"Homeland" Insecurity

We've all been through the indignity, disrespect and petty demagoguery of the fiction called "Homeland Security". That Bush era, post 911, make work, fear enducing program, designed to infuriate even the most passive among us. Just as with some of the WWII, citizen participatory programs designed to remind us of our patriotic duty, the TSA is a reminder that we must all genuflect to the "war on terrorism". Think about the economic impact of the TSA; hundreds of thousands for high-tech screening machines, R and D in scan and sniffer technology, thousand upon thousands of high paying low skill jobs and their secondary spin-offs, including the shark-fest of a carnivorous, paranoia inducing media. Now, with real unemployment near 15% the Pres' doesn't dare bank down this minimal job creating program even though it's a screaming fraud. Really, you say? Well consider this; one well placed charge can derail a hundred car railroad train in an instant. When's the last time your id was checked, your baggage screened or your asshole probed when traveling by rail? Oh, I guess "terrorists" don't know about trains. See the cigar and brandy bloated congressmen all in a row? Toot, Toot!

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