Matter of fact Wrote:
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> "Heartland" and "homeland" share the same sort of
> squirrelly right-wing heritage. Both are attempts
> to bring emotion into discussions where reason
> ought to prevail. The right-wing sucks at reason,
> so they love such squishy-words.
>
> The concept of DHS meanwhile came out of a
> bipartisan commission in the late 1990's. Their
> plan called for a cabinet-level agency headed by
> FEMA and comprising the Coast Guard, Border
> Patrol, and the Customs Service. Democrats picked
> up the idea, but eventually dropped it after
> concluding that in the long run, it would become
> so unwieldy as to be unworkable. After 9/11, Bush
> seized upon the then dormant idea, eventually
> pasting 22 different agencies on top of each other
> in a basically dysfunctional hodge-podge that has
> still not gotten properly onto its feet. In
> fairness, you can say that it took DOD a long time
> to iron out the kinks as well, but basically
> little about DHS has gone as planned.
Are you ever right about anything? Or are you just good for rewriting history?
DHS was "born" in 2003.
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