One Michigan Malitia arsenal takes a stand against Obama

[TWiley]

http://www.record-eagle.com/archivesearch/local_story_311095335.html

When you look at the picture, you will notice the little malitia man painted on the building. Locally, it is known as the Malitia's arsenal. For those with a short memory, Timothy McVeigh was a member of the Michigan Malitia Story here:


Local shop flies American flag upside down

Hampel's employees call it a signal of 'distress'

By SHERI McWHIRTER
[e-mail]


TRAVERSE CITY -- Not everyone is excited about the nation's first black president. Some are downright hostile.

Employees at Hampel's Key and Lockshop on Randolph Street in Traverse City flew an American flag upside down Wednesday in protest of Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the presidential election.

And one employee directed a racial slur at Obama during a telephone interview with a Record-Eagle reporter.

"(The inverted flag is) an international signal for distress and we feel our country is in distress because the n----- got in," said Hampel's employee Rod Nyland, of Traverse City.

An hour later, Nyland apologized for the comment.

"I regret my choice of words. That was a poor choice and I apologize," he said. "It's probably not appropriate."

Hampel's Inc. is a gun and lock shop licensed by the state since 1989, according to state records. City tax records show the shop is owned by Karl Hampel of Traverse City, who could not be reached for comment.

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complete story here

http://www.record-eagle.com/archivesearch/local_story_311095335.html

[billyoc]

1. Assclowns. Every third member an FBI agent.

[TWiley]

5. I hope so .... these folks have automatic weapons

[Recursion]

36. Dupe

I swore I only hit "submit" once...

[Recursion]

37. What makes you say that?

There are very few automatic weapons in civilian hands in this country; I doubt Joe Bob's Locksmithing or whatever made the list.

[TWiley]

6. ...

[bluestateguy]

2. If they don't like America, and don't like the way Obama runs the country they may leave

(For the humor-challenged among you, no that is not what I really believe.)

But it will sure be funny to say that to angry conservatives for the next four years.

[leftofcool]

3. I think this was expected

I also think in time, this type of shit will go away

[Missy Vixen]

4. And they crawl out of the woodwork

It's going to be interesting to see how this may affect Mr. Hampel's business. I'm betting it's had an immediate effect, evidenced by the "apology".

Julie

[Ian David]

7. Now we can start having movies where the bad guys are in militias again! n/t

[TWiley]

23. Horror movie .... Right wing para-military group calls for reinforcements

[gollygee]

8. Not everybody in Traverse City is a Republican

He might lose some business. I certainly would stop going to any business where the owner talked like that.

[amdezurik]

9. what a bunch of cowards

running scared because one of them told the truth using a racial slur and suddenly he "apologizes" (sort of, "probably " a bad choice of words? fuck you) and the shop owner tries to deflect it and pretend it does not refleck his and in most part his customers attitude.

[TWiley]

10. McVeigh was Michigan Malitia.... I would consider this serious.

[mrcheerful]

11. Traverse City in the 1960's/70's was known for 2 things, the cherry festival and the

largest state mental hospital.

[LibertyLover]

12. Probably not appropriate?

"(The inverted flag is) an international signal for distress and we feel our country is in distress because the n----- got in," said Hampel's employee Rod Nyland, of Traverse City.

An hour later, Nyland apologized for the comment.

"I regret my choice of words. That was a poor choice and I apologize," he said. "It's probably not appropriate."

Ah, no, it's not appropriate by a long shot. But then I don't suppose that clerking for a key and gun shop generally requires one to be conversant with how to respond to press inquires.

[gratuitous]

13. Which words does Mr. Nyland regret?

Cripes, anyone who still has "nigger" running around his cranium in 2008 is just a relic. Don't these morons even turn on the fucking TV?

[ixion]

14. not to pick nits, but

it's militia, not malitia.

[Julius Civitatus]

20. I was about to say the same thing

The "Check Spelling" button is your friend, people.

