Have the roundups of American citizens started?

[genius]

Yesterday, they were authorized but have they, in fact, been going on for some time?

A couple of weeks ago one of the Democrats.com moderators sounded the alarm about Mike Schiller. He noticed that a very large group called Dem-election-Strategy has disappeared and discovered that he could no longer get in touch with the owner/moderator Mike Schiller. He sent out an inquiry to various groups and found no one who knew what had happened to Mike. But he did get some disturbing information indicating that Mike was in fear for his safety and that of his family after he acquired information about an extortion threat made by someone against one of his friends. I don't know the details but I understand it looks like the federal government may be involved.

I was also a member of Dem-elections-strategy but I hadn't checked that group for a long time. When I did, I also noticed that is had disappeared.

If anyone here has any idea as what happened to Mike Schiller, please post it. I hope that this is a false alarm and he turns out to be well-grounded, intelligent and anti-Bush.

Also, keep this bounced so that someone with answers might have an opportunity to see it.

[Zhade]

1. Uh, didn't that start after 9/11?

Weren't some of the Muslims rounded up American citizens?

But, yes, good question.

[gratuitous]

2. Geez, have some patience!

You think it's easy to wage an illegal war, stage an illegal oil grab, stomp on civil rights at home, murder Iraqis by the hundreds, corrupt three entire branches of government, AND keep the media on message all at the same time? They'll get around to assigning you a cell at Gitmo. I'll probably already be there: Look for a pink carnation.

Oh, and try to bring a pinochle deck.

[ET Awful]

3. I was told to bring punch and pie, and that's what I'm bringin'

bring your own pinochle deck :)

[gratuitous]

4. I got the potato salad

Everyone likes it heavy on the mustard and light on the mayo, right? With or without black olives?

[shance]

8. Will you find it so amusing if it happens to a loved one of yours

or a friend, someone you work with, and/or better yet, yourself?

I think your humorous tone will quickly evaporate.

Not funny at all to be cavalier about the potential kidnapping and who knows what else is occuring to innocent people, namely those who are courageous and caring enough to get the truth out and who are working to do what is right.

[gratuitous]

9. Probably not

And since I figure I'm rather high on certain lists of peaceniks, Christian activists and other enemies of the Bushevik state, it's not beyond imagination that some (many) of my posts here and elsewhere are being logged somewhere to be read back to me by some beady-eyed little factotum with perspiration dotting his upper lip, I figure I won't feel too much like laughing then.

So it feels better to laugh now.

[genius]

5. So does anyone know what happened to him?

He was pretty prominent in Democratic Internet circles.

[Nordmadr]

6. I'm bringing lock picks! N/T

[BeHereNow]

7. Nothing would surprise me at this point-

As far as Mike, sorry I don't know anything about him
or his group.
As far as "rounding us up" I don't think they need
to- as of today it appears that
they are planning to just fence us in.
I just love the idea of the wall building along the borders...
Gee, where have we seen that recently?

BHN

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