Good and bad news in today's NYT on a controversial new libertarian (I think) community. Here's the good news, or maybe bad, quote: Kamiah, Idaho -- Ever since Lewis and Clark sloshed their way through this valley 100 years ago, some people have viewed the Pacific Northwest as a refuge for the kind of behavior that might get a person run out of town in other parts of the country. . . . now comes retired Lieut. Col. James (Bo) Gritz, a Vietnam-era Green Beret and onetime Populist Party candidate for President, with what is likely to be the first community ever built around fear and hatred of the Federal Government. Mr. Gritz, who discovered Idaho during the Presidential campaign, says he is a patriot who has become disgusted with the "cesspool" of public schools, the "grip of the international bankers" on the nation's currency, and "an encroaching, ravenous, predator Government," which wants to disarm the citizenry and force people to carry health cards. . . . in an advertisement for his paramilitary programs, he says, "You will learn what weapon and ammunition type is best in times of grave peril; how to carry, draw, hold and efficiently engage multiple targets. It is this kind of language that has many people worried that their hamlet will become the next Waco. "The tyrants who ordered the assault on Waco should be tried and executed as traitors," Mr. Gritz wrote in a recent issue of his newsletter. . . . Mr. Gritz said, "I want a community where if the F.B.I. looks at us, they'll end up saying it's more trouble than it's worth." End quote. The bad news, or maybe good, is that the Times then goes on to ridicule Mr. Gritz and his cohorts. Anyone want this by e-mail? John