[rellimpank]

--But that might be wishful thinking. Congress, by nature, is an inefficient institution driven by self-interested politicians. Wasteful spending is par for the course. And if it is sad that lawmakers treat homeland security the same way they treat everything else, it certainly isn’t surprising.--

--that about wraps it up---

[Dallas59]

[newconhere]

Will read later.

However, it is our responsiblity as citizens to be prepared. We cannot assume the government is going to take care of us. For those who wish the government to be the answer to everything---you are an idiot!

[Cboldt]

"More government" and "more consolidation" isn't limited to terrorism either. Our caretakers in Washington D.C. know what's best. Shut up and send more money.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580790/posts?page=94#94 <- Disaster relief

[thoughtomator]

They forgot the most important reason for "How did this happen?": that Washington D.C. is a festering pit of influence peddling and corruption that would make Caligula blush.

[cgbg]

Congress is a miracle of nature--it turns beef into pork.

:-)

[xcamel]

TSA:

Thugs Standing Around
Thousands Standing Around
Tough Sh*t, A$$h*le
Throw Shoes Away
Take Some Asprin

You get the gist..

[Mr Ramsbotham]

If I had $180 billion, and the political power to go with it, I'd use the money to kick the asses of Syria, Iran and North Korea. That would buy the U.S. more security than anything that could be done domestically.

[Jim Noble]

Stunning waste?

Stunning to whom?

Not to anyone over the age of 12 who has ever seen the government in action.

[kcbc2001]

Homeland security funding is a mess. Here, Detroit gets mad because Lansing doesn't give them the money fast enough. Then the suburbs complain because most the population isn't actually in the city limits of Detroit so all the 'burbs want their cut for their projects cuz they aren't in *Detroit*. And then they talk about how much they want to *cooperate* with others in the region. And who knows what the money is really going for. Detroit isn't known for money management.

[Fruitbat]

If power companies invested in infrastructure the way DHS and Congress fight terrorism, a New Yorker wouldn’t be able to run a hairdryer but everyone in Bozeman, Montana, could light up a stadium.

Isn't this the case for most of government...

[Lurker]

$450 per household could put a .357 magnum revolver in every house in the nation.

Now that would do more to improve homeland security than anything else I could think of.

And in the meantime literally tens of thousands of people illegally enter our country every year without even the most cursory sort of background check.

Madness...

L