President Obama is about to confiscate your guns.

He has ordered FEMA to set up concentration camps across the country for when he declares martial law.

His health care plan is the same plan Hitler used to exterminate the Jews. Oh, and the cap and trade energy legislation also has something to do with the Nazis.

And by the way, Obama is a racist with a deep-seated hatred of white people who was not actually born in the United States.

These are just some of the right wing conspiracy theories that have made their way into the mainstream media since Obama was elected and, according to the Anti-Defamation League, the scare tactics are getting scary. A pre-eminent civil rights group since 1913, the ADL issued a report last week raising the alarm that the paranoid conspiracy theories could spread to violence.

It also points to the pointman in spreading the hate - Glenn Beck of Fox News.

The Anti-Defamation League report said Beck has become "fearmonger in chief."

The report said Beck has become worse than his right-wing compatriots on the airwaves, such as Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh

"Though a number of media figures and commentators have taken part, the media personality who has played the most active role has been radio and television host Glenn Beck, who along with many of his guests have made a habit of demonizing the Obama administration and promoting conspiracy theories about it," the report states.

"Beck has acted as a 'fearmonger-in-chief,' raising anxiety about and distrust towards the government."

The conspiracy theories are fueling a resurgence in the militia movements, anger in civic gatherings, such as town hall meetings, and raising the potential for violence.

"In the year since we marked the historic election of the nation's first African-American president we have seen a tremendous amount of anger and hostility," said Abraham Foxman, ADL national director.

"There is a toxic atmosphere of rage in America being witnessed at many levels, and it raises fundamental questions for our society."

Strange bedfellows U.S. Rep. James McGovern, D-Worcester, is one of the most liberal members of Congress. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is one of the most conservative.

Yet this week, the two men joined Rep. Walter Jones, R-S.C., and Rep. Steven Kagen, D-Wis., in an hour-long, bi-partisan condemnation of the war in Afghanistan on the floor of the House. In after-hours speeches called special orders, they demanded an exit strategy from Obama.

"Why are we there?" McGovern asked about Afghanistan. "Al Qaeda is in Pakistan. Why are we there? This is a quagmire."

Paul said the Afghan government is corrupt, and increasing the number of U.S. troops in the country will turn the population against us.

"If we are in their country, killing them, we are going to create more terrorists," he said.

JIM HAND (jhand@thesunchronicle.com) covers politics for The Sun Chronicle.