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Cliven Bundy Ranch Speaker Warns of 'Civil War,' Promises Harry Reid Will Have His 'Balls Ripped Off'

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Skip Intro5/01/2014 8:36:07 am PDT
Seriously, look at the folks there. Fat, middle aged, low IQ, angry fundamentalist unemployable white guys. They start something, and the actual law enforcement officers will finish them off, quickly.

What a bunch of low life losers

So who is Mike Vanderbeogh?

The Washington Post ran a profile of Mike Vanderboegh, a 57-year-old former militiaman from Alabama, who disapproves of the new Affordable Care Act. Vanderboegh, who describes himself as a “Christian libertarian” and has been part of various clandestine militia groups, has been encouraging those who agree with him to throw bricks through the windows of Democratic offices nationwide.

It’s about what you’d expect from someone like this, and Vanderboegh is unapologetic about his extremism. In his interview with the Post, he makes multiple references to people who “are armed and are capable of making such resistance possible and perhaps even initiating a civil war.”

Given the threat of domestic terrorism, all of this is disconcerting, to be sure. But Josh Marshall flags the punch-line from the profile:

Vanderboegh said he once worked as a warehouse manager but now lives on government disability checks. He said he receives $1,300 a month because of his congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertension.

I see. So, Vanderboegh has a physical ailment, so instead of working, he’s turned to the government to supply him with a modest income. Whether Vanderboegh appreciates the irony of a radical libertarian, who demands that a small government leave people alone, getting taxpayer-financed checks from the government not to work, is unclear.

That’s who.

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