From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ From the December 12, 1994 issue of THE SPOTLIGHT, published by Liberty Lobby, 300 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003, subs (202) 546- 5621. LESSON FROM STALIN: CONTROL FOOD AND POPULATION FOLLOWS Are the globalists planning a national food shortage for the United States? Exclusive to The SPOTLIGHT by Mike Blair As part of its effort to integrate the United States into the so- called "New World Order," the administration of President Bill Clinton may be attempting to create an artificial food shortage. Critics contend this would place the Americn people at a great disadvantage during a presidentially-declared national emergency requiring martial law. From a variety of sources, including one of the nation's largest retail outlets for so-called survival products, The SPOTLIGHT has learned federal authorities, including the FBI and US Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), are in the process of seizing stores of military surplus MRE's (Meals, Ready to Eat) from distributors across the country. As this story was being prepared, at least a half-dozen distributors of MRE's which consist of pre-packaged prepared meals for the military that have a shelf life, without refrigeration, of several years without losing their nutritional value, have been seized by federal agents. CONFISCATION The SPOTLIGHT has learned that one East Coast distributor recently had all of its sealed cartons, each containing a dozen MRE's seized by Army CID agents operating with local police. According to SPOTLIGHT sources, the federal agents claimed that he MRE's had been stolen, which was contrary to the fact that the distributor had contracts and bills of sale for the products. The documentation was ignored by the agents, who also maintained, sources said, that the MRE's cannot be legally maintained or sold to the public in their sealed and plastic-strapped cardboard boxes. The CID agents, according to sources, seized the products with warrants served on the distributors after they were escorted into the establishments by local police. NO ARRESTS MADE In every case thus far reported, no arrests have been made, just he confiscation of the products, which indicates that no laws have actually been broken. [typists' comment: except the law that "thou shalt not steal," committed by Army CID here] Distributors of the products were reluctant to discuss the seizures with The SPOTLIGHT, fearful that they would be subject to reprisal actions by the federal agents. MRE's are being purchased in vast quantities by survival groups, civilian militia groups that are forming all across the nation and weekend campers and backpackers who find them convenient due to their nutritional value, easy storage, relative light weight and ease of preparation. They require only heating but can, if necessary, be eaten cold. The meals are also widely distributed to relieve foreign famine and in the United States during natural disasters, such as floods and hurricanes. Obviously, the confiscations will have a major impact on the ability of survival and militia groups to obtain the MRE's. Reports have also been received by The SPOTLIGHT that other items have been seized by the agents from some of the distributors, including nuclear, biological and chemical warfare (NBC) protective gear, together with suits and gas masks, as well as certain other military surplus items that bear any type of serial numbers. In all cases, according to The SPOTLIGHT sources, the items have been legally purchased as military surplus. FEAR ATTACKS The NBC gear is also being widely purchased by survival and militia groups, who are fearful of being attacked by chemical agents, such as were used by the FBI and other federal officials during the final assault last year on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, in which dozens of member of the religious community died, including 17 children. As The SPOTLIGHT continued to receive reports of the MRE seizures and other confiscations, other persistent reports were reaching the newspaper concerning the mysterious underground storage of food products by federal officials in bunkers located in various western cities. There have been several reports, as an example, of a massive food storage complex being located in the vicinity of Springfield, Missouri. Sources have told The SPOTLIGHT that he government appears to be stockpiling vast sources of food products, which would be rationed during any type of national emergency. Most households in America purchase their food products on a weekly basis, with most grocery stores stocking sufficient product for a week or two at the most. If the delivery by truck of foodstuffs to markets across America was suddenly severed, severe food shortages would occur in most locations in a matter of days. Under such situations severe civil unrest could be expected to result, bringing governmental intervention to distribute rationed supplies of food and to control rioting and looting, all of which would be conducted under FEMA administration. Backed by the repressive so-called Omnibus Crime Law of 1994, which Clinton signed into law last October, the president could declare a national crime emergency by Executive Order, thus establishing conditions of the suspension of civil rights and, in fact, the Constitution of the United States. Under such an executive Order, the country would be governed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA; see The SPOTLIGHT, Oct. 17 and previously) under emergency conditions of martial law. An Executive Order signed by President Jimmy Carter during his administration is already in place to enable such executive action. Under such a program the distribution of food would be carefully regulated and rationed. ------------------------------------------------ (This file was found elsewhere on the Internet and uploaded to the Radio Free Michigan archives by the archive maintainer. All files are ZIP archives for fast download. E-mail bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu)