Flashpoint: Brattleboro?

Will Brattleboro be the next flashpoint in the War on Terror? If a handful of reactionist Americans have their way, the answer could be yes. From the AP, via Yahoo! News:

The petition prompted Brent Caflisch to go to his computer in Rosemount, Minn."Maybe the terrorists will do us all a favor and attack your town next, our country would be much safer with several thousand dead wackjobs in Vermont," he wrote. It went on to say terrorists could kidnap the three Select Board members who voted in favor, "cut their heads off, video tape it and put it on the internet."

Ah. Yes. Good old American vitriol. Plenty more of that to be found on Drudge, I'm sure.

The petition mentioned above is for the arrest of President Bush and Vice President Cheney on charges of crimes against the Constitution. It garnered the 5% of registered voters needed to make it onto the agenda of the most recent city Select Board meeting, and the Select Board voted 3-2 to put the measure to vote on a March 4 ballot.

This has prompted outraged Americans from all over the U.S. to call the Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce and email the Chamber website. Brattleboro police say they are prepared to take any threat seriously.