Y2K, FEMA and
'domestic terror'
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/19991213_xcbtl_y2k_fema_a.shtml
The FBI and other U.S. government police agencies are
stepping up the warnings against "domestic terrorism"
surrounding Y2K -- now just a little more than two weeks
away.
I have a feeling that if anything goes wrong on Jan. 1, the
government has a ready-made scapegoat in these "domestic
terrorists" -- militias, religious groups, preparedness activists
and just about anyone else who doesn't put their faith in
Washington.
The government-media propaganda machine is laying it on
pretty thick, with Saturday's front-page Los Angeles Times
screamer just the latest example.
But today I want to bring your attention to a little-noticed
development over at the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. Oh, I know, only Fox Mulder and paranoid
anti-government conspiracy theorists ever give FEMA a
second notice. Nevertheless, I do not let the New York Times
and the Washington Post set my editorial agenda or do my
thinking for me. In fact, when the government-media complex
discourages you from looking at a particular agency, there's
probably a pretty good reason for it.
Anyway, last week FEMA announced that John W. Magaw
would be joining the agency management team. That name
may not ring a bell for most people, but his appointment is a
bit of a surprise, given the job he is leaving.
Magaw currently serves as director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms. That's a pretty big job he's leaving. And
guess what he's going to do at FEMA? You got it. He will plan
and coordinate FEMA's domestic terrorism efforts.
Magaw, by the way, is an anti-Second Amendment zealot.
Readers of this column may recall his name from his most
famous and liberal interpretation of the "Gun Free Zones Act."
Back in October of 1997, I wrote about how Magaw found the
new law banning guns from within 1,000 feet of a school,
whether in a home or in a car, to include home schools. Thus,
home-schooling parents would be deprived of their
constitutional rights as would all other gun owners who would
have no way of knowing which homes are used for
home-schooling.
Do you get it? Due to the complete failure of government
schools in this country, more and more parents are choosing to
home-school their kids. States have discouraged it. Washington
certainly has. But here's an innovative new twist dreamed up
by the idiots in Congress and a visionary madman in the
Clinton administration.
It's difficult today -- if not impossible -- to find a neighborhood
anywhere in America where someone is not home-schooling.
Do you see the sheer genius of Magaw's idea from the point of
view of a government gun-grabber? It's difficult enough
knowing when you are traveling within 1,000 feet of a
traditional school -- government or private. But how on earth
is one supposed to know if and when you are driving past a
home school? There are no flagpoles, no crossing guards and
no playgrounds. Home schools look just like any other home.
And who came up with this ingenious interpretation of a bad
law? John Magaw. Isn't this the guy you want in charge of
domestic terrorism? He obviously believes that all law-abiding
gun owners are really potential domestic terrorists who need
to be disarmed for the safety of our communities.
Magaw is a Clinton favorite all the way. Before taking over
leadership of BATF, he served as director of Clinton's Secret
Service. Imagine the secrets the head of the Secret Service
under Clinton must learn. It boggles the mind. When you see a
guy like that get promoted, you know it's a payoff for loyalty
-- for keeping his mouth shut.
FEMA is a virtual dumping grounds for Clinton's trusted inner
circle of federal cops. And that's what makes it a genuinely
scary agency -- not the "X-Files" warnings of Fox Mulder.
If I didn't know better, I'd say that Washington -- and
particularly the Clinton administration -- is doing everything in
its power to ensure that those of us already cynical about the
intentions of government get a message. And the message I
hear is: We're coming after you, and we are using any means
necessary to subdue you and suppress your radical ideas about
freedom.