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Headquarters, Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia 13 August, 2009

In response to recent panic-driven news reports concerning the growth of
"racist, anti-government, right-wing militia threats" to The United
States, we offer the following:

Next month, September 2009, will see the fifteenth anniversary of the
founding of what has become the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia
(SMVM). I have been an active participant in this unit since its
inception. If I had been involved in anything illegal in these fifteen
years, would I not have surely been arrested by now?

Before anyone takes the word of any paid employee whose very job is to
distort truth and fabricate lies in order to garner support and funding
for his organization, one should ask the subjects of these reports what
they actually think. No free thinking person enjoys having his ideology
or belief system assigned to them by anyone. Readers are invited to
visit our web page at www.MichiganMilitia.com
<http://www.MichiganMilitia.com>  <http://www.MichiganMilitia.com
<http://www.MichiganMilitia.com> >, and our social networking sites, so
they can read all about our "ideologies" for themselves, and make their
own informed decisions about who we are, what we do, and what we
represent.

We deeply appreciate efforts by some of the folks at CNN who contacted
us and actually asked for our input about a report regarding "the
militia". This was a pleasant surprise. We encourage all news
organizations, when presented with a one-sided report, such as the one
furnished by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), to contact the
groups in question, and at least make an effort to be fair and
open-minded about things. If you are going to report about "the
militia", then shouldn't you at least ask some "militia" people about
it?

The SPLC, in what may probably be a very successful fund-raising
endeavor, recently raised an alarm about the growth of "right wing
militia groups". We can appreciate the recognition of the recent growth
we have experienced, but would like to clarify the reasons behind it.

Any simpleton can claim that this group or that group has grown in
response to the election of America's first African-American President.
The fact is, militia groups that we know of care little for whatever
color The President's skin is. We care far, far more that he, along with
every other government employee, upholds his or her oath to support,
uphold, and defend The Constitution.

No, we are not concerned about The President. He is, after all, merely
The President. As such, he cannot pass a single piece of legislation,
nor can he rule on even one issue before The Supreme Court. Our
Constitution provides an excellent system of checks and balances that
prevent this, or any other President, from growing too powerful, or
assuming to much control over the lives of American citizens.

However, when multiple branches of government seem to be acting in an
effort to establish control over the productive energy of a free people,
then said free people have cause for alarm. This is not an extreme view,
it is a factual one. No American wants to be told what to drive, where
to seek medical help, how warm they can keep their house, or even how
effectively their toilets are allowed to flush. No American wants to be
told that he cannot own the most effective means of protecting his or
her own life, or the lives of his family. No American wants to be told
that he must work longer hours to pay more and more of his check to
support an over bloated government bureaucracy.

No, Americans want to go to bed at night, after a day's work, and some
chance to enjoy the fruits of their own labor, confident that our
government is doing the job of protecting individual liberty from
aggression, theft, or fraud. Americans want the promise of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness restored and protected. We don't
need to have every facet of our lives micromanaged down to the finest
detail.

But there are people at every level of government who somehow think it
is their divine right to interfere with, tax, regulate, and confiscate
every single aspect of working Americans' lives. This is shameful, and
it doesn't have to be this way.

But this is not the only issue causing the very pleasing and expected
growth of pro-freedom militia groups. The threat of terrorism or
disaster will always loom over our heads. Crime is a constant concern
for many Americans. And while the threat of invasion seems at best a
very distant, remote one, we would like to help keep it that way.

Americans are becoming more and more involved in militia and other
preparedness training not out of fear or hatred, but out of a sense of
civic duty and responsibility. We are doing this not because we are
angry, but because we care about this great nation, because we care
about individual rights and responsibilities, and because we care about
each other.

It is easy to demonize someone with whom you disagree with labels such
as "Nazi, White Supremacist, racist, extremist, hate-monger, or
anti-government." It is especially easy to do so when you are employed
by a discredited far left-wing organization whose very existence depends
upon frightening people into sending donations. An organization where
Logic is an Enemy and Truth is a Menace.

The very idea of lumping us in with Nazi's and White Supremacists
represents a total conflict of ideologies. Nazi's are statist
collectivists and by nature crave a supreme leader to follow, while we,
as freedom loving Constitutionalists, uphold the rights of the
individual to live free and for themself. Our members and their families
represent various cultural, religious and racial backgrounds. This does
not sit well with White Supremacists or racists. And being
Constitutionalists, we are a pro-constitutionally limited republic form
of government our founding fathers established, and anti-corruption of
that form of government.

Militia people all across this country spend their own time, energy, and
money on supporting this cause, the cause of American liberty, the cause
of personal rights, the cause of freedom; freedom for everyone,
regardless of race, creed, color, tint, or hue, religion (or lack
thereof), or political views (or lack thereof). We do not get paid to do
this.

Ask Mark Potok or Morris Dees how much they get paid to "report" on us,
and you might get a different answer. Then you can decide for yourself.


Lee Miracle (Weapon M), Coordinator
Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia
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