Tea Parties, the militia and insurrectionism

Media Matters has been making the connection for an entire year now about how the Obama-hating, right-wing political movement, and especially it's enablers at Fox News, have openly embraced the anti-government rhetoric from the 1990's militia movement and mainstreamed it.

For anybody who still doubts the obvious, and disturbing, connections, we have this report from the Associated Press about Tea Party members in Oklahoma who want to form an armed militia in order to defend the state's citizens against the federal government. Yes, who want to wage war against the federal government if need be:

Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.

And yes, it's in Oklahoma, which 15 years ago next week suffered at the hands of the militia-loving, right-wing terrorist Timothy McVeigh.