If what shows on the surface is all there is, then I have to agree with your views. But I’m betting that there is considerably more to it.

I’m remembering articles I read post 9/11 about al Qaeda links to American white supremicists and specifically to Timothy McVeigh.

I’m not saying that’s the case here, but it is a possibility and would explain several parts of this mystery.

It is PRECISELY the outer ugliness of this fellow citizen which our Constitution was forged to protect. The way we treat him, as racist and vocal as he is, is the mark of our right to ask justice for ourselves.

Yes, a writ of Habeas Corpus can be served to the constabulary, putting the burden of proof on them, and soon! Leaving this alleged human in the lone-tank just confirms his delusions that he’s right, and dangerous, and justified in (whatever malarkey) he’s involved in.

But this is AMERICA! Unless and until there’s sufficient cause to arrest him, and until due process of law, he’s assumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Its in the cases involving disgusting, loathesome examples that American legal decency can shine. Let it shine here, Baltimore!

I’m a little surprised that the liberal media has not run with this, pointing to it as an example of the draconian Ashcroft security measures. Supporting a white supremacist is very dicey, though. The party of racist victims (Democrats) can’t be seen defending him, while the Republicans would rather not have the liberal media associate them with the far-right wing.

This sounds like a job for the Libertarian party!

I thought about some kind of connection to terrorism, but the fact is that thus far Wheeler hasn’t been charged with any such connection and from the little I’ve seen on this case there doesn’t seem to be any evidence of such a connection. And since he didn’t kill a cop and isn’t otherwise a potential poster-boy for the left, you won’t see any “Free Lovell” posters at the next anti-war or whatever lefty claptrap rally. He’s very much on his own. Marc’s reasons stand up pretty well concerning both major parties—he’s the wrong kind of wacko for the Dems and just not the kind of guy that the GOP wants to defend publicly since they know what kind of headlines will flow from it. Trent Lott would seem like a cakewalk compared to Wheeler. As for the Libertarians, eh, I can’t imagine them actually organizing anything effective.

But you’d think that alphabet-soup bunch that helped get the Nazis their permit to march in Skokie all those years ago might be inclined to help. What was their name again?

Oh yeah: the ACLU.

I can’t speak to much about the specifics of the case but I find it odd that his wife hasn’t replaced her ID in a month. People lose all their ID all the time, they’re called muggings. No doubt she’s got credit cards (replaced with a phone call) utility bills, check books, enough documentation to bootstrap into a drivers license by now.

I don’t know how much else is bogus but the idea that she can’t visit her husband because of lack of ID just doesn’t pass the smell test.

Mrs. Wheeler was on a Baltimore area radio talk show yesterday. She didn’t seem like the brightest bulb on the christmas tree. She also made a comment about not trusting banks and paying all her bills in cash. I doubt this woman has a credit card. She also said her birth cert. and Social Security card was taken. It may be almost impossible for her to replace her state-issued ID. Here the talk show host’s page. http://stories.wbal.com/stories/t/commentary_smith.asp?articleid=11374&zoneid=3

Adam, you obviously caught Ron Smith’s show yesterday. That’s where I heard about this story, and it’s what prompted me to look into it. Smith has been terrible on the war—a real idiotarian—but on civil liberties and gun rights he’s usually pretty good. And I agree, Mrs. Wheeler sounded pretty clueless and paranoid. She probably has no idea how to go about replacing anything the police took during their raid.

Shades of Randy Weaver. Though thats not quite fair to Weaver considering what happened to his family. If HBO’s “The Wire” is anywhere close to the truth, we can chalk this up to cheap, ignorant publicity whores at the Baltimore PD. Sad thing is, acts like this validate and reinforce what one would like to think are ignorant racists. Who’s the judge on this? A Glendening appointee I would imagine.

Yes I did catch part of Smith’s show while caught in traffic. I don’t like either of the Wheelers very much. But the actions of the police and other officials in this case are way over the line. And $2 million bail for a misdemeanor is absurd and unconstitutional. This story makes me angry and afraid.

FYI, Wheeler missed the van to the courthouse because central booking wouldn’t let him go. Wheeler was in line for medicine. In typical government fashion the line was slow. Wheeler was not allowed to leave until he had received his medicine. This is central booking’s standard policy.

UPDATE:

Mr. Wheeler had his day in court yesterday (08/12/03) and while 2 million dollars was excessive bail has now been denied.

The local newspaper buried this info in a little column on page 3 of the “Maryland” section.

It is unfortunate that his wife appears to be a ditz, otherwise, this would probably be making bigger news.

