FEMA

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is now one of the 22 different agencies corralled under The Department of Homeland Security. Since this combining occurred all was quiet until Hurricane Katrina appeared. Mike Brown, director of FEMA has been dismissed. A 426 page National Response Plan telling every government agency what to do in an emergency either wasn't read or understood. Different agencies couldn't communicate with each other and FEMA seemed less coordinated than any of the government emergency rescuers. In addition, FEMA issued "Debit Cards" making $2000 dollars immediately available to Hurricane evacuees. A total of $26,500 was allocated for qualified families. It all fell apart over logistics. The recipients needed a phone, or computer, home address (many were housed outside or in the Astrodome) and other information was needed to prevent fraud. Most evacuees left home without any form of identification. Long lines at the available phones and the requirements necessary for Debit Card certification finally led FEMA to cancel the whole program.

Upon hearing he was called back to Washington, Director Brown said," I'm going back to see my wife and have a Margarita!" Comforting words for the hundreds of people many without food, clothes or domiciles. Brown was hardly prepared for his task of emergency planning. His previous employment was acting as a lawyer for an Arabian Horse organization from which he was fired.

Most intriguing of all is the information pertaining to the background of FEMA. This super-agency was created by executive order 12148 and became official with Jimmy Carter's signature in 1979. It is unconstitutional. FEEMA has (or had?) hundreds of thousands of citizen's names on computers located in the National Security annex at Fort Meade Maryland. This secret annex controls data for a program called" CAPS" that stands for "crisis action programs." Originally this term was meant to convey disaster relief plans such as represented by Katrina. However these computerized plans evolved into blueprints for taking over the government under an "emergency management "situation. Emergency measures included rounding up those who were considered dangerous as indicated by the agency computers. If the President declares a national emergency then many other Executive Orders dating back to World War II would be enacted. Included would be the takeover of all media, electric power and other energy sources, food resources, highways, all health, education and welfare functions, as well as the seizure of private property. Suspension of the rule of law would follow the confiscation of all guns. "Crisis Management" is the name of this policy. This term is used in business also to denote organizational changes.

One crisis after another creates an atmosphere of instability and the American people would become easy targets for dictatorial governing.

A program run by the Army concerning chemical stockpiles is (was?) staffed by FEMA. This would be used to respond to terrorist attacks. Thus there is a working arrangement between FEMA and the military.

Actually the FEMA concept dates back to 1919, when President Roosevelt organized the Civil Defense program that came to fruition during America's entrance into World War II.

The question remains has the Homeland Security Department taken over the attributes of FEMA while retaining only its name with limited activity? The Patriot's Act contains many FEMA surveillance methods. Perhaps the whole system had to acquire a new name and persona because FEMA'S agenda became too public. It is very hard to second -guess the plans of those who would destroy us.

FEMA the Undefined Disaster Agency