Looks like Domestic Shortwave Pay-triot
radio has lost another "true=believein' listener.
Wonder who he liked best? Alex Jones, Pete
Peters or Profit Stair...? Baaaa-ha Ha!!

Older news I found in another NG but still
an amusing read anyway - enjoy!
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"Joseph Pothier" wrote in
message ...

Just in time for the 4th of July, Ronald Hertzog of the Pennsylvania
Citizens Militia gets six years in prison. Story follows.

Yours,
JP
Happy Happy
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John Beauge, `Militia Leader Gets 6 Year Sentence
Patriot-News [PA], 030703.

WILLIAMSPORT - A central Pennsylvania man who amassed a collection of
weapons-- including machine guns and bombs-- as well as maps of
airports was entenced to six years in prison yesterday.

Prosecutors have called Ronald William Hertzog, 40, of the State College
area, a terrorist, but he claims he was just preparing for World War
III.

"I love my country," he told U.S. Middle District Senior Judge James F.
McClure Jr. yesterday before being sentenced to 70 months in prison
followed by three years of probation. The former bus driver and Penn
State University computer programmer said he never intended to harm the
country.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Frederick E. Martin described Hertzog as a
dangerous man with the capability of being a terrorist or providing
weapons to organizations.

In arguing for a longer sentence, Martin pointed out that Hertzog, the
self-proclaimed commander of the Pennsylvania Citizens Militia, was
interested in selling kits for converting semiautomatic weapons to
automatic.

Prosecutors described the militia as a small group with a Web site that
was taken off-line immediately after Hertzog's arrest.

"I do not see Mr. Hertzog as a terrorist," his attorney, Kyle W. Rude,
told McClure. Rude said Hertzog's views were misguided, but he argued
Hertzog was trying to combat terrorism in the United States. He was
upset with what he viewed as the "overreaching power" of the United
Nations, he said.

Hertzog, who has been jailed without bail since his arrest a year ago,
pleaded guilty in September to a charge of possession of firearms. None
of the guns were registered to him.

One of the reasons given for the long sentence was a letter Hertzog sent
from prison to a person who posted it on the Web site for the
Libertarian Party of Oklahoma. The letter said he would come out of
prison "bigger, badder and better" than when he went in.

McClure also referred to Hertzog's admission that he had machine guns,
explosive devices and counter-surveillance equipment, and statements
attributed to the fendant that he could "take out" government radio
towers.

The judge cited Hertzog's distrust for the federal government and
agents' discovery of literature and videos on how to convert weapons to
fire automatically, black powder, empty military shells and grenades, at
least 115 armor-piercing bullets, 12,000 rounds of ammunition, maps with
airports and pipelines identified and a device that would indicate the
presence of electronic equipment.

Federal agents began the investigation into the militia in spring 2001
and Hertzog was arrested June 19, 2002. Officers seized his computer.

Agents allege Hertzog exchanged coded electronic messages with others
thought to be sympathetic with his beliefs, gathered information about
police frequencies in the State College area and had two compact discs
that contained chemical formulas for making explosives.

During a hearing after Hertzog's arrest, Rude claimed his client feared
World War III was near and he wanted to protect his family.