I rode the school bus with Lovell Wheeler when we were in grade school and high school. He has always been a gun collector. I think he is harmless and the police are making a big deal out of this. I agree he should not make racist remarks but he has always been like that even as a teen. He is just all talk.

It’s actually good to know that people who are not currently racist are talking about this story but somestimes I wonder how facts can be glossed over. White men with racial beliefs are dangerous. We are expected to be nice while our society shifts from one that was built on our European heritage and values to one where those values are lost in a sea of Third World values. All it would take is a few Whites to stand up and denounce this plan for our dispossesion & many others would join us. Therefore people like Artie Wheeler and Chester Doles http://www.freechesterdoles.com are sat on heavy by this government. This is not an accident. They want White people to go quietly to their doom. They want to send a message that they will make it hard on anyone who stands up against this. Don’t take my word for this. Research for yourself. One place you can start is by doing a google search on the “Frankfurt School”. This was a movement started by communist Jews to subvert western patriarchal society. It was started in Germany in the 1930’s until Hitler kicked them out. They then came to NYC and have been very successful in dismantling our society. I did not wake one morning and become a racist on a lark. I researched, dug below the surface & found that for one, Jews were not innocent victims of the 20th century. They were the MAIN force behind communism & Freudism and this culminated in the Frankfurt School. Jews have taken control of our media. My prediction is they will NOW push the sexualization of children in their media as their newest tactic to demoralize us. Look up “Isreali spy ring” on a search engine. It’s a good place to start. We know what is really going on and we are trying to wake people up.

FYI the SWAT squad (about 60 agents, male and female) that ransacked the Wheeler’s home, handcuffed 72 years old Mrs. Wheeler tightly, threw her on her bed rendering her painfully immobile for almost 6 hours, took every piece of identification they had including birth certificates. I guess that made it difficult for Mrs. Wheeler to obtain duplicate picture ID. They also took all their cash and every personal record they could find leaving her in total destitution. They took 6 to 7 hours (according to “clueless” Mrs. Wheeler’s account) ransacking the house, trying to discover any evidence they could use to charge the Wheelers with. Mr. Wheeler had previously been disposed of at work. I am still waiting to see what the real charges against the Wheelers are. As far as I can see, Mr. Wheeler is accused of improper storage of black gunpowder, a misdemeanor. For a misdemeanor, they don’t ransack your home, throw you in jail without bail, brand you as a menace to society, confiscate your money and your personal belongings. Unless, of course, someone or some organization does not like the opinions, you hold or voice. In which case there is no need for due process of law. As to “clueless” Mrs. Wheeler, today Saturday August 23, I heard her giving her account of what happened on an Internet radio program at the following URL: http://www.natvan.com/ She does not sound so clueless to me. M. Sotil

see the link for an updated story about Wheeler

One important point to mention is that Wheeler is accused of improper storage of smokeless powder, not black powder. And that very law about gunpowder was recently repealed, but technically it is still on the books until October.

Some corrections:

1) The powder was an old medium speed smokeless rifle powder - NOT black powder. Smokeless powder burns unless tightly confined. It doesn’t explode.

2) The local cops took this to the Feds for prosecution. The Feds told them Wheeler hadn’t broken any Federal laws. That means the whole thing goes back on the locals. Did they even have any reason to raid the home? I think they’re trying to crush Wheeler’s will in hopes that he won’t sue them.

3) Wheeler isn’t even ALLOWED to have visitors for the first 60 days in jail. This totally reprehensible jail “rule” makes Baltimore look more like Moscow under Stalin or Berlin under Hitler.

This is a case fraught with prosecutorial misconduct and police stupidity. Wheeler hasn’t done anything wrong.

As for his beliefs that we might be involved in a “race war” - what do you call 9/11?

Educational website: http://members.fortunecity.com/bigj2/index.html

I find it sad that because of artie’s political beliefs the left wing hasn’t caused an uproar we all know that they would if he were black or if he was an anti-racist activist. the sad thing is that by ignoring him they are signing their own death warrant. This is only the beinging of the patriot act arrests and the leftist dont realize they will start with the “racist” but then the government will turn on them too. They have put up so much red tape about what you can and cant say our first amendment might as well be written off. as for the wheeler’s sueing the police department, They dont have any money remember? so therefore they can’t get any representation. wake up people, they dont like what we have to say, does this mean they are scared, because its true?

Please Mr. Wheeler is still in jail, send his wife some money they have none, or at least send a letter of support.

www.freeartiewheeler.com