[bert]

....he creates a whole new bureaucracy with the "Office of Homeland Security.....

This is not a true statement. What was actually accomplished was the amalgamation of existing bureaucracies and the potential for rif ing redundant workers. Recall if you will that the Rats fought tooth and nail to support the unions who were going to be hurt as a result.

[CWOJackson]

But it sounds so much better for the unappeasables.

[Thermalseeker]

This is not a true statement. What was actually accomplished was the amalgamation of existing bureaucracies and the potential for rif ing redundant workers. Recall if you will that the Rats fought tooth and nail to support the unions who were going to be hurt as a result.

Yeah, right, no new bureacracy here. 30,000 new gubmint jobs. In the words of the imortal Dick Gephardt "You can't professionalize until you Federalize". Yeah, that's what we need. More gubmint.............I feel safer already. BTW, what color are we today?