Comments on: Homeland Security: Land of Misfit Toys?

By: JB

JB — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:41:16 +0000

8.5 BILLION, unaccounted for to the Katrina Hurricane.
8 Billion squandered in Iraq,under Halliburtons control.
Time to dismantle structures of the current US Government!
Crooks in Washington.

By: marc

marc — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:22:25 +0000

I agree with some of the posting about cutting back of some of the Government Agencies, let’s start with DHS, Immigration, FEMA and HUD. How about Cheney & his Staff?

By: A Ree Dher

A Ree Dher — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:03:01 +0000

You know what they say: Rudolph The Red knows rain, dear.

By: squeenter squillo

squeenter squillo — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:26:49 +0000

Squeenter is very displeased with how Bush has grown government agencies, and along with them, waste and incompetence. But to be fair, wasteful, incompetent and inefficient bureaucracies are hardly anything new. Nor are political appointments.
They were the norm before Bush and they likely will be after Bush as well. What we need are drastic cuts and purges of probably most federal agencies. The states could do with some of that too!

By: je po

je po — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:57:34 +0000

We all remember the articles that came out not too long ago regarding how Bush likes to hire law graduates of Regent University. The university was started by Pat Robertson and has one of the lowest academic ratings in the country. These are the kind of people that he hires for high positions. It is no suprise that a soccer coach was appointed by Bush for a high defense position.

By: Sharon Dupree

Sharon Dupree — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:50:03 +0000

This should truly make us feel safe. Instead of just decimating New Orleans, they are in a position to let the whole country be destroyed.

By: Rodney Lamprey, jr.

Rodney Lamprey, jr. — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:10:09 +0000

Homeland Security couldn’t stop that TB patient from flying or entering the US, even though he didn’t try to conceal his identity. The “loyal Bushies” in the DoHS and doing a “Heckuv a job”.

By: Mrs Panstreppon

Mrs Panstreppon — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:08:05 +0000

Care to explain this one, Mr. Knocke?
Richard D Davis II was a soccer coach at a Christian academy in Fullerton, California before he joined the Bush administration.
Davis’s offical bio:
“Director of Prevention Policy for the Homeland Security Council at the White House, and is responsible for counter-terrorism policy development. He previously served the George W. Bush Administration as the Director of the Weapons of Mass Effect Prevention Task Force and Director of the Academe, Policy and Research Senior Advisor Committee at the Department of Homeland Security.”

By: Robert Cole

Robert Cole — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:48:00 +0000

Slightly off topic here, but I need to vent.
I am a firm believer in equality in hiring. No politcal post should be filled with less requirements than a similar position in the private sector, nor should compensation vary from the private sector. Of course, with these requirements in place, governments might well lose 90% of their work force.

By: Steve5117

Steve5117 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:41:49 +0000

DHS, DoJ, GSA, and all branches of government have been stocked with “loyal Bushies”. Perhaps when republicans realize that Bush’s programs have harmed this country they will help clean up the mess that this administration has been from day 1.