Out of the Fox Hole

Glenn Greenwald makes some interesting points about militia groups.

Greenwald's column is a response to an episode segment on Glen Beck's "War Games" that hypothesized a revolt in 2014 because of government getting to big and raising taxes. From your friends as FOX News.

What was most remarkable about this allegedly "anti-government" movement was that -- with some isolated and principled exceptions -- it completely vanished upon the election of Republican George Bush, and it stayed invisible even as Bush presided over the most extreme and invasive expansion of federal government power in memory

Possibilities:

They were never afraid of an intrusive government; they just hated Clinton.

They do fear government intrusion but under Bush they were willing to sacrifice some constitutional rights because they hate foreigners even more.

They were just as active but the media stopped visiting Michigan and Montana.

The militias just kept quiet because they were afraid of ending up in Guantanamo.

The onscreen disclaimer:

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT PREDICTIONS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

This is from FOX so if you turn the volume up you'd probably hear a voice hissing '...and should happen.'