Michael Badnarik Dallas TX Dec 3rd 2010

[dallasak74]

Dallas TX December 3rd, 2010

Michael Badnarik is hosting the Texas Militia dinner and informational meeting in Plano TX on Friday December 3th, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm.
Friends and family are welcome to attend.
If you have any questions or are interested in joining please feel free to attend.
We will be meeting in the separate dining area or if you’re not sure just tell the hostess you’d like to be seated in the Texas Militia party.
It will be the room off from the main dining area.

Based on the physical addresses of current members, the location for the next meeting will be:

International House of Pancakes (IHOP)
933 North Central Expressway
Plano, Texas 75075

We have reserved their small meeting area for FRIDAY, December 3rd from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

Please distribute this information to anyone you think may be interested in attending.

[Bullwhip]

I thought he was bad sick.

[Hoi Polloi]

I had to look up Michael Badnarik to figure out who he is.
Michael Badnarik

However, when I look up the Texas Militia, I can't get a straight answer on who they are. It appears that they are a para-military gun rights group with Libertarian and Constitutionalist conservative leanings and that Michael Badnarik is the Dallas-area squad commander, meaning he is one of an approximate 7-11 people in the Dallas area who meets monthly for dinners and trainings in the group's areas of interest. I couldn't find a particular list of activities, and on the contrary found an emphasis on local leadership, but their banner logo includes a seal which says, "Defending Liberty" and a tag line that says, "Protecting the Texas border." Those are extremely broad and could imply a number of positive or not so positive things.

One thing they clearly want you to know is that "The Texas Militia is not racist. We let patriotic men and women USA Citizens of all races join the Texas Militia. We have Black, Hispanic, and Jewish members besides White Christian members." "You can become a Texas Militia member when you meet face to face with us at one of our meetings..." but "Your involvement with the Texas Militia means that you are going to actively work toward restoring this nation to its Constitutional roots on a regular basis. That also means that being a member of the Texas Militia requires that you participate on a regular basis in meetings and trainings or other events that are planned." The types of topics, events, trainings, etc that are typically hosted or encouraged is not something I've been able to find (though many they list on their website are by invitation only), which would be critical information for discerning interest or involvement in the group.

It's still very vague and secretive seeming to me from what I can find. It might not be intentional as what they do might be common knowledge among most who might be interested in joining, but their websites don't seem to address that.

[74novaman]

A word to the wise regarding militias:

Assume at least one member of the group is a member of the ATF. If someone asks you to cut down a shotgun barrel to the super secret cop killing length of 17 3/4 inches or store some "fertilizer" in your garage....run like heck.

Otherwise, have some fun socializing with some fellow gun people!

[hirundo82]

A word to the wise regarding militias:

Assume at least one member of the group is a member of the ATF. If someone asks you to cut down a shotgun barrel to the super secret cop killing length of 17 3/4 inches or store some "fertilizer" in your garage....run like heck.

Otherwise, have some fun socializing with some fellow gun people!

There are probably more federal agents that real members at these things. Judging from news reports, the FBI seems to be the top weapons supplier to domestic radicals who want to attack the US, and the current administration would just love to find a militia member or two to get to go along with a plot--it would be a propoganda coup for them.

[74novaman]

Judging from news reports, the FBI seems to be the top weapons supplier to domestic radicals who want to attack the US

I have taken quite a bit of pleasure imagining those idiots pressing a button ready to harm people only to see nothing happen but agents swooping in to have a nice long talk with them....

FBI has been doing a nice job with all the wanna be bombers.

[Bullwhip]

I wonder how many fed agents it took to talk one stupid teenager in oregon into trying to blow up the fake bomb they gave him.

Whoever warned about fed agents is right, anything called"militia" probly has more undercover agents than "members".

Gee, think maybe goverment is too big whentheres more of them than us?

[Tim_the_Bald]

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