience and throw out anyone who doesn't have an
ACORN or SEIU ID.

Change? You mean like driving tiny box cars? Like waiting a year and a
half for an MRI when you just broke your legs? Like not getting
prescription drugs that help keep you alive? Like having my taxes raised so
that I have to support people who won't work? Like having so many costs
placed against my small business that I have to close the doors?

Those kind of changes? Well, then, yes, I am very threatened.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
****ing lunatics.

Chris Matthews had a 2nd amendment guy on tonight who thought it'd be
fine to have 10,000 in a venue, all armed, and bring the president in.

He said that people who own guns are proven to be responsible.

****ing lunatics. Simple idiots who are threatened by change.

Obama hardly now will face a crowd, but sends some lackey to do it for him,
and goons to stack the audience and throw out anyone who doesn't have an
ACORN or SEIU ID.

Change? You mean like driving tiny box cars? Like waiting a year and a
half for an MRI when you just broke your legs? Like not getting
prescription drugs that help keep you alive? Like having my taxes raised so
that I have to support people who won't work? Like having so many costs
placed against my small business that I have to close the doors?

Those kind of changes? Well, then, yes, I am very threatened.

Steve




Have you been sleeping with Sarah Palin or one of her rug rats?

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:22:31 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:



****ing lunatics.

Chris Matthews had a 2nd amendment guy on tonight who thought it'd be
fine to have 10,000 in a venue, all armed, and bring the president in.

He said that people who own guns are proven to be responsible.

****ing lunatics. Simple idiots who are threatened by change.

Obama hardly now will face a crowd, but sends some lackey to do it for him,
and goons to stack the audience and throw out anyone who doesn't have an
ACORN or SEIU ID.

Change? You mean like driving tiny box cars? Like waiting a year and a
half for an MRI when you just broke your legs? Like not getting
prescription drugs that help keep you alive? Like having my taxes raised so
that I have to support people who won't work? Like having so many costs
placed against my small business that I have to close the doors?

Those kind of changes? Well, then, yes, I am very threatened.

Steve

You're an ignorant ass who'll seize on any misinformation to forward
your extreme views.

Sick asshole. Please stay in Utah, you're a perfect fit.

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:22:31 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:



****ing lunatics.

Chris Matthews had a 2nd amendment guy on tonight who thought it'd be
fine to have 10,000 in a venue, all armed, and bring the president in.

He said that people who own guns are proven to be responsible.

****ing lunatics. Simple idiots who are threatened by change.

Obama hardly now will face a crowd, but sends some lackey to do it for him,
and goons to stack the audience and throw out anyone who doesn't have an
ACORN or SEIU ID.

Change? You mean like driving tiny box cars? Like waiting a year and a
half for an MRI when you just broke your legs? Like not getting
prescription drugs that help keep you alive? Like having my taxes raised so
that I have to support people who won't work? Like having so many costs
placed against my small business that I have to close the doors?

Those kind of changes? Well, then, yes, I am very threatened.

Steve

You a retired Teamster? Thought you said that once. I'm guessing
you got your bennies locked in.
Good for you.

--Vic