Secret Service probes Nazi flag-flyer

[maddezmom]

Source: UPI

LAS CRUCES, N.M., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A New Mexico man known for flying a Nazi flag on his property is being investigated by the Secret Service for threats against the government, officials say.

Secret Service Special Agent and spokesman Rich Ferretti confirmed to Wednesday's Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News that Ken Triplett, 54, whose Nazi flag was noticed by neighbors and U.S. veterans last week, was visited by agents and his claims of military service were being investigated.

"We're still conducting a background investigation," Ferretti told the newspaper. "If we feel something's a criminal act, we present it to the U.S. Attorney. If we feel someone's a threat to our protectees, we monitor those individuals."

The Sun-News reported that neighbors alleged the roofing contractor told them "he was heavily armed and that if he had to, he would strap bombs to himself and go to Washington, D.C., to take care of the government."



Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/16/Secret-Service-probes-Nazi-flag-flyer/UPI-76851253126337/

[MichaelHarris]

1. I'm trying to think,

what would I love enough to strap a bomb to my body? Maybe a really good, buttery rice krispie treat. You know the one where you double the amount of butter in the recipe.

[Tempest]

2. Hate is his motivation

Hence the Nazi flag.

[bdamomma]

8. Hate is their motivator, damn I despise these people

[Old Hob]

20. yeah, I hate people who hate other people too....

[intheflow]

10. self-delete - postedin wrong place

[naaman fletcher]

15. I'm not so sure..

That hate is the motivation. I tend to think that hate is the symptom, not the cause. The haters that I have known typically have all sorts of issues that they don't want to confront, so they channel their energies into one group or another that is supposedly the cause of all their problems.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. i have a RAVING right winger working for me...

he can go ballistic when one of my liberal guys jokingly calls him "Comrade". Anyway, I think it is a perceived weakness in themselves, be it personal or education. Instead of addressing that weakness, the blame others when they get promoted over. It is never their fault, it is someone else's. It festers, turns to fear, and then to hate.

[roguevalley]

13. oh crap. I'm going to have to make some now. I make mine with

marshmellow cream. it is smoother and richer than melting marshmellows.

[awoke_in_2003]

21. what would you do

for a klondike bar?

[jbnow]

3. I hope he told a lot of his neighbors about his plan because

he sounds a wee bit like he might seek revenge
He has a felony assault on a federal officer, threatened to suicide-bomb a U.S. Border Partrol checkpoint...
well maybe he doesn't read the paper.
Suicide-bombing would be a bad trend to start here

[fasttense]

4. But of course this isn't about Racism.

The guy just likes the colors in the NAZI flag.

Just ask any corporate media whore, they'll tell you hating the government and using NAZI imagery has nothing to do with Racism.

[durablend]

18. Along with some people here

"But but but it's free speech! He's not threatening anyone! Even if he is, that's his right, so there!"

[Lagomorph]

5. Fucking Nazis...

[Kolesar]

6. Starting in 2009, the SS is not allowed to harass peace groups, so they have to do something

...with their time.

[kestrel91316]

14. They can investigate all the Hitler Jr's and Himmler Jr's and Goebbels Jr's they want.

They won't hear a word of complaint from me.

If people can't take the heat, they should stay out of the kitchen (by shutting the hell up).

[niceypoo]

7. A Republican suicide bomber?

Nothing surprises me anymore

[orbitalman]

9. Yet another god-damn Nut job. n/t

[intheflow]

11. But - but - but - I thought WE were supposed to be the Nazis!

Can the RW get its memes straight please? I'm so confused!!

/sarcasm

[maddezmom]

12. it's all very confusing isn't it

:hi:

[awoke_in_2003]

23. you make a good point...

if I read my memes right, then this guy must be one of those socialist nazi I hear about

[intheflow]

28. Which means he voted for Obama?

:shrug:





j/k, of course! :hi:

[Trocadero]

16. he needs mental health treatment. Is that in his plan?

[kenichol]

17. And he lied about his military service

"...Triplett also told the agents he was a Green Beret in the Special Forces - claims denied last week by spokesmen for both U.S. Army Special Forces Command and the JFK Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Bragg, N.C...."

http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_13346193

If he has health insurance, I'm guessing his mental health instability is a pre-existing condition and they probably wouldn't pay for treatment!

[Xenotime]

19. Really? This is the best use of tax-payer money?

[awoke_in_2003]

24. Well, after this sentence, I would say it is a pretty good use

"The Sun-News reported that neighbors alleged the roofing contractor told them "he was heavily armed and that if he had to, he would strap bombs to himself and go to Washington, D.C., to take care of the government.""

[AntiFascist]

25. No doubt motivated by Glenn Beck...

"politicians SHOULD fear us".

[and-justice-for-all]

26. You can fly whatever flag you so choose on your property...

but ones motives for flying such a flag can be suspect.

[Vidar]

27. Prescott Bush has risen from the dead?