[Eastbound]

"At a hastily arranged news conference at Homeland Security headquarters, Ridge said credible intelligence sources "suggest the possibility of attacks against the homeland around the holiday season and beyond."

Is it just me or is anyone else uncomfortable with this 'homeland' designator? Somebody having trouble pronouncing 'America,' or the 'United States?' Let's let the terrorists know they are messing with not just another generic 'homeland,' but a nation that is proud of its name and heritage and a nation that will chase their ragged terrorist a$$e$ to the ends of the earth, if necessary.

[1ofmanyfree]

> Is it just me or is anyone else uncomfortable with this 'homeland' designator?

Never liked it or calling high department officials Czars either. It is un-Amercan and offensive to me!

[Sabatier]

I am, too. It sounds so "1984", Orwellian, if you know what I mean. This is the United States of America. Sounds just right.

[blackbart.223]

"Let's let the terrorists know they are messing with not just another generic 'homeland,' but a nation that is proud of its name and heritage and a nation that will chase their ragged terrorist a$$e$ to the ends of the earth, if necessary."

This is the correct way to deal with the problem. Make the terrorists live in fear, not the innocent.

I hope this night Osama is living in squalid conditions pissing in his pants for fear he is next after Saddam.