:)

[petronius]

32. To give credit to the OP, however, "mal"-itia is an appropriate neologism in this case

:)

[ixion]

35. I would have accepted it, had it been written as you wrote it...

:hi:

[marmar]

15. To steal a line from "Grosse Pointe Blank":

"There's our own Michigan Militia with their latest chart-topper."

[notadmblnd]

16. My mom's husband called me late last night... worried about his guns

I was in bed asleep and thought it was strange that he called me that late. I answered because I thought something might have happened to my mom. He is not a militia member. However, he does think of himself as a sportsman. These type of people are very afraid that the Democrats are now going to take their guns.

[agentS]

31. If the keep acting like this...

Under the 2nd Amendment a president has no standing to ban guns permanently but given the recent incidents during the Katrina debacle in which guns were seized. I think some were returned.

Nonetheless, if these militia members keep plotting civil insurrection, then their guns are going bye-bye!

[RoBear]

17. J'ever notice

that most of the white supremacists who think whites are god's greatest creation as some of the most unattractive people in the world?

THESE guys are god's greatest work??? Quite an underachiever, huh?

[8 track mind]

22. yeah really

nothing like a beer gut with green teeth to represent the true arayn (sp?) race.

[walkaway]

18. the good news is.....

that most gun owners that DO shoot someone end up shooting a family member or someone they know. Hopefully the town of Traverse will eventually pick each other off. I'm guessing the town gene pool is about the size of a hot tub!

[orleans]

19. ugh. n/t

[RedCappedBandit]

21. ZOMFG UNAMERICAN TRAITOR!!!!!111``~~

[TWiley]

24. Update ..... Racist employee fired

Local gun crazies promise counter protest today and possibly Saturday.



10:30 am: Gun shop fires employee

Man directed racial slur at Obama

BY SHERI McWHIRTER
[e-mail]


TRAVERSE CITY — Officials at a local gun and lock shop fired an employee for flying the American flag upside down as a political statement and using a racial slur to describe President-elect Barack Obama, they said.

Rod Nyland of Traverse City was fired Thursday from Hampel's Inc. after about 25 years of employment there, and about a day after he referred to Obama as a n-----, said salesman Jack Fellows and locksmith Tom Hampel.

"He's out and we've taken actions to apologize to the community for his action," Fellows said.

Fellows and Hampel, son of owner Karl Hampel, spoke with the Record-Eagle today. They said they were embarrassed by the incident and wanted to publicly apologize.

"It's a huge embarrassment for me and I take this personally. I'm a Hampel and I'm very embarrassed about this," Hampel said.

They said Nyland raised the inverted flag on his own, without the knowledge of Karl Hampel.

Story Here: http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_312102950.html

[yardwork]

27. They seem more upset about the flag than the slur, but whatever it takes, I guess.

[TWiley]

28. It was the only thing they could get on the radio

There will be no apology for the slur outside of "maybe I could have used better words"

[Recursion]

38. The slur means he's a mouthbreathing troll. The flag risks lives

Flying a flag upside down is like yelling "help" in a pool: it puts lives at risk by distracting people whose job it is to watch out for actual distress.

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. It's 'militia', not 'malitia'

Yes I know being the spelling police is petty, but you've used 'malitia' about 10 times in the past 3 days on DU. It's the same word root as 'military'.

[yardwork]

26. It's sort of appropriate to see the Spanish word "mal" used this way, though.

These racist militias truly are "mal-itias." And malicious.

[TWiley]

29. Not petty ..... I did not win any spelling bee's

I got stung by them. I always get this word wrong for some reason. Mili as in Military should come normally, but it does not for some reason

[TWiley]

30. ..

[Mari333]

33. here they are and their webpage is totally freaking out (I am in Michigan)

http://www.michiganmilitia.com/

some of the other pics at the bottom of the page are pretty funny.

[TWiley]

34. Wow, scary shit. Not much different than the KKK

The secret service should be sooooo made aware of these assholes. I hope more people read this thread.