Department of Homeland Security Considers Federalists RIght Wing Extremists

Re: Here We Go Again, Again - Mark Steyn - The Corner on National Review Online:

"Re: Here We Go Again, Again [Mark Steyn]

Jonah, Mark H., here's the bit that raised my eyebrow in that Homeland Security report:

Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.

Ah, right. So a predisposition toward the Tenth Amendment marks you down as a 'rightwing extremist.' Federalism is now a security threat. Likewise, being found in possession of subversive literature like that right-wing extremist Tocqueville's paean to the glories of American municipal self-government."

Frighteningly, this memo was distributed to law enforcement across the US by the Obama DHS - presumably so they know to "keep an eye on" such rightwing extremists. And George Bush was accused of trouncing constitutional rights...