Could it be a tad disparate or something?

White supremacists with rifles? No big deal.

Black inmate with baby powder? Credible threat

Dave Neiwert, writes about the disparity in the Colorado justice system towards threats against presidential candidates.

It seems there may be a reason federal law-enforcement officials are not interested in pursuing serious charges against the white-supremacist tweakers who were caught this week in Denver:

The man making the decision is a republican operative.
And when it came to a threat against John McPain by a black man, he had a completely different approach.

The ap story describing the official pooh-poohing of the threat gives us a clue:

"we're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the democratic national convention, or the people of Colorado," U.S. attorney Troy Eid said in a statement.

But when a black man in prison sent John McPain a threatening letter containing baby powder, it was another story altogether:

Marc Ramsey, an inmate in the Arapahoe county jail, the man accused of sending a threatening letter to McPain through McPain's Colorado headquarters office, admitted he sent the letter.

On Friday afternoon, the U.S. attorney Troy Eid announced Ramsey will be charged with knowingly threatening to harm or kill through the u.s. mail.
The charge is punishable up to five years in federal prison and up to $250,000 fines.

"We won't stand for threats of this kind in Colorado," Eid said.
"A death threat is not a legitimate form of political expression," Eid said.

So, on the serious threat meter, this is how it goes:

A black inmate sending letters with baby powder - serious threat.
White men with rifles, a caches of guns and ammo, consipiring to kill Obama...not so much.

Dave goes on to investigate U.S. attorney Troy Eid, who was part of the Karl Rove-Harriet Miers team.

But you have to wonder, what's the big deal?

A meth-head with a rifle, that's not dangerous at all!
Not in the least!