by rothbardian » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:02 am
LilyPatToo (and anyone else who is interested)--<br><br>I noticed a little exchange on another thread about Springmeier that relates to this thread. I thought I'd put my thoughts over here (a little less confrontational)...but the evidence that Springmeier robbed a bank is not only FAR from conclusive but...<br><br>...Cisco Wheeler does a pretty effective job of showing how the media deliberately distorted the facts regarding this case.<br><br>If you get through reading the details about these distortions in the media, the obvious question is: What are they covering up...<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>other than the fact that he didn't rob a bank</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->...or grow marijuana etc.?<br><br>[I put an excerpt of Wheeler's writing at the end of my post here, along with the link.]<br><br>I don't buy everything Springmeier says but, as you said, MUCH of his stuff has been verified and corroborated.<br><br>So...whether he left a wife, and/or remarried another woman (Wheeler), I find it rather dubious to observe (as I have) any number of 'enlightened' left-leaners eagerly signing on to this 'Biblical morality'-based, lurid denunciation of Spingmeier's personal problems, on the part of a 'Bible-thumper' (such as you read about at the link provided by DE).<br><br>Since when would secular lefties care whether a person was married <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>six times</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->, much less twice? There's a bit of political motive peeking out, I believe.<br><br>He may in fact, even be MPD/DID himself, for all I know...but we know there are people just like that who, in the middle of their chaotic DID-overshadowed lives, are trying heroically to strike a blow.<br><br>I just don't want to see a premature dismissal of the guy. I'm very haunted by the fact that he appears to have been 'put away', thrown in prison by the higher powers, for speaking out. <br><br>Anyway, here is an excerpt from Wheeler's article detailing the pretty strong indications of fudging from the media:<br><br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>TONY HUNTINGTON--The Missing Link<br><br>Conspicuously absent from the report is any mention of Tony Huntington, on whose mother's property all of the "evidence" used in KATU's report was found. Huntington and Bateman (Bateman rented a room in an out-building on the property) had been friends since childhood and lived on Huntington's mother's property. For five months after the Feds raided his place, Huntington lived with the knowledge that the illegal arsenal and 50 plant pot grow (complete with power diversion) would net him an approximately 120 year sentence.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br> <br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.parapolitics.info/KATUrebutt/huntington.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Thus, five months after authorities raided his house, Huntington decided to finger Fritz for the Damascus Key Bank robbery in 1997 in exchange for leniency. Although KATU's report on Fritz mentions Bateman as one of the Key Bank robbers, missing is the fact that as prosecution's principal witness against Fritz--Huntington perjured himself on the stand by admitting to having taken an active role in the robbery on the day of the robbery. Huntington received a paltry 3 ½ years for his testimony against Fritz. <br><br>Another of Huntington's lies which was not revealed in the courtroom, but was contained within the discovery paperwork for the case, is that Fritz used the robbery funds to finance a trip to Japan to promote his "Bloodlines of the Illuminati" book. When Reverend Izumi Koishi heard of this allegation he made two unsuccessful attempts to fly to Portland from Japan at his own expense, in order to appear in court to refute Huntington's assertion with cold, hard evidence. Sadly, the trial date kept moving around, so that Reverend Koishi lost money on two sets of non-refundable flight tickets. Fritz' former attorneys kept waffling on the decision of whether to let Koishi testify. However, before the third attempt was made by Koishi to appear, Fritz' attorneys decided not to let Koishi testify. <br><br>After the guilty verdict was handed down, Reverend Koishi then flew in to offer support. He also brought the evidence that he would have shown in court--a receipt for a Citibank draft in the amount of $2,000 USD <br><br>made out to Fritz so that he could give a talk about "Bloodlines of the Illuminati", which consequently got published in Japanese. Fritz' Japanese supporter's paid full perdiem on Fritz' visit. Not only did Fritz not have to spend one penny of his own from the moment he boarded the plane to go over there, he received a $2,000 fee for speaking.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br><br>OTHER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SPRINGMEIER: <br> <br>"Springmeier, a white separatist known for his anti-government writings..." <br> <br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>FACT: Fritz has never been a white separatist and, in fact, has a "rainbow coalition" of friends and supporters. His writings can be characterised as exposing the illuminati and anti-corrupt government.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br> <br> <br>"ultra right wing extremist Fritz Springmeier." <br> <br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>FACT: Fritz is neither left wing or right wing. "Ultra right wing extremist", "white separatist", these are smear labels used by lazy journalists.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br> <br> <br><br>From Video-"Fritz Springmeier considered himself a member of a loose-knit group known as the Army of God. Experts on US hate groups say the Army of God is a loose-knit group with no formal membership rolls."<br> <br> <br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>FACT: First of all, notice that the above statement contains built in deniability--"loose-knit group" and "no formal membership rolls". These two qualifiers mean that they have absolutely no proof that Fritz belongs to the Army of God. Moreover, Fritz has never considered himself a member of the Army of God and every longterm friend of Fritz' that I have asked about this, not only denied it, but laughed at the thought of it. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br><br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>In summation, the entire piece was done to smear Fritz and to ruin his chances for a fair retrial. Finally, while KATU is correct in stating that Fritz has been critical of mainstream media, he would never plot to bomb their studio. The mainstream media should look to themselves as the possible source of their own destruction. <br><br>Fritz and I will continue to seek justice and to vindicate his innocence. We look forward to the appeals.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>http://www.parapolitics.info/KATUrebutt/rebuttal.htm <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rothbardian>rothbardian</A> at: 8/10/06 2:08 am<br></i>