"He was a struggling Michigan resident. He could not keep a decent vehicle running," ... How do you get the money to buy four bombs?"
I was thinking the same kind of thoughts myself this morning while re-reading news accounts from Ann Arbor.com, Detroit News, WSJ, AP and some other sources about the Hutaree arrests. If you look at the picture of David Stone Sr. decked out in his tiger-stripe camouflage fatigues and spit-shined jump boots taking aim with his scoped AR it raises in me the same question Stone's brother raised in his Detroit News interview. How and where does he get the money for all this? Sure people use their income to buy what they want instead of what they truly need, but still... That AR rig he has in the picture goes for $2,500 (retail price, maybe slightly less used) and the spit-shined jump boots and the camo outfit are at least $200 more. And yet Stone lives in a dilapidated house trailer surrounded by junked appliances, old cars and stuff. And yet to re-quote his bro, "can't keep a decent vehicle running".
There's nothing wrong with these guys and Michigan people in general that a decent full employment economy wouldn't remedy rather quickly. Witch-hunts by the feds sparked by over heated private comments recorded by agent-provocateurs and other such stuff may be what Obama and his media allies need and want right now, but the real issue for people who care is to get people like Stone and company back to work at gainful employment.
