Homeland Security

Nic Name · 06-08-2002, 01:57 PM

The president has submitted a plan for the creation of The Department of Homeland Security, which proposes the most significant reorganization of the US government adminstration since the second world war.

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russotto · 06-08-2002, 03:27 PM

As I said in another thread: Calling this reorganization "re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic" is probably a bit harsh. But only a bit.

I hope it degenerates into partisan bickering and no department is created.

spinningfetus · 06-10-2002, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by russotto

I hope it degenerates into partisan bickering and no department is created.

Then who's going to set up the reeducation camps you can see Bush muttering about after they turn off his mic?

russotto · 06-10-2002, 09:45 AM

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Originally posted by spinningfetus

Then who's going to set up the reeducation camps you can see Bush muttering about after they turn off his mic?

I'll do it. But don't be surprised if _my_ re-education camps feature such torturous things as American History (emphasis on the Revolution), trignometry (with emphasis on ballistics applications), and calculus (OK, that one really is torture, have to do somthing to keep the Prez unsuspecting as to the real purpose... :-) )

MaggieL · 06-10-2002, 12:19 PM

Top on *my* reeducation priority list is pronunciation of the word "nuclear".

Nic Name · 06-10-2002, 12:30 PM

Because the president can't pronounce the word nuclear, the administration now favors "dirty" bomb as the weapon of mass destruction of the evil doers.

russotto · 06-10-2002, 03:34 PM

A dirty bomb isn't a nuke; it's a conventional high explosive with a radioactive casing.

Griff · 06-10-2002, 04:08 PM

Speaking of which...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...irtybomb_dc_10

Nic Name · 06-10-2002, 11:54 PM

Two ideas that might as well be in the US Constitution:

Justice is incidental to law and order. - J. Edgar Hoover

When the president does it, that's means it is not illegal. - Richard Nixon

spinningfetus · 06-11-2002, 07:42 AM

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Originally posted by Nic Name

When the president does it, that's means it is not illegal. - Richard Nixon

So, extending the metaphor: When the president says it, that means its proper grammar?

06-08-2002, 01:57 PM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Homeland Security The president has submitted a plan for the creation of The Department of Homeland Security, which proposes the most significant reorganization of the US government adminstration since the second world war. developing ...

06-10-2002, 12:19 PM	#5
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Top on my reeducation priority list is pronunciation of the word "nuclear". __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

06-10-2002, 04:08 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Speaking of which... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...irtybomb_dc_10 __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-08-2002, 03:27 PM	#2
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	As I said in another thread: Calling this reorganization "re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic" is probably a bit harsh. But only a bit. I hope it degenerates into partisan bickering and no department is created.

06-10-2002, 12:30 PM	#6
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Because the president can't pronounce the word nuclear, the administration now favors "dirty" bomb as the weapon of mass destruction of the evil doers.

06-10-2002, 03:34 PM	#7
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	A dirty bomb isn't a nuke; it's a conventional high explosive with a radioactive casing.

06-10-2002, 11:54 PM	#9
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Two ideas that might as well be in the US Constitution: Justice is incidental to law and order. - J. Edgar Hoover When the president does it, that's means it is not illegal. - Richard Nixon

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