in “every state.” Rosenthal used the SPLC propaganda to callrnfor federal legal measures against the “hate groups,” “militias,”rnand the “Patriot Movement” as a whole.rnEven the federal government pays a lot of attention to MorrisrnDees, though not perhaps in the way it should. The SpecialrnOperations School Catalog of the U.S. Air Force for 1997 lists arncourse entitled “Dynamics of International Terrorism,” taughtrnat the classified level of “Secret.” One of the guest lecturers inrnthe course was Joe Roy, the current editor of Klanwatch. Whatrnexactly Mr. Roy instructed the flyboys on is not clear, but therncourse did include a section on the terrorist “Threat in thernUnited States,” and since Klanwatch and the SPLC confinerntheir researches on terrorism and extremism to these shores, itrnis likely that is what Mr. Roy lectured about.rnAnd that, for all his apparent flaws both personal and professional,rnis Morris Dees’ real use. As Randall Williams, the originalrndirector of Klanwatch, told the Progressive in 1988, “Wernwere sharing information with the FBI, the police, undercoverrnagents. Instead of defending clients and victims, we were morernof a super snoop outfit, an arm of law enforcement.” Outfitsrnlike that run by Dees can carry out intelligence-gathering operationsrnon law-abiding targets that government intelligence andrnlaw enforcement agencies do not have the funds, the time, thernbrains, or the authority to investigate; they can keep and disseminaternthe information they gather and develop it (or embroiderrnit) in any way they please, and they can then conveyrnthat information (or disinformation) to government investigatorsrnand to students in government-sponsored seminars, leadingrnthem to believe in the existence of a far-reaching and dangerouslyrnviolent underground of right-wingers that must bernstopped before it kills again.rnDees’ own conception of the threat, which he unbosomedrnon National Public Radio’s Diane Rehm Show this spring,rnmakes clear what the real target of his crusade is: “Fear of immigrants;rnfear that the government has grown too large, overregulation,rnover-taxes, is insensitive to people; fear of the Englishrnlanguage not being the mother language of therncountry—in other words, multieulturalism, fear of giving gayrnpeople more rights; fear of the laws that allow abortions.” InrnDees’ mind, and in the minds of those on the left and in thernfederal leviathan who listen to him and share his authoritarianrnand paranoid phobia of anyone who dissents from their agenda,rnthose who share and act on these “fears” to try to stop immigration,rnhalt abortions, end multieulturalism, promote economicrnliberty, and reduce taxes, even if they do so peacefullyrnand democratically, are no less a danger than Timothy McVeighrnand the fictional terrorists of The Turner Diaries. As the newrnfederal police state continues to evolve, men like MorrisrnDecs and his associates can expect to serve as its demonologists-rnin-chief and head witchfinders, and to enjoy a bright andrnprosperous future advising, informing, and shaping the reign ofrnterror that they want to unleash against the dissidents ofrnthe right.rnRich in the Kitchenrnby Geoff M.PopernPianoing the countersrnBongoing the stovernTrumpeting the cupboardsrnClaps in the cooking covernDancing by the dishwasherrnSinging into the sinkrnLaying hands on every drawerrnThis doesn’t mean Don’t thinkrnLaughing past the dishragrnHugging the FrigidairernHumble as a grocery bagrnSecure as silverwarernNOVEMBER 1997/1 7rnrnrn