Friday, April 19, 2002

Radio station owner to protest by burning green swastika
By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian

KALISPELL - A Kalispell radio station owner will celebrate Earth Day by burning a 12-foot tall green swastika.

John Stokes, owner of KGEZ radio and host of a controversial morning talk show on which he regularly refers to environmentalists as nazis, has burned other swastikas in the past to protest what he sees as out-of-control environmental policies.

A statement by national militia leader J.J. Johnson announced the event, saying "The Green Left is having a cow in the Northwest over the fact that John Stokes of KGEZ radio of Kalispell will be burning their icon."

The burning, Johnson said, will "protest the destruction of America at the hands of the greens, and the 'spineless, out of touch politicians' that continue to fund them."

The green swastika will be burned in front of the radio station on Highway 93 south of Kalispell, between noon and 1 p.m. Friday.

Johnson said rocker Ted Nugent will be on hand for the swastika burning.

Those who want to participate but cannot travel to Kalispell can listen in at www.z600.com.


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Images from the burning.