And they call that a program.
We are saddled with a Congress made up of romantics. Not intellectually capable of making themselves conversant with the Constitution of the United States, they shoot from the hip with ill-advised reorganization. It’s romantic, this Department of Homeland Security. Hollow, but sounds solid. The USA Patriot Act. What could be more inspiring than a subversive piece of user-unfriendly law that configures each and every word to inspire lip-trembling allegiance?
An Act. We’re acting, by god. Whether or not we’re acting in your individual (or collective) best interests is another matter, you’ll just have to trust us. We’re not only acting, we’re acting as Patriots. Not a single Representative or Senator read the entire USA Patriot Act before it was muscled through the machinery of government by David Addington. Not one!
Nor did they read it after it was passed. Nor did they read the revised, new and improved version that Alberto Gonzales shoved in front of their campaign-weary eyes before these nit-wits reauthorized it. By that profound malfeasance in office, the Congress itself spawned the current fired-attorney flap that embarrasses everyone but George Bush and (presumably) Congress.
Michael Chertoff is an incompetent manager, a party hack and a danger to the United States, as is his ridiculously named organization. Rather than trying to fix what was (and is) a tragically conceived and mistaken response to a very real terrorist threat, the Congress needs to take back its failed effort. Chertoff's 215,000 employees throwing money is a prescription for fraud and thievery as well as terrorist attack.
Congress needs to immediately flush the DHS toilet and redirect money and support to existing agencies whose long-term employees know where and how to tighten security. There’s not a mayor, port authority, fire or police chief in the nation who wouldn’t benefit from that approach.
Who would you trust with your family’s safety, the PIC or your local authority